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Services Drive Satellite Performance in 2008
7.01.2009 | Via Satellite | Mark Holmes and Jason Bates
Demand for communications and other services helped drive a strong 2008 performance for the satellite sector. Via Satellite takes a closer look at developments that shaped the business and how some of those... read more 

MSS Operators Target Asian Broadcast Markets with Next-Generation Developments
6.25.2009 | Satellite News | Mark Holmes
Mobile broadcast satellite customers have been pushing for improvements to video streaming service, prompting companies like Inmarsat and Thuraya to explore creative developments to... read more 

Hughes CEO Reveals Economics Behind Next-Generation Satellite
6.19.2009 | Satellite News | Jeffrey Hill
Hughes Network Systems' recently announced next-generation, high throughput satellite, set to launch in the first quarter of 2012, is just another step in the company's 24-year... read more 

Gilat CEO Hails Deals in Thaicom Stronghold
6.19.2009 | Satellite News | Mark Holmes
Gilat Satellite Networks CEO Amiram Levinberg said the company’s deal with CAT Telecom Public Co. Ltd. to supply a Gilat SkyEdge 2 broadband satellite network to serve rural... read more 

Analysts Assess Prospects for Thaicom Under New Leadership
6.17.2009 | Satellite News | Mark Holmes
Thaicom is undergoing a familiar style of leadership change, as Dumrong Kasemset, the man behind the company’s IPStar satellite broadband strategy, is stepping as executive... read more 

Eutelsat Increases Broadband Speeds
6.09.2009 | Satellite Today | Staff Writer
Eutelsat is increasing the speed of its satellite broadband service, Tooway, the company announced June 8.     At the beginning of July, the speed of the Tooway... read more 

Hughes Signs Control4 as Sales Agent for Satellite Broadband Service
6.09.2009 | Satellite Today | Staff Writer
Hughes Network Systems signed a sales agent agreement authorizing Control4 to sell HughesNet satellite broadband Internet service, Hughes announced June 8. Control4, a home... read more 

The Satellite Industry in Bad Times: Broadband
6.01.2009 | Via Satellite | Max Engel
In my last column, I concluded that direct-to-home (DTH) video was more vulnerable to bad economic times than wholesale video distribution or VSAT services. This month I consider broadband satellite. If... read more 

European S-band Decision Prompts Several Lawsuits; Ofcom Implicated by ICO
5.27.2009 | Satellite News | Jeffrey Hill
As a result of a May 15 decision from the European Commission (EC) awarding Inmarsat and Solaris Mobile exclusive licenses to operate S-band mobile satellite services (MSS) in Europe... read more 

Eutelsat Director Outlines U.K. Broadband Growth Opportunities
5.19.2009 | Satellite News | Mark Holmes
Eutelsat Communications saw a seven percent increase in revenues, at 700 million euros ($944.93 million), for the nine-month fiscal period ending in March.     Despite... read more 


 

 
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