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No Return To Go-Go 1990s Seen

By Staff Writer | October 31, 2003

      NEW YORK– Business conditions for the satellite industry are improving slowly, but the go-go times of the late 1990s will not return in the foreseeable future. This was the consensus of industry leaders meeting here this week at the annual SkyForum conference.

      Joseph Wright, PanAmSat‘s [NYSE: SPOT] straight-talking CEO, did not sugarcoat his view that satellite operators must change the way they do business. The days when a satellite organization could launch a spacecraft and charge customers high prices to earn a comfortable return have vanished. Now, satellite operators need to be run as cost-conscious businesses, he said.

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