Top FSS Operators
The List | 2014 Top Fixed Satellite Service Operators
This year’s SpaceNews Top Fixed Satellite Services Operators rankings are distorted by the sharp rise of the U.S. dollar against most major currencies toward the end of the year. The effect has been to show revenue declines at some companies that, when reporting in their local currencies, actually showed revenue growth.
Gogo Pushes New Tech for Aircraft Broadband
Airline broadband connectivity provider Gogo Inc. said it looked at the Ku- and Ka-band product offerings of SES, Intelsat, ViaSat, Hughes, Inmarsat and others before deciding to launch its own proprietary 2Ku product, to be introduced commercially this year.
Regulatory Challenges Undercut Power of Thaicom’s High-throughput Satellite
PARIS — At a time when high-throughput satellites, in both Ku- and Ka-band, appear about to disrupt the conventional satellite business, Thaicom’s experience with Thaicom-4/IPStar offers lessons.
IPStar was launched 10 years ago in Augu…
Once-mocked 03b Investment Now Force Multiplier for SES
Satellite fleet operator SES’s $75 million investment in O3b Networks in November 2009 looked at the time like a weekend hobby — enough to save the life of O3b, but not enough to damage SES if O3b crashed and burned.
Intelsat or SES? Exchange Rate Dictates Top Dog
In the case of Intelsat and SES in 2014, it depends. SpaceNews in the past has used Dec. 31 exchange rates to set U.S. dollar revenue values for companies that use the calendar year as their fiscal year.
