Ondas Media CEO Celso Azevedo is confident that satellite radio will have as big an impact in Europe as it has in the United States. Ondas Media plans to launch satellite radio and media services in Europe in 2009 and is confident that the company can reach profitability within three years. “I think once you offer little portable devices in the car that can receive 150 channels, wherever you are, moving anywhere you want to go with the same quality and a tremendous amount of choice, without interruption, I believe this will be extremely successful,” he said.

An interview with Celso Azevedo can be found in the Jan. 23 issue of Satellite News. For more information about subscribing to Access Intelligence’s satellite newsletters, check out our Web site at https://www.satellitetoday.com