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| 10.01.2008 |
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Europe Adopts Mobile Satellite Selection Procedures
European satellite operators had their summer plans cut short when the European Commission in early August issued the structure for selecting mobile satellite service (MSS) systems in the 2 GHz frequency range. After the European Union Parliament and Council...
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| 09.01.2008 |
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European Space and Security
European policy makers are seeking a more coordinated strategy for using satellite resources for their national security and defense, but these efforts could be stymied by a key legal development in 2008. In any event, that strategy is overlooking the...
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| 08.01.2008 |
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European Space Research Funding
Europe funds a substantial number of space-related research projects, with the vast bulk of money in recent years directed to the Galileo navigation satellite system and to the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) program. A recently...
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| 07.01.2008 |
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Europe and the ITU
The European Commission has acted as an observer at committees and conferences of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) since 1988. Now a proposal is on the table for Europe to give the Commission a “negotiating mandate” for some ITU...
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| 06.01.2008 |
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European Neutrality Principles
Reform of the overall electronic communications regulatory framework remains the main regulatory topic in Europe this year. Twin themes of technology and service neutrality are part of the European Commission’s core principles for reforming spectrum...
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| 05.01.2008 |
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Green Satellites
Is the satellite industry green? The issue of the environmental impact of satellites was raised by Eutelsat CEO Giuliano Berretta at the SATELLITE 2008 conference in February. “It’s the only type of transmission that works on solar energy,”...
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| 04.01.2008 |
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European Space Policy Document Lacks Rigor
Europe took a closer step toward creating a common space policy in December when it adopted amendments in the Treaty of Lisbon to permit the European Union to participate in the space field. The European Parliament also took a small step in the same direction...
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| 03.01.2008 |
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Satellite’s Digital Dividend
Europe, as well as the rest of the world, is gearing up for the switchover from analog to digital television, and since digital TV will use radio spectrum more efficiently, there is a mad scramble arising for the use of the “digital dividend” that...
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| 02.01.2008 |
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Spectrum Harmonization
The contrast between U.S. and European spectrum allocation responsibilities reveals a central difference in management. The European structure, however, may change in the next couple of years, with possibly a large impact on satellite operators. When the U.S...
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| 01.01.2008 |
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European Satellite Industry Faces Big Issues In 2008
The big topic on the regulatory front in Europe for 2008 will be the proposals the European Commission released in mid-November to amend the electronic communications regulatory framework. The package is jammed full of controversial issues, many of which will...
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| 12.01.2007 |
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Protecting C-Band Satellite Operations
The satellite industry must seek to persuade policy makers at the highest international level as well as at the national and regional level of the need to protect existing satellite operations in the C-band (3.4 gigahertz to 4.2 gigahertz) from interfering...
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| 11.01.2007 |
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Indian Regulatory Focus
In the second half of 2007, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued a batch of consultations and regulations that affect the burgeoning satellite broadcasting industry in India. A big burst of activity took place in August and September...
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| 10.01.2007 |
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IPTV: The Business Model (Part III)
In September, we looked at video on demand (VOD) as a demand trigger for IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) takeup. We reviewed aspects of VOD technology and key considerations in VOD content provider agreements for multichannel video programming distributors...
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| 10.01.2007 |
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African Satellite Safari
Evidence of satellite communications services can be found throughout sub-Saharan Africa. In my family’s safari travel through Zambia and Botswana in August we saw numerous signs of satellite services in areas where other communications sources could be...
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| 09.01.2007 |
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State Of U.K. Space Activities
The United Kingdom House of Commons Science and Technology Committee has issued a review of the country’s space policy. The 158-page report, released in July, assesses the space sector and recommends that the government take a “strategic...
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| 08.01.2007 |
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Converging Broadband Services
Convergence of services, platforms and technologies has been a theme in the communications industry for more than 10 years. The satellite industry now needs to focus on how the latest evidence of convergence affects its regulatory responsibilities as well as...
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| 07.01.2007 |
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Galileo At A Crossroad
A few months ago this column predicted an agreement would be reached on a formal European Space Policy in 2007. This prediction came true with a decision reached in Brussels May 22 by the Council of the European Union (EU) and the European Space Agency (ESA)...
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| 06.01.2007 |
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Satellite Industry Must Fight For Role In Broadband Future
What is the likely role of satellite infrastructure for next-generation broadband deployment? Not much, if the answer is based on recent reports produced in the United Kingdom. Next-generation networks generally are defined as the high-capacity digital...
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| 05.01.2007 |
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Will Europe Form Its Own FCC?
Whether the European Union should set up an agency similar to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is not a new topic. Similar proposals were covered in this column in December 1992 when the European Commission first reviewed what would be...
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| 04.01.2007 |
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The C-Band Threat to Satellite Services
The struggle to preserve satellite communications using radio frequencies around 4 gigahertz is heating up. Because the satellite industry uses this C-band frequency around the world, in mid-February, an alliance of leading satellite associations issued an...
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