satellite in comment and analysis
Satellite telephony fails to take off
Comment Mobile satellite services such as Iridium, Globalstar and ICO Global Communications haven't had too much to shout about in recent months, even though they've successfully been carrying out some of the most ambitious commercial infrastructure... [23 Jul 1999]
Breathing life into broadband: Will satellite technologies save the day?
Comment People have been using satellite in their homes for years for television services and now several companies have announced plans to start offering broadband internet via satellite. There are also teething problems with Virtual Private Networks over... [21 Aug 2001]
Leader: Lessons from Aramiska's failure
Leader The sudden failure of satellite broadband provider Aramiska at the end of last week once again focuses minds on just how cut-throat much of the tech and comms world can be - and just how important it is for user organisations to have a 'plan B'. [01 Feb 2006]
Ebusiness Despatches: Where content and distribution meet, there's only one winner
Comment It was to be a world where film, music, magazines, digital TV and online would meet satellite and fat pipes. Meanwhile, in the UK his BSkyB satellite TV operation, under the leadership of Tony Ball, has gone from strength to strength, in stark... [12 Nov 2002]
Business Traveller: Staying connected on planes, trains and automobiles
Comment Operators are recognising that satellite can offer more than connectivity for voice: with the upgrade of Eutelsat, Inmarsat and Intelsat networks, some airlines are now offering data access via satellite. [02 Jun 2006]
Editor's Blog: Toshiba laptops, Betfair Down Under and CIO-types
Comment OK, the ad is strictly speaking for the new Tecra and Satellite Pro models, which have not been affected by the battery problems, rather than the affected run of Dynabook and Dynabook Satellite laptops from the spring of this year. [20 Sep 2006]
We are now roaming at 30,000 feet...
Comment S is for Satellite Once connected to the picocell, the calls are then routed over the aircraft's existing satellite gateway to the solution provider's terrestrial network. In some cases the aircraft's satellite connection will be the connectivity... [26 Jun 2008]
ITU 06 diary - Wi-fi on 'the beach', what's hot in mobile search and a long tail with legs
Comment Other long-awaited offerings appeared yesterday too, including Thuraya's latest satellite and what it claims are the smallest ever satellite phones. The operator announced the satellite will launch next year and it hopes to capture 30,000 new users... [06 Dec 2006]
Broadband in schools - never mind about the content
Comment All they need is a satellite dish and server. Bronze wanted a service that could be updated regularly, changed to suit curriculum needs and reflect the latest news, but faced with a range of erratic dial-up and ISDN connections, he opted for the... [30 Jan 2002]
Meet the 21st century World Cup photographer (Part II)
Comment Whether out of fear of this logistical nightmare imploding or just a need to be organised at any cost, some photographers will have gone the next stage up and will be taking satellite phones with them - but they will be paying heavily for the... [01 May 2002]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: GPS changes everything
Comment And when satellite lock is lost due to high buildings, wet trees and intense rain, the user is truly lost and prone to make erroneous decisions. In North America this has now started with people using GPS, cameras, PDAs and laptops to take... [28 Nov 2005]
Q&A: Inmarsat CEO on catching the data wave
Comment Nevertheless, the company announced its first foray into the hand-held portable satellite phone market after concluding a tie-up with terminal maker ACeS for a dual-mode GSM and satellite device. Inmarsat CEO Andy Sukwaty said: "It's not a consumer... [27 Oct 2006]
Pie in the sky?
Comment Today's deal between Interxion and Cidera to ease delivery of broadband internet content raises some serious questions about the use of satellite technologies as a way of bypassing fixed line infrastructure. [05 Jul 2001]
Leader: Driven by in-car connectivity
Leader Satellite navigation falls somewhere in between necessity and luxury for many these days (more necessity for a lot of drivers in London, it seems) and units are flying off the shelves. Imagine RFID and other contactless chips for road toll payments... [06 Feb 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: The state of broadband
Comment Satellite broadband also came up but I find it very difficult to imagine it has much of a role to play except in the remotest of locations. To get online, a server connects to the internet via a satellite link wherever the bus happen to be located. [18 Nov 2004]
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