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CONTENTS TABLE OF

3 / Issue Index--an issue by issue guide to the articles covered in the past year

8/ Subject Index-- a comprehensive reference to keywords, names and places

Company Profiles

7/ SES Global

9/ PanAmSat

11/ Comtech EF Data

13/ MITEQ

15/ Paradise Datacom

17/ Andrew Corporation/ Agile Communications Systems

19/ FOXCOM/ Global Link Productions, Inc.

21/ Advanced Projects Intl./ Microspace Communications Corp.

23/ PROMAX Electronica S.A./ Sector Microwave industries, Inc.

25/ ISCe 2004/ W.B. Walton Enterprises

27/ About the Authors

28/ Calendar of Events

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EDITORIALSilvano PaynePublisher

Virgil LabradorManaging Editorand Editor, The Americas

Chris ForresterEditor, Europe, Middle Eastand Africa

John Puetz, Bruce ElbertDan Freyer, Howard GreenfieldDan MakinsterContributing Writers,The Americas

Peter Marshall, Roger StanyardContributing Writers, Europe

Bernardo SchneidermanContributing Writer, LatinAmerica

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ISSUE INDEXVol.1, No. 1April 2003The State of the Art of the Satellite Industry

An issue by issue guide to Volume 1: April 2003-March 2004Message From Sir Arthur C. Clarke

The State of the Art of the Satellite Industryby Virgil Labrador

The Satellite Broadband Promiseby Dan Freyer

SES Americom: “We’ll Jump Start A2H This year”by Chris Forrester

Are You Protected?by John Puetz

European Pay-TV: “The Rise and Rise of DTH”by Chris Forrester

Post-War Opportunities in the Satellite Industryby Bruce Elbert

Company Spotlight: SES Global--Preparing for 2010by Chris Forrester

Vol.1, No. 2May 2003Military Satcom Market

Good War, Bad WarBy Chris Forrester

Asian Businesses Change Plans to Cope with SARSby Stuart P. Browne

Eutelsat Offers Ka for DTHBy Chris Forrester

Space Tourism: A Valid Market by 2021By Chris Forrester

Interview with Americom Government ServicesPresident David Helfgott

Commercial Off the Shelf Solutions for MilitaryCommunicationsBy Bruce Elbert

Asia’s Cable and Satellite Industry is Bouyantby Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia

ISCe 2003: Where Innovative Satellite Technologies andBusiness Meet

Europe’s New Sat Channel Boom and Bustby Chris Forrester

European Union: Preparing for “Aquis”by Chris Forrester and Roger Stanyard

Europe Satellite Radio Goes Aheadby Chris Forrester

Guidelines for Success in the Asian Equipment Marketby Bruce Elbert

Interview with Americom Asia-Pacific’s Deepak Mathur

Vol.1, No. 3June-July 2003Ground Equipment Market

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Vol.1, No. 4August 2003Satellite Manufacturing: The New Reality

ISSUE INDEXThe New Reality in Satellite Manufacturingby Bruce Elbert

DTH in Spain: “Savings on Satellite Transmission”by Chris Forrester

Evolving Satellite Applicationsby Dan Freyer

Indian TV in a Messby Chris Forrester

Satellite Challenges and Solutions Cross All Borders: ACase Study in Africaby Howard Greenfield

Technical Tutorial: Internet via Satellite--IP overviewby D.C. Palter

Satellite Manufacturing:

The New Reality

Vol. 1, No. 5September 2003Opportunities in the European Satellite Market

U.S. Programmers: Now Franchising in Europeby Dan Freyer

Will Satellite Deliver Mass Market Internet Service toEurope?by Howard Greenfield

Set Top Box PVR’s: A Long-term Opportunityby Chris Forrester

VSAT4D in Indiaby Stuart Browne

From Aerial to Dish: How Satellite ChangedBroadcastingby Bruce Elbert

Bringing VPNs and Broadband Satellite ConnectionsTogetherby John Puetz

DOD Satcom Procurement: Time for a Changeby David Helfgott

Vol. 1, No. 6October 2003The Telecom Market

ITU Telecom ‘04: The Demarcation Between ourBoom/Bust Past and an Open Futureby Bruce Elbert

SES Global: More Optimistic about 2004-5by Chris Forrester

Finding Growth and Profitability in Enterprise Marketsby Alan Gottlieb

BBC to Export Playout Modelby Chris Forrester

Al-Jazeera: Adding to its Core Messageby Chris Forrester

Inteview with Integral CEO Steve Chamberlain

Technical Tutorial: Protecting Valuable SatelliteBandwidthby John Thoma

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ISSUE INDEXVol. 1, No. 7Noveber 2003New Satellite Applications

What’s Hot in Satellite Applicationsby Virgil Labrador

Europe’s First HDTV Channel Imminentby Chris Forrester

The Future of VSAT Networksby Stuart P. Browne

The Energy Industry Turns to High-Tech VSATsby John Puetz

BT Broadcast Services: “High Margins Starting to Flow”by Chris Forrester

Inteview with Tiscali SVP Mario Mariani

Making Your Idea Happen--Creating a Viable SatelliteApplicationby Bruce Elbert

Vol. 1, No. 8December 2003Emerging Markets Markets Emerging Around the World

by Howard Greenfield

The Emerging Market for HDTV in North Americaby Chris Forrester

European HDTV: Will it Fly?by Chris Forrester

The “Right Match”: Introducing DBS to the Philippinesby Thomas van der Heyden

Emerging Markets From Global Trendsby Bruce Elbert

Inteview with News Skies’ CEO Dan Goldberg

Vol. 1, No. 9January 2004Years of Transition in the Satellite Industry

2003-2004: Years of Transition in the Satellite Industryby Bruce Elbert

The View from Europe: A Look Back at 2003 (and 1993)by Chris Forrester

The View from Asiaby Stuart P. Browne

A Fresh Approach to Evaluating and Purchasing aCommunications Satellite Systemby Harold E. McDonnell

The Battle for the Oilfield Customerby Alan Gottlieb

Are we Listening?by John M. Kealey

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Vol. 1, No. 10February 2004Whiter Broadband?

Whither Broadband?: What’s in Store for 2004by Virgil Labrador

SES Global: Still Looking to Buyby Chris Forrester

VSAT Technology: Which Way to Go?by Frank Francyzk

Dubai’s Showtime: Worth $ 1 Billion+by Chris Forrester

Pilgrimage to Sri Lanka: A Meeting with the Father ofCommunication Satellitee, Sir Arthur C. Clarkeby Peter Escher

Broadband Satellite Services: Another Year, AnotherStrategyby Bruce Elbert

Vol. 1, No. 11March 2004Satellite Operators

Satellite Operators Seek New Domain Knowledgeby Bruce Elbert

Abu Dhabi Goes Globalby Chris Forrester

The Secrets of Broadband-on-Demand Revealedby John Puetz

20 million XM Subcribers by 2010by Chris Forrester

VoIP and the Future of Satellite Communicationsby Errol Olivier

Inteview with Hellas Sat CEO Christodoulos Protopapas

Plus...

In each issue of SatMagazine, there areregular features and columns such asCompany Spotlight, Financial Snapshot,Calendar of Events, Industry News,Executive Moves, New Products andServices, Market Intelligience, VitalStatistics and much more...

Future Issues:

April 2004 Satellite Broadcasting

May 2004 Ground Equipment

June 2004 Enterprise Market

July-August 2004 Satellite Sports Coverage

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PROFILES

SES GLOBAL is the world’s leadingsatellite services provider. As a

strategic management company, SESGLOBAL heads an outstandingnetwork of satellite operators, whosesatellites together cover 95% of theworld’s population with unequalleddepth of regionalknowledge and marketpenetration.

SES GLOBAL’soperating companiesSES ASTRA, SESAMERICOM andWORLDSAT, and itspartners AsiaSat,Nordic Satellite AB,Star One and Nahuelsat, provideunrivalled transmission capacity andlandmass coverage through a modernfleet of 40 geostationarycommunications satellites at 31 orbitalpositions. The fleet consists of 29fully-owned satellites (13 ASTRA, 11AMERICOM and 5 WORLDSATspacecraft), plus 11 satellites to whichSES GLOBAL provides access throughequity participations (3 AsiaSat, 2SIRIUS (NSAB), 5 Brasilsat (StarOne), 1 Nahuelsat).

SES GLOBAL stands for a culture ofhighest quality of service. This qualityfocus in all business areas enables theSES GLOBAL companies to achievetransponder availability levels of99.99% which rate among the highest inthe industry.

SES ASTRA

SES ASTRA, a 100%-owned SESGLOBAL company, operates ASTRA,Europe’s leading direct-to-homesatellite system. At year-end 2002,ASTRA transmitted 1,174 channels to92 million homes in 30 European

countries. ASTRA also offers acomprehensive portfolio of broadbandand occasional use solutions, as well asbroadcast-related support services suchas contribution links, uplink,multiplexing and encoding services. Andthrough its TechCom services line,

Mirroring the ASTRA system inEurope, SES AMERICOM has

developed the DTH platformAMERICOM2HomeTM at 105.5°and 105° West, providing capacityto broadcasters and contentproviders to transmit television andbroadband Internet services toconsumers in the U.S.

WORLDSAT

As a fully-owned SES GLOBALcompany, WORLDSAT interconnectsthe world’s premier satellite systems,providing seamless solutionsworldwide for internationalbroadcasters, secure data networks,value-added resellers and telecoms.

A Global Network of Partners

SES GLOBAL also holds significantinvestments in partner companiesaround the world: 34.10% participationin AsiaSat, Asia’s premier satelliteoperator, providing transpondercapacity for broadcast andtelecommunications services in theAsia-Pacific region; a 19.99% interestin Star One, operator of Brasilsat, thelargest satellite fleet in Latin America; a28.75% stake in Argentinian-basedNahuelsat; and a 75% participation inNordic Satellite AB, operator ofSIRIUS and providing complementaryservices to the European capacities ofASTRA in the Nordic countries, theBaltics and in Eastern Europe.

SES GLOBALYour Satellite Connection to the World

ASTRA provides technical solutionsand consultancy services to othersatellite operators.

In addition, ASTRA provides acomplete range of proven broadbandnetwork and community managementsolutions for the delivery and easyreception of data-rich DVB-IPcompliant content.

SES AMERICOM

SES AMERICOM, a 100%-owned SESGLOBAL company, is the leadingprovider of satellite communications inthe U.S., supporting the distribution ofcontent and end-to-end communicationsolutions for cable programmers, radioand television broadcasters, enterprises,ISPs, educational organisations, andgovernment agencies by providingbandwidth, transmission services andcustomised networks. AMERICOM’spremier cable neighbourhoods reachapproximately 80 million homes.

SES GLOBAL Headquarters inBetzdorf, Luxembourg

www.ses-global.com

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Editor’s Note: Pagereferences consist of anissue number and a pagenumber, separated by acolon. Issue numbersare: 1-April 2003, 2-May 2003, 3-June/July 2003, 4-August2003, 5-September 2003, 6-October 2003,7-November 2003, 8-December 2003, 9-January 2004, 10-February 2004, and 11-March 2004.

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AA2100 spacecraft, 2:6, 9:8A2H (AMERICOM2Home)

in 2004, 10:13launch of, 1:23–1:25,

1:33–1:36revenues, 6:12and satellite broadband,

1:20ABI Research, 6:5, 6:6ABN Amro, 3:10Abu Dhabi TV, 11:13–11:14Acquis (acquis

communautaire), 3:17–3:19, 3:36–3:38

ACU workstation, 10:34Adams, David, 10:11adjacent satellite

interference, 6:19Advent Communications,

2:27Advertising Masking, 3:10Agnew, Carson, 2:23AGS (Americom Government

Services), 2:25–2:26, 9:22Air-VSAT, 2:29al Maktoum. Mohammed,

10:25Al Sayed, Yousuf

and ISCe 2003, 2:23,3:11, 4:9

and ISCe 2004, 11:5AlAyyar, Faisal Hamad,

10:24Albaugh, Jim, 4:3Alcatel Space

AMC-9, 1:7and Astrium, 3:4and DSL, 10:28and satellite radio, 3:20,

3:21and Satlynx, 10:13

AlfaCam, 5:6, 7:10, 10:31Al-Hamed, Ali, 11:13Al-Jazeera, 6:21–6:22Aloha Networks, 11:9al-Thani, Hamad bin Thamer,

6:21American Cable Channels on

European DTH Packages(chart), 5:11

American Tower Corporation(ACT), 5:5

America-To-Home. see A2H(AMERICOM2Home)

Americom Asia-Pacific, 3:31Americom Government

Services. see AGSAMERICOM2Home. see A2H

(AMERICOM2Home)Amor, Joe, 9:22–9:23AmosConnect, 2:30Analytical Hierarchy Process

(AHP), 10:21Andrew Corporation,

executive moves, 8:10Antenna Hungária, 3:17–3:19AntennaMikro, 3:18AOL Time Warner. see Time

WarnerAon Space, 3:28Apax Partners Worldwide

LLP, 7:5Apollo Management LP, 7:5Arab Digital Distribution

(ADD), 10:25Arab Radio & Television

(ART), 10:25Arab States Broadcasting

Union (ASBU), 11:13–11:14

ArabSat, 2:18, 8:13, 10:26Arback, Jacob, 8:11Arcidiacono, Antonio, 3:4–

3:5Ariane 5 rocket, 5:13, 6:5–

6:6Arianespace

and Amos 2, 9:10Ariane 5G rocket, 5:13and EADS, 3:4and SeaLaunch, 9:25SMART-1, E-Bird, &

INSAT 3E, 6:5–6:6Arnold, Brian, Lt. General,

3:11, 4:9Arthur C. Clarke Foundation,

executive moves, 7:7ASCENT study, 2:20–2:21Asia, success guidelines, 3:27–

3:28

Asia-Pacific SatelliteCommunications Council,and ISCe 2004, 8:7, 9:5,9:6–9:7

Asia-Pacific SatelliteCommunications Summit,7:32

Asia-Pacific SpaceCooperation Organization(APSCO), 9:18

AsiaSatand CASBAA, 3:10market region, 10:15and SES Global, 1:7, 1:16,

1:33and SpeedCast, 1:36and TCA, 2:28

Associated Press TelevisionNews (APTN), 2:10, 7:19

Astra. see SES AstraAstrium, 3:4Astro, 3:9, 3:28Astrolink, 1:19, 4:14, 10:12AT&T, 11:23AT&T Broadband, 4:16ATK (Alliant Techsystems),

executive moves, 2:7Atlas rocket, as Proton

backup, 9:25Auque, Francois, 3:4Austin, Roxanne, 1:23, 5:15automatic suppression

systems, interference, 6:17Average Revenue Per User

(ARPU), 10:9, 10:19–10:21, 10:24

AVL, 2:27Aygun, Illhami, and ISCe

2003, 3:11, 3:12, 4:9, 4:12

Bbackup connections, 1:26–

1:27Baikonur Cosmodrome, 1:7,

9:10, 10:13Baker, James, 9:17Ballantine, Adrian, 10:10,

11:8bandwidth on demand. see

BOD (bandwidth ondemand)

bandwidth, mitigatinginterference, 6:17–6:20

Baroud, Ramzy, 6:22Bartholomew, Martin, 8:26Bartolone, Dave, 4:18Baugh, Christopher, 3:12,

4:12, 7:9–7:10Bausch, Romain, 1:33–1:36,

6:11BBC, 3:10, 6:15–6:16

Bear StearnsDARS outlook, 11:20and PVR, 5:15residential broadband

outlook, 1:20Becher, Klaus, 2:9Bednarek, Robert, 10:15,

10:17Berretta, Giuliano

and Eutelsat, 9:15, 9:16,10:29–10:33

and Ka band, 2:15–2:16Berry, Robert, and ISCe 2003,

3:11, 4:9BGAN (Broadband Global

Area Network)expansion, 9:13–9:14mobile IP router

(graphic), 7:21and oil service industry,

9:29, 9:31and Thuraya, 1:31

Bhalla, BG, 5:18Bharat Electronics, 5:18Bicknell, Marcus, 1:33Bilotti, Richard, 8:19bin Abdullah, Khalid, 10:25bin Talal, Waleed, 10:26Binariang Satellite Systems,

1:9, 3:9, 5:6Binder, Michael, 7:32Birla, Kumar Mangalam, 4:30“Birth of Broadband”

(report), 7:29BitCentral, 4:17Bitove, John, 11:18Bitterman, Mark, and ISCe

2003, 3:11, 4:9Blackwell, Sheila, 1:20Blair, Tony, 8:26Bloomberg Television, 3:10,

5:9BOD (bandwidth on demand)

and Cyber.Net, 9:11and oil service industry,

9:30and QoS (chart), 11:15selecting services, 11:15–

11:17and Spaceway, 1:20

Boeing601 platform, 3:9, 5:6executive moves, 1:11and ISCe 2004, 8:7, 9:5,

9:8revenue losses, 4:3venture with Lockheed

Martin, 2:5Boeing Launch Systems, and

Air Force contracts, 4:5Boeing Satellite Systems,

2:7–2:8

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PanAmSat operates one of thelargest satellite-based global

communications networks and isthe premier provider of satellite-based solutions to leading media,telecommunications and informationservice companies around theworld.

As the world’s first commercialinternational satellite operator,PanAmSat has been the industryinnovator from the start. Now,PanAmSat has evolved into aleading network solutionsprovider, leveraging satellites,fiber and ground stations to offeradvanced services to more than700 blue-chip customers. Withoffices on six continents,PanAmSat understands that eachregion’s unique requirements andpartners with its customers todevelop world-class solutions tomeet business needs.

We provide communicationslinks for:

••••• Entertainmentcompanies such as AOLTime-Warner, the BBC,China Central Television,Discovery, Disney, NHK,TARBS and Viacom;

••••• Broadcasters and newsagencies such as ABC, theBBC, the Associated Press,Bloomberg and ESPN;

••••• Internet service providersin dozens of countries that

connect to the NorthAmerican Internetbackbone over oursatellites;

••••• Corporations such asHughes Network Systems,

General Motors,

DaimlerChrysler andWalgreen’s; and

••••• Telecommunicationsservice providers in theUnited States, LatinAmerica, Africa, Europeand Asia.

PanAmSat manages a global fleet ofmore than 24 satellites for thedelivery of video and data. Thisfleet is capable of reaching 98percent of the world’s population

and is ideal for supportingadvanced digital services such ashigh-definition television and digitalstore and forward as well asprogram distribution, broadcastservices, data solutions andconnections to the North American

Internet backbone.

In addition to its global fleet,PanAmSat uses a fiber network asa key element to support customerrequirements for both video anddata transport. To improvecustomer access to teleports andsatellites, PanAmSat hasintegrated fiber into its network toexpand reach with additionalpoints-of-presence. This allowsPanAmSat to increase reliabilityand redundancy as well assupport future development ofadvanced video a data services.

Through creativity, innovationand commitment to quality,PanAmSat has expandedcommunications technologiesworldwide and continues to

develop advanced services.PanAmSat has altered thecommercial satellite landscapearound the globe and today leadsthe industry that it has shaped –and that it will continue to shape foryears to come.

PanAmSat WorldwideHeadquarters20 Westport RoadWilton, Connecticut 06897Tel: 1.203.210.8000Fax: 1.203.210.8001www.panamsat.com

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SUBJECT INDEX For an explanation on volume andpage notations go to Editor’s note onpage 8.

Connexion by Boeing,6:10, 7:10, 9:12, 9:21

executive moves, 1:10manufacturing capacity,

1:17and Measat-3, 1:9, 3:9,

5:6Boeing Space Systems, 3:10Bookataub, S. Joseph, 11:10Boutelle, Steve, Lt. General,

5:24Boyd, Steve, 7:7Branch, Kenneth V., 4:5Braun, Walter, 9:24Bravo HD, 8:16Breckon, Alex, 2:7Breeze M rocket stage, 1:7,

5:6Briggs. Fred, 7:32Brinkley, Randy, 1:10British Radiocommunications

Authority, 1:24British Telecom Broadcast

Services (BTBS), 5:13,7:18–7:19

Broadband Global AreaNetwork. see BGAN(Broadband Global AreaNetwork)

Broadband Satellite / VPNTutorial, 5:22–5:23

broadband servicesAfrica, 8:11, 8:12Asia, 10:13Bhutan, 7:30and BOD, 11:15Brazil, 8:31–8:32Broadband Global Area

Network (Inmarsat),9:13–9:14

broadband IP satellites,9:18

business growth, 9:21,9:23, 10:12–10:14,10:27–10:28

cable/DSL, 1:20Canada, 7:29enterprise, 9:33–9:34Europe, 3:4, 5:13–5:14,

7:23and Gilat, 9:23and HDTV, 8:19Hong Kong, 7:29Iraq, 10:35–10:36Japan, 3:9Latin America, 8:31listening to customers,

9:34Malaysia, 3:9Middle East, 7:26ND SatCom, 3:25and NewSat, 10:10, 11:8

projected connections(chart), 10:12

Republic of Korea, 7:29satellite broadband

promise, 1:19–1:22and SatLynx, 1:36and SME and SoHo, 8:31–

8:32two-way Ku-Ka, 8:8–8:9U.S., 7:30wi-fi, 7:9–7:10

broadcast channelsChina, 8:11–8:12European channel growth

(charts), 3:14, 3:15Hungarian Satellite TV

Channels (chart), 3:37worldwide chart, 1:42

BroadcastAsia2003,cancellation, 2:5

Brown, David, 4:6Brunner, Jeff, 11:10BSkyB

and the BBC, 6:15and Europe, 5:9and HDTV, 8:19and SES Global, 1:33and Sky+, 5:15

BT Broadcast Services, 6:15BT Group plc, 7:5Bush, George W., 8:26, 10:3Bush, Wes, 3:7Butler, Jerry, Sr., 8:15Butler, Michael, and ISCe

2003, 3:11, 4:9Buy I program, 4:5Byrnes, Joan M., 8:10

CCable & Satellite

Broadcasting Association ofAsia. see CASBAA

Cable & Wireless, 7:17Cablevision, 7:10, 8:19California Space Authority.

see CSA (California SpaceAuthority)

Callopy, Bill, 1:10Canadian Satellite Radio,

11:18Canal Plus, 1:33, 5:9Canal Satellite, 1:29, 4:19,

4:20Canal+Espana, 4:19, 4:20Canalsatellite, 3:16Capanina, 10:14CapRock Services, 7:17Carlton Communications,

7:19Carlton mediaReel, 7:18,

7:19

Carmel Group, and ISCe2004, 9:7

Carroll, Ken, 8:10Carson, Scott, and ISCe 2004,

11:5Cartwright, Charles, 1:12–

1:13Caruso, Andrea, 9:16CAS (Conditional Access

System) rules (India), 4:28–4:29

CASBAA (Cable & SatelliteBroadcasting Association ofAsia), 3:8, 3:10, 7:6

Caspionet (Kazakhstan), 3:18Catalysing Access to ICT in

Africa (CATIA), 6:30Celestial Pictures, 3:9Chamberlain, Steve, 6:23Chan, Jeanette, and ISCe

2003, 3:12, 4:12Chandra, Subhash, 4:28, 4:30Channel NewsAsia, 3:9–3:10China

manned space flight, 9:18Ministry of Information

Industry, 2:33and WTO, 2:33–2:34

China Jitong, 2:34China Satellite, 2:34China Unicom, 2:34Choi, Tom, and ISCe 2003,

3:12, 4:12Chu, Van, 10:11Cinemax, 8:15Cisco, 7:14, 10:13Clarke, Arthur C.. see also

Arthur C. ClarkeFoundation

best wishes, 1:4and geostationary

satellites, 1:18, 4:21interview with, 10:22–

10:23and Mars, 10:3

Classen, Karl, 9:19CLM-9600L Satellite

Modem, 10:34Cloussy, Dan, 7:8CLSA, 7:6CNBC Asia-Pacific, 3:9CNN International, 5:10Codem Systems, Inc., 10:34Cohen, Anita, and ISCe 2003,

3:11, 4:9Colucci, Tony, 6:8Comcast Corp., 4:16Comcast Sports Net, 8:15Commonwealth

TelecommunicationsOrganisation (CTO), 6:29

CommunicAsia1992, 3:3

CommunicAsia2003, 2:5, 3:3communication outages,

1:26–1:27ComStream, 2:28COMSYS, 7:30Comtech EF Data Corp,

10:34, 11:9Comtech

Telecommunications Corp.,10:34

Connexion by Boeingin the Asia Pacific region,

9:13–9:14business growth 2004,

9:21in-flight internet

connections, 7:10, 9:12content distribution network

(CDN), 7:22, 9:13Contingency Planning &

Management, 1:27Contractor, Dinyar, 2:4Cooney, Eric, 6:25Corbett, Joe, 7:26COTS (Commercial Off the

Shelf), satellitecommunications, 2:27–2:28

Cox Communications, 4:16Crawley, Edward F., 2:8Crisafulli, Jim, 2:4Croatian Radio and

Television (HRT), 3:19CrossLinks, 6:12, 10:17. see

also Worldsatcross-polarization

interference, 6:18Crystal Computer

Corporation, executivemoves, 10:11

CSA (California SpaceAuthority)

and ISCe 2003, 3:12, 4:10and ISCe 2004, 8:7, 9:5,

9:8CSD, 4:19Cyber.Net, 9:11Cyberstar (Loral Orion), 3:38

DDalBello, Richard

and ISCe 2003, 1:38,3:12, 4:12

and ISCe 2004, 10:5, 11:5on satellite industry

growth, 1:15–1:17DAMA, 9:29Dangerous Company, 6:10Danilevicius, Linas, and ISCe

2004, 11:5Dankberg, Mark

business growth 2004,9:20–9:21

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Comtech EF Data, a subsidiary ofComtech Telecommunications

Corporation (NASDAQ: CMTL),designs and manufactures a broad rangeof data and RF satellitecommunications equipment deployed incommercial and governmentapplications around the globe. With areputation for providing unparalleledproduct quality and reliability, we arecommitted to delivering products thatcontinue this tradition. All productsmeet or exceed the standards publishedby Intelsat®, Eutelsat, Insat, AsiaSatand other satellite operators.

Comtech EF Data is recognized as atechnology leader and innovator, withofferings such as theindustry’s mostadvanced andbandwidth efficientforward errorcorrection, TurboProduct Coding(TPC), an array ofmodulation techniquesplus advanced IP-centric featuresenabling satellitecommunications links

to be maximized.Typical users of Comtech EF Dataproducts are: Satellite operators andbroadband service providers, cellularservice providers plus organizationswith large or evolving satellitebandwidth requirements, includinggovernment agencies, homelandsecurity, educational institutions,energy companies, marinercommunications providers and others.

The line-up of data products includesSatellite Modems, Monitor & ControlSoftware and a TCP/IP PerformanceEnhancement Proxy. Available withcountless configurations and options,our “CDM” and “SDM” SatelliteModems provide:

� L-Band or 70/140 MHz� Data rates from 2.4 kbps to 100

Mbps� Full range of modulation – BPSK,

QPSK, OQPSK, 8-PSK and 16-QAM

� Complete set of Forward ErrorCorrection, such as Viterbi,Sequential, Reed-Solomon,Pragmatic Trellis CodingModulation and Turbo ProductCoding

� Range of interfaces EIA422/530,V.35, EIA232 and G.703 T1/E1,10/100 Ethernet, LVDS and HSSI

� Local and remote management –SNMP, Web, M&C port, frontpanel

The IP-Centric Modems takebandwidth optimization to a new level.Available features, such as PayloadCompression, Header Compression andQuality of Service improvetransmission quality, enable significantbandwidth savings and increase controlof bandwidth provisioning. CombineturboIP into the equation andperformance of TCP traffic overimpaired satellite links can beaccelerated, restoring networkefficiency.

In conjunction with our sister division,Comtech Vipersat Networks, we offerthe Vipersat Management System,which provides a seamless IP-basedinfrastructure for satellite networking.This advanced system automatesbandwidth utilization while optimizingspace segment efficiency. It is scalable,designed to accommodate future growthand capable of centrally managingnetworks.

Comtech EF Data’s RF productsinclude Converters, Solid State PowerAmplifiers (SSPAs), Transceivers andSatellite Terminals. The Up and DownFrequency Converters are available inC-, Ku- or X-Band models, for the

transmission of SCPC,DAMA and TDMA, as wellas full transponder HDTVand analog TV. Our SSPAsfor C, Ku- and X-Bandfrequencies are offered foruse in communicationsystems or in satellite uplinkdata systems.

Our C, Ku- and X-BandTransceivers providesuperior performance, long-term reliability and ease ofinstallation. And, our Very

Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT)systems are intended for applicationsrequiring low cost components.Available in various models to supportindoor or outdoor applications, C- orKu-Band frequencies, the Terminalsmeet the needs of single and multiplesite configurations.

Comtech EF Data products areinstalled in more than 160 countriesfrom Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. With24x7 customer support, we areprepared to assist you maximizesatellite bandwidth, reduce fixed andoperational costs and simplifyconfiguration and management.

www.comtechefdata.com

Comtech EF Data

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and ISCe 2003, 3:11, 4:9and ISCe 2004, 11:5and NewSat, 10:10, 11:8and PTC Conference,

10:28DARS (Digital Audio Radio

Service), 2:16, 3:20. seealso satellite radio

data compression. see alsoMPEG4; WM9

and satellite broadcasting,1:12–1:13

technologies, 6:25–6:26video compression

evolution (chart), 8:19Data Over Cable Service

Specification. see DOCSISdata-transaction services, in

Iraq, 10:35Davis, Paul R., 6:8DBS (Direct Broadcasting

Service). see also DTH(Direct to Home)

A2H, 10:13and broadband, 10:27and HDNet, 8:15–8:16and HDTV, 8:14

D-cinemas, 10:31de Jong, Eric, 8:10Defense Information Services

Agency (DISA), 5:24–5:25Defense Meteorological

Satellite Program (DMSP),2:12

Defense SatelliteCommunications System(DSCS), 2:12

Defense Support Program(DSP), 2:12

Defense Working CapitalFund (DWCF), 5:25

delivery in orbit, 9:25Delta rocket (Boeing

Division), and Air Forcecontracts, 4:5

Department of HomelandSecurity, 2:23, 2:25, 9:22

deregulation, and foreignsatellite business, 8:12

Detecon International, 1:43Deutsche Messe AG, and ISCe

2004, 9:6Deutsche Telekom, 3:18, 7:5DeWitt, Patrick, 2:23DG Systems, 4:16Digital Angel Corporation,

executive moves, 10:11Digital Audio Radio Service.

see satellite radioDigital Plus, 5:9digital processing, satellite,

4:14–4:15

Digital Rights Management,6:26, 7:12

Digital Video BroadcastReturn Channel overSatellite. see DVB-RCS

Digital+, 10:30Direct Broadcasting Service.

see DBS (DirectBroadcasting Service); DTH(Direct to Home)

DirecTVand A2H, 1:25, 1:34, 1:35and the BBC, 6:15and DTH evolution, 5:20executive moves, 11:10and HDTV, 8:14and News Corp., 1:8–1:9,

9:12, 9:23and PVR, 5:15senior secured credit

facilities, 1:7and SES Americom, 1:23

DirecWayand broadband, 10:27and NRTC, 1:22and StarBand, 10:12subscribers, 1:20, 7:30

disaster protection, 1:26–1:27, 11:6

Disaster Recovery Journal,1:26

Discovery Networks, 3:10,5:9, 8:15

DISH Network, 1:25, 5:6DOCSIS (Data Over Cable

Service Specification),10:28, 11:12

DOD (Department ofDefense), procurement,5:24–5:25

Doering, Steve, 3:7Dozier, Ken, and ISCe 2004,

11:6Dream Broadcasting, 8:22–

8:24DSL

ADSL, Tiscali, 7:23–7:24Alcatel Space, 10:28Aloha Networks SkyDSL

Router, 11:9cable/DSL broadband

services, 1:20“DSL In The Sky,” 10:28and MPEG4 compression,

1:12DSTV, 4:21DTH (Direct to Home). see

also DBS (DirectBroadcasting Service)

in 1993 UK, 9:16–9:17in Asia, 3:28, 3:31, 3:32in Bulgaria & Greece,

11:21and DirecTV, 11:11in Europe, 1:28–1:30,

3:5, 5:10evolution, 5:20–5:21in Greece, 4:31growth, 1:17–1:18and Hot Bird satellites,

2:15–2:16in India, 4:28–4:30in Iraq, 10:36and KabelVision, 3:9in Latin America, 4:31in Malaysia, China, India,

1:9in North America, 4:31radio, 5:3revenues, 1:15and SES Global, 10:15and Sky Italia, 10:32and SkyPerfecTV, 3:9in Spain, 4:19–4:20in Turkey, 4:32and VSAT, 9:21in Western Europe, 4:31worldwide connections

(chart), 4:31DTT Consulting, 3:17, 5:30,

10:35–10:36Duffy, Simon, 5:7Duplay, Christophe, 8:8, 8:9DVB-RCS (Digital Video

Broadcast Return Channelover Satellite)

Salamander report, 10:9and SkyARCS, 3:25and ViaSat, 10:28and VSAT technology,

10:20

EEADS (European Aeronautic

Defence and Space Co), 3:4Earthlink, 1:22East Africa Regulatory Postal

and TelecommunicationsOrganisation (EARPTO),6:29, 6:30

Eaton, Tom, 2:23Eberhart, Ed, General, 2:9EBU (European Broadcasters

Union), HDTV study, 8:20–8:21

EchoStar CommunicationsCorp.

and A2H, 1:25, 1:34,1:35, 10:13, 11:12

DISH Network, 5:6EchoStar IX, 1:6and HDTV, 8:14and Loral bankruptcy,

7:26

and PVR, 10:17PVR fee plan, 5:15and StarBand, 10:12and technology strategy,

10:27and WildBlue

Communications, 1:22Eetsi Telfon, 3:38“The Effective Application

of Satellite Solutions inIraq,” 10:36

Egan, Charlie, 11:12Eid, Susan, 11:10Eidson, Julian, 7:7Einstein, Peter, 8:13Eisenhower, Dwight D., 9:24Electronic System Products,

Inc. (ESP), 5:5Electro-Radiation 2100

Series, 6:18, 6:20Electro-Radiation Inc., 6:20Encore International, 3:10Encore Networks, 5:23Enns, Daniel, 11:9enterprise markets, 6:13–

6:14EPOCH command and

control software, 6:23Ergen, Charles, 5:6Erskine, William David, 4:5ESPN, 3:10, 6:15, 8:15Euro 1080

broadcast format, 8:19demo, 8:18launch, 7:11–7:12programming, 8:21strategy, 5:6

Euroconsult, 1:18, 4:5–4:6Europe Online, 5:13European Parliament, Joint

Sky and Space Committee,and Galileo, 2:6

European Satellite OperatorsAssociation, and ISCe 2004,8:7, 9:5

EutelsatEuropean broadband, 3:4,

5:13and Hispasat, 10:29and Hotbird fleet, 5:9middle east coverage, 2:9,

2:15–2:16rate structure (chart), 3:5retrospective, 9:15revenues chart, 10:31satellite resources (chart),

1:42and Stellat, 1:16in Turkey, 4:32and Xantic, 2:29

Evatt, Jim, 1:11‘Event’ channel, 7:11, 7:12

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MITEQ:A Technology Driven Company

Established in 1969, MITEQ hasbeen committed to designing and

manufacturing state-of-the-artmicrowave components andsubsystems. With the continuousinvestment in technologydevelopment, the MITEQ product linecontinues to grow in scope andcomplexity.

The recent acquisition of MCL Inc., adesigner and manufacturer of highpower amplifiers (HPAs), greatlyenhances the ability to servethe needs of MITEQ’scustomers in the SATCOMfield. MITEQ will be expandingresources to continue MCLimprovements in new productdevelopment, quality ofproduct and customer service.

The addition of HPAs to the MITEQproduct line and the internaldevelopments in fiber-opticcomponents for high-speed fiber-optic communication circuits furtherestablishes MITEQ as a multi-facetedcommunications company, pushingthe boundaries of technologydevelopment.

It is an understatement to say thatMITEQ offers a wide selection ofproducts. In fact, “we have such abroad product line that we workvirtually for most of the U.S. andinternational system companies”,says President and CEO ArthurFaverio.

These companies choose MITEQbecause of its high quality products,

which are designed and supported bythe MITEQ engineering staff. “It’sthe level of technical competence”,Faverio says, “plus competitivelypriced products built with a high levelof quality and reliability, all supportedby our customer service”. All MITEQproducts are backed with an extendedwarranty.

The emphasis on technicalcompetence and product quality is a

primary reason for success. MITEQis comprised of 14 separate productunits, each one headed by anengineer. When it comes to productdesign and service, it’s an engineerwho’s behind it all: one whounderstands the products’application and the importance ofengineering product development.MITEQ was founded on this principleand its success is based on thetechnical aspects of the customerinterface. This includes the MITEQsales/marketing staff, all of whom aretechnically educated.

Although there are separate productunits, the technology that isdeveloped by each unit is sharedthroughout the company. The majorbenefactor of this structure is thecommunications systems group. “We

can draw from the technology of allof MITEQ’s component areas toassemble the most comprehensiveline of satellite communicationsfrequency translation products in theworld,” Faverio says.

The communications products groupmanufactures upconverters,downconverters, test looptranslators, redundant switchoverunits, redundant low noise amplifiersystems and a wide range of

equipment for Inmarsatapplications. Although theemphasis of these productsis in the L-, C-, X-, Ku-and Ka-bands, the frequencycapabilities of currentcomponents and systemproducts extend from video to

60 GHz.

MITEQ offers dual conversion,synthesized upconverters anddownconverters, which are availablein 1 kHz and 125 kHz steps in a single-rack panel height unit. Theseconverters offer complete remotecontrol capability over a variety ofremote interfaces (RS232, RS422,RS485, IEEE 488 and contact closure).

In short, when it comes to RFsatellite equipment, MITEQ prettymuch has it all. And if they don’thave it, they can probably build iton a custom basis to fit thecustomer’s needs.

For more information go towww.miteq.com

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Evolved Expendable LaunchVehicle program, 2:5

FF5 Networks, 5:23Falcon orbital launch vehicle,

7:5FCC

HDTV mandate, 7:10SES Americom petition,

1:23–1:25, 1:35–1:36,10:13

Federation of RegionalAssociations (FORA), 7:32

Fehervari, Gabriel, 7:11, 8:18Feltes, Yves, 5:13Fenez, Marcel, 3:8, 3:10Fischer, Carl, 4:22Fisher, Rand, Rear Admiral,

2:28flat screen TV, 8:18–8:20,

8:21Florida Space Authority

Board, executive moves, 3:6Flynn, Roger, 6:15Flynt, Allen, 3:4Forbes Magazine, 9:13Ford, Celeste, 9:9Fox News Network, 9:13Foxcom, Ltd., 2:31France Telecom, 7:5, 10:17Franks, Tommy, General,

5:24Franz, Gerhard, 2:24free-to-air concept, 1:25,

1:34French, Patrick, 8:11–8:12,

10:12, 10:14frequency trends chart, 7:3Freund, Spencer A., 2:4Frost & Sullivan, 8:11, 9:8,

9:27Frost, Mary, 5:7, 6:7, 8:17FSS (Fixed Satellite Service)

industry, 4:5–4:6Fujisaki, Michio, at PTC’04,

7:32Futron Corp.

and band frequency trendschart, 7:3

costs of satelliteoperation study, 9:27

and the DOD, 5:24public space travel report,

2:20–2:22

GGalaxy Satellite, 9:18Galileo navigation system,

2:6, 2:24, 10:6Galili, Tamir, 6:8

GAO (General AccountingOffice), 5:24

Gat, Yoel, 1:10Gates, Bill, 1:19Gavrilis, Ted, and ISCe 2003,

2:23, 3:11, 4:9GE Americom, 1:7GE AstroSpace, 1:33GEO MSS system, 1:31, 6:10geostationary communication

satellites, developers, 2:8Gerety, Bill, 4:7Getting, Ivan A., obituary, 7:7Gibbs, Matt, 8:18GigaSat Ltd., 5:28–5:29Gil, Miguel, 2:10Gilat Satellite Networks

executive moves, 1:10,4:7

and Satlynx, 1:36, 10:13and StarBand, 10:12

Gillet, Jean-Phillipe, 4:7Gilroy, Mark P., 10:11GiTy Slovakia, 3:38Globacom, 1:43Global Crossing, 2:6, 6:3Global Information Grid

(GIG), 5:25Global Mobile Personal

Communications bySatellite (GMPCS), 6:30

Global Positioning System.see GPS (Global PositioningSystem)

Global VSAT ForumAsia-Pacific forecasts,

3:33–3:34and China, 2:33–2:34disaster recovery

resources, 1:27and Futurecom 2003,

8:31–8:32Internet and VSAT Policy

Workshop, 6:29and ISCe 2004, 8:7, 9:5,

9:7Satellite Communications

Summit, 7:32, 10:28Globalstar

bankruptcy, 1:19, 4:6and ICO Global

Communications, 2:5and middle east conflict,

2:10GlobeCast

executive moves, 1:41,4:8, 5:7, 6:7

and France Telecom SA,10:17

and Quadriga, 4:17–4:18and Viacom, 5:10

Goldberg, Dan

interview, 8:28–8:30and NewSkies revenue,

11:24and Telenor, 10:15and transponder pricing,

10:30Gormel, Ed, 3:6Gottlieb and Company, 6:13,

9:29–9:30GPS (Global Positioning

System), 2:12, 2:24, 6:5.see also Galileo navigationsystem

greenfield applications, 9:34greenfield sites, 1:12–1:13Greenwald, Brad, 1:19–1:22,

10:13Greer, Jeff, 11:10Grenier, Jean, 9:16Grindon, Michael, 2:8Groothedde, Celia, 5:6Gross, David, 7:32Gross, Jeff, 1:26Ground Control, and IPSec,

5:23Group of Ministers (GoM -

India), 4:28Groupe Canal+, 4:19growth chart, entertainment

technologies, 7:9GSM (Global System for

Mobile Communication),10:35

Gude, Kalpak, and ISCe 2003,3:12, 4:12

Guerci, Joseph R., and ISCe2004, 11:5

Gunawan, S., 3:27–3:28Guyer, Kay, 1:14

HH-2A launch vehicle,

Japanese spy satellite, 1:8Haislip, Wally, 7:7Hall, Keith

and ISCe 2003, 3:11, 4:10and ISCe 2004, 10:5, 11:5

Hallmark Channel, 5:9Hannover Fairs USA

and ISCe 2003, 1:37,1:39, 3:12

and ISCe 2004, 8:5, 9:6,10:5, 11:5

Hansen, Marcus C., 1:11,1:41

Harms, Greg, 6:8Hartshorn, David, 2:4Hatamiya, Kim, 2:8Hatch, Gary, 9:21–9:22Hawaii Pacific Teleport

(HPT), 1:6

HBO, and HDTV, 8:15HDNet, 8:15HDTV

and AlfaCam, 5:6ann Abu Dhabi TV, 11:13and bandwidth demand,

10:16in Europe, 7:11–7:12flat screen TV, 9:13growth, 7:10retrospective, 9:16and Tandberg Television,

6:25Hedinger, Bob, 3:7Heinerscheid, Paul, 4:7Helfgott, David

business growth 2004,9:22

interview, 2:25–2:26and ISCe 2003, 3:11, 4:10

Hellas Sat Consortium,11:21–11:22

high-altitude platforms(HAPs), 10:14

HispasatBerretta’s views, 2:16market value, 10:29and Sogecable, 4:19,

10:30HNS, 7:14Home Cinema, 8:13Home office. see SoHo (Small

Office-Home)Honeywell Engines, 2:7Horner, Bob, 4:17Hot-Air De-Icing system,

1:6–1:7Hotbird fleet, 4:14, 5:9Hubbard, Robert, 8:14Hubbard, Stanley, 8:14Hudspeth, Thomas, 2:8Hughes

DirecWay, 1:20, 7:30executive moves, 11:10historical challenges,

11:11and National Cable

Communications (NCC),4:16

and News Corp., 1:8–1:9,9:22, 9:23

senior secured creditfacilities, 1:7

Spaceway, 1:19and Spaceway, 9:13, 10:13

HungaroDigitel, 3:18Hunsat (Co-ordination

Association of HungarianSpace Communications),3:17–3:19

Hunter, Cameron, 5:7Hutchison Global

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Intro/Heritage

Paradise Datacom is a manufacturerof satcom electronic equipment

integral in providing a variety of datatransfer solutions in voice, video anddata networks. The company is aunique blend of over 35 years oftelecom experience having absorbedsuch organizations as Locus andSierraCom to becometoday’s Paradise Datacom.Paradise Datacom, withfacilities in the UnitedKingdom and UnitedStates, has become a leaderin providing SatelliteTelecom Equipment. Frombaseband to the antennafeed, Paradise Datacom hassolutions for today’scommunications needs.

Hardware Solutions

Paradise Datacom offerslightweight and easy to useequipment providing a highdegree of user interfaceintelligence. All ParadiseDatacom products are available in avariety of redundant configurations.

Modems - Products include the P300Series of Modems including 70 MHz,L-Band and a Mentat SkyX© EnhancedTCP/IP Router/Ethernet interface aswell as the “industry favorite” built-in1:1capablity. These modems are alsoavailable in a 1:N configuration for evenmore assurance against loss of traffic.Newly released, P300VMUX versionof the modem will provide a built inVocality multiplexer with Voice/Fax,Synchronous data and Ethernet IPports for simultaneous connectivity ofmultiple services.

LNAs - Paradise provides a family ofquality Low Noise Amplifiers that havebeen an industry standard for nearly 25years. Available in C, Ku, X, Ka andcustom bands, Paradise Datacom offerssome of the lowest, uncooled, noisetemperatures available in the industry.LNA redundant systems and customplate assemblies are available for allLNA frequencies as well.

1.1 KW at C Band SSPA @ 9RU

BUCs and Transceivers - Paradiseoffers a comprehensive line of C andKu “intelligent” block up-convertersand complete 70 MHz or L-Bandtransceiver solutions for lightweightVSAT applications. Output powerlevels are available in C-Band from 5Wto 170W and in Ku-Band from 2W to100W, all through the use of our ownSSPA designs.

SSPAs - Paradise offers a variety of C,Ku, S and X Band Solid State PowerAmplifiers. These are available in eithersmall weatherized enclosures forantenna mounting, or efficient indoor

packages for higher output powertransmit applications. Most SSPA’scan be provided with an optionalintegral block up-converter. ParadiseDatacom SSPAs are available withpower levels to 1.1 KW at C Band and450 watts at Ku Band. Both indoor andoutdoor SSPAs are available and areamong the highest power, smallest andmost reliable units available on the

market today.

With a unique ability to cost-effectively phase combineSSPAs and provideredundancy at the same time,Paradise offers an affordablemethod to have a back-upSSPA and still be able todouble the output whenrequired due to atmosphericconditions or increased traffic.

Direction

Paradise Datacom has a richtradition of providingdedicated support to itscustomers. This includes salesand service as well asengineering support. Paradise

engineers have traveled extensivelythroughout the world working withcustomers one on one to helpimplement intelligent solutions in thefield. As Paradise charts its futuredirection, the ability to listen to ourcustomers’ needs and continue toprovide service and support to ourcustomers (including systemintegrators, service providers and earthstation operators) is consideredparamount in our plans. As Paradisehas evolved from an individualcomponent manufacturer to a providerof more complex and system orientedpackages, the direction of the companyremains on track for continued andsolid growth. For more information goto www.paradisedata.com

Paradise Datacom

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Communications, 3:8Hutchison

Telecommunications, 2:6

IIBM, and CASBAA, 3:10I-Cable Communications, 3:8ICO Global Communications,

2:5iDirect

and oil service industry,9:29, 9:30, 9:31

Swift Deploy Terminal,7:14

IG-VPN, 5:23Immeon Networks, 1:26,

5:29iN Demand, 4:18, 8:16In Search of Excellence,

11:12Independent Television

Commission (ITC), 5:11Indian Space Research

Organization (ISRO), 5:18,9:18

Indovision, 3:9industry outlook

bandwidth as commodity,6:13–6:14

HDTV, 6:25–6:26satellites, 6:9–6:10SES Global, 6:11–6:12Wi-Fi, 6:6

in-flight internetconnections, 7:10, 9:13

Information andCommunicationTechnology forDevelopment (ICT4D),5:17

Inmarsat. see also BGAN(Broadband Global AreaNetwork)

and Apax / Permira, 7:5launches, 2:30–2:31military terminals, 2:9,

2:10and oil service industry,

9:31and TCA, 2:28terminals in Nigeria, 1:43in Turkey, 4:32and Xantic, 2:29–2:30

Integral Systems, Inc., 6:23–6:24

Intelsatbusiness units, 1:7–1:8and CASBAA, 3:8executive moves, 4:7and Galaxy Satellite, 9:18government business, 2:3and Loral bankruptcy, 4:6,

7:26and Loral North American

Skynet, 9:22military traffic, 2:9, 2:10as pioneer, 1:16revenues chart, 7:26satellite resources (chart),

1:42and TCA, 2:28in Turkey, 4:32and WildBlue

Communications, 1:20,10:13

and Xantic, 2:29Interference Suppression

Units, 6:18, 6:20interference, tutorial, 6:17–

6:20International Development

Research Centre, 6:30International Launch Services

(ILS), 1:7, 5:6International Marketing

Reports, 4:6International Satellite &

Communications exchange.see ISCe

InternationalTelecommunication Union(ITU) Digital Access Index,8:11

InternationalTelecommunications Union(ITU) Forum, 10:8–10:9

Internet and VSAT PolicyWorkshop, 6:29

interruption tocommunication services,1:26–1:27

Intersat-H, 2:29Invsat, 9:29IP (internet protocol)

“hourglass” (graphic),3:23

addressing, 4:23fragmentation, 4:24overview, 4:23–4:25path MTU, 4:24–4:25routing, 4:23–4:24

IPSec (IP Security), andsatellite networks, 1:14,5:22–5:23

iPSTAR, 3:28, 10:13, 10:27IQStat, Inc, 5:5–5:6Iridium

executive moves, 7:8failure of, 1:19and middle east conflict,

2:10and oil service industry,

9:29and SCADA, 9:32

and Xantic, 2:29Irwin, Susan, 7:7ISCe 2003

demographics chart, 8:7highlights, 2:23–2:24Matchmaking program,

3:12, 4:10preview, 1:37–1:40, 3:11–

3:13, 4:9–4:12program schedule, 4:11Satellite Technologies in

Iraq war, 3:12, 4:12US-Asia Business

Roundtable, 3:12–3:13,4:12

ISCe 2004events, 10:5–10:6, 11:5–

11:6organizations and events,

9:5–9:9preview, 8:5–8:7

Ishaq, Mustafa, 11:13Israel Aircraft Industries

(IAI), 9:10ITU Reginal Office for Asia

and the Pacific, 7:32ITU Telecom World Forum

and Exhibition, 6:3, 6:9–6:10

ITU Trends inTelecommunicationsReform 2003, 7:29

ITU Youth Forum, 7:32

JJalife, Salma, 7:32Jenniches, F. Suzanne, 1:10–

1:11Jennings, Toni, 3:6Johnson Space Center,

executive moves, 3:7Johnson, Robert, 2:31Joint Sky and Space

Committee (EuropeanParliament), and Galileo,2:6

JSAT Corp.and Horizons 1, 8:27,

9:12JCSAT-9, 2:6and TCA, 2:28

Jupiter Telecommunications(J-Com Broadband), 3:9

KKa-band technology, for

broadband, 1:19–1:22KabelVision, 3:9Kamel, Saleh, 10:25Karnedy, D. Scott, 6:8Katz Media Group, 4:16Kaufmann, William, 10:11

Kayser, Ferdinand, 7:11, 8:11KDDI Corp., 7:5Kelly, Tim, 7:29Kenya, regional satellite

approach, 6:29Kerrebrock, Jack L., 2:8Keyhole satellites, 2:12Khrunichev State Research

and Production SpaceCenter, 5:6

Kingston ‘inmedia’, 6:15,8:29

Kiss, Amanda, 9:17Kleiner Perkins Caufield &

Byers, 10:13KL-VSAT, 2:29Knapp, Barclay, 5:7Koh, Eui

and ISCe 2003, 3:12, 4:12and ISCe 2004, 11:5

Korea, North. see NorthKorea

Kristal, 3:9Ku-band, shift to, 7:3Kulick, Betsy, 2:4Kullman, Conny, 7:26, 9:19Kuo, K.C., and ISCe 2003,

3:12, 4:12Kuwait Investments Projects

Co. (KIPCO), 10:24KVH Industries, executive

moves, 11:10

LLabrador, Virgil, and ISCe

2004, 11:6Lacrosse satellites, 2:12launch forecast, ASCENT

study (chart), 2:21launch prices (chart), 2:21Le Gall, Jean-Yves, 6:6Leddy, Jeff, 9:10Legere, John, 7:32Leslie Taylor and Associates,

10:12Letele, Nolo, 4:21, 4:22Liberty Media, 1:8–1:9, 1:20,

10:13Lindblad Expeditions, 7:10LinkSat America, 9:11Lippert, Keith, 11:10Lloyd, Carmen, 7:8Lockheed Martin

and Air Force contracts,4:5

AMC-15 satellite, 1:24and Americom Asia-

Pacific, 3:31Astrolink, 1:19executive moves, 1:11,

1:41joint Russian venture, 5:6

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Founded in 1937, Andrew Corporation is the premierprovider of innovative and essential communicationsequipment and complete RF subsystem solutions for theevolving global telecommunications market. A multi-nationalpublic company with manufacturing facilities on fivecontinents, we offer products and services for virtually everymanufacturer and supplier in the communications industry.

Andrew serves operators and OEMs from facilities in 33countries with products and system services that provideproven solutions for Wireless, Fixed TelecommunicationsNetworks, Government, Broadband, and SatelliteCommunication providers throughout the world.

Andrew is a leader in the emerging Ka-Band market with theability to provide antennas in transmit and receive, Ka andKa/Ku hybrid receive only feeds in 3.5, 5.6, and 8.1 metersfor terrestrial wireless services and for wideband satelliteapplications.

Andrew Corporation is a world-class leader in designing,implementing and supporting turnkey systems. AndrewCorporation provides technical resources and capabilities,

including on-going global businesses and centers-of-excellencethat:

· Manufacture high quality earth station antennas.· Provide complete electronic systems for both reception

and transmission.· Maintain a Research and Development group.· Develop monitor and control software and hardware.· Keep a continuously active global installation/test group.· Provide international technical support group with

offices in major regions of the world.

The recent acquisition of Channel Master’s assets andproducts significantly strengthens our existing SatelliteCommunications offerings, giving greater value to ourcustomers. The combination of Andrew’s traditional mediumto large Earth Stations Antennas and the Channel Masterarray of small antennas gives Andrew a full range of antennasfor C, Ku, K, X, and Ka bands, from 0.6 to 9.4 m. Thisenhanced product portfolio coupled with Andrew systemcapability allows us to offer complete RF path solutions tothe satellite communications market and especially thegrowing VSAT and Broadband markets.

Andrew Corporation

Agile Communication Systems is a nationwideintegrator of satellite-based technology systems.Headquartered in Morgan Hill, California, the Companydesigns and installs advanced communication systemsfor both fixed and mobile satellite based markets. Wesell and integrate products from leadingcommunications companies including Mitec, AnaCom,

Harmonic, Andrew, Vertex, ETM, Xicom, StandardCommunications, Raydyne/Comstream, Patriot, andmany more! Agile Communication Systems goes theextra mile to assist our clients with their projects,offering quick deployment, technical accuracy and theextra attention to detail that is necessary for successfulimplementation and operation.

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manufacturing capacity,1:17

venture with Boeing, 2:5Lockheed Martin

Commercial Space Systems(LMCSS)

and ISCe 2004, 8:7, 9:5,9:8

JCSAT-9, 2:6Lockheed Martin Space &

Strategic Missiles, executivemoves, 3:7

Loral Global Alliance,satellite resources (chart),1:42

Loral Skynetexecutive moves, 3:7,

8:10and Hunsat, 3:19and Intelsat, 9:22

Loral Space &Communications, 2:8, 4:3,4:6

Loral Space Systems, 1:6,1:17, 6:8

Loral, bankruptcy, 7:26lunar spacecraft, 6:6Lundberg, Olof

MM2sat Ltd.Maag, GraemeMabuhay, executive moves,

10:11Mack, Dean, 7:13Madison Square Garden

Network, 8:15Maguire, Joanne, 3:7‘Main’ channel, 7:11, 7:12Malaysia-East Asia Satellite

(Measat), 1:9Malone, John, 1:9manned space flight, China,

9:18Mariani, Mario, 7:23–7:25Marin, Javier, 4:19markets. see also enterprise

marketsAfrica, 10:17emerging, 8:25–8:27energy industry, 7:16offshore oil service, 9:30–

9:31onshore oil service, 9:31SCADA, 9:31–9:32South America, 10:17well logging, 9:31

Markham, Dave, Captain, 2:9Masoni, Rick, 9:22MasterWorks

Communications, 1:27MATAV, 3:17–3:19

Mathur, Deepak, 3:31–3:32Matthews, Patrick, 10:10,

11:8Mawared group, 10:25McCaw, Craig, 1:19, 2:6McCulley, Michael J., 2:7McDonald, Jim, 7:7McDonald, Keith, 10:6McDonald, Keith, and ISCe

2004, 11:6McDonnell, Harold, 9:28McGrath, Kevin N., 10:11McGuinness, Michael J., 3:7McGuirk, Bryan A., 6:7Measat Broadcast Network

Systems (MBNS), 3:9, 3:10Media City, 10:25Media Corp News, 3:9–3:10Media Development

Authority (Singapore), 3:10Media Village project, 6:15,

6:16Mediapipe News, 4:17mediaREEL, 7:18, 7:19Meirzon, Tal, 9:23Mentat Inc., 1:13–1:14Meyer, Phil, 11:8Meyrat, Pierre, 1:33, 9:15Michel, Kenneth, 8:14, 8:16Microsoft WM9. see WM9middle east conflict. see also

War on Terrorand Abu Dhabi TV, 11:13armed services contracts,

10:25effect on satellite

industry, 2:3, 2:9–2:11,2:25

national reconstruction,10:35–10:36

and satellite industry,1:31–1:32

and the satellite industry,9:20–9:21

and satellites, 9:12–9:13MII (Chinese Ministry of

Information Industry),satellite services (chart),2:33

militarybandwidth needs (chart),

2:11SatCom market, 2:3satellite applications

(graphic), 2:12Miller, John, 7:17Miller, Jon, 9:17Miller, Paul David, 2:7Miller, Susan, and ISCe 2003,

3:11, 4:10Millstein, Leo, 5:7milsatcom (military satellite

communications), 2:3MILSTAR, 2:12Mitsubishi Heavy Industries,

9:25Mobile Satellite Users

Association, and ISCe 2004,8:7, 9:5, 9:7

Molvar, Jan, and ISCe 2003,1:39

Moore, John, 6:20Morgan Stanley

and cable TV in the UK,9:16

and HDTV, 8:19and PVR, 5:15–5:16and Sogecable, 4:19

Morgan, Monica, 10:13Moriizumi, Tomoyuki, 3:9Most, Oren, 1:10Motorola Asia Pacific, 3:10MPEG4 compression

and bandwidth demand,10:16

and DSL, 1:12and HDTV, 6:25–6:26and satellite broadcasting,

1:12–1:13MTN, 9:29MTN Nigeria, 1:43MTV Networks, 3:10Mullarkey, Anthony J., 2:4multicasting, satellite, 4:16,

4:17, 10:28MultiChoice, 4:21Multiemedia, 10:10, 11:8Multimedia Rural Initiative,

4:21–4:22Multi-Stream Area (MSA),

6:16Mummert, Sergy, 10:13Murdoch, Rupert

and DirecTV, 1:8–1:9and Dr. Meyrat, 9:15early UK satellite

coverage, 1:33and Indian TV, 4:28, 4:30and Italian DTH market,

10:32Murphy, Dan, 2:7Murphy, John, 2:31Musk, Elon, and ISCe 2003,

3:11, 4:10

NNadon, Marc, 9:11Nahuelsat, 1:16Nakamura, Yoshihiro, 1:8NASA Ames Research Center,

executive moves, 3:7NASA, and AGS, 2:25National Cable

Communications (NCC),

4:16National Cable TV

Association, 8:15National Inventors Hall of

Fame, 2:7–2:8Navtech Seminars & GPS

Supply, and ISCe 2004, 9:7ND SatCom

broadband terminal, 2:27SkyARCS, 3:25–3:26and SkyWAN, 5:28and TCA, 2:28

Neffinger, Peter, Captain,10:5, 11:5

Netscaler, 5:23Network Advantage

Corporation, 9:11network outages, 1:26–1:27network-centric warfare

(NCW)bandwidth requirements,

5:25business opportunities,

2:25–2:26and business plans 2004,

9:22New Skies

and Hunsat, 3:19and MTN Nigeria, 1:43outlook, 8:28–8:30revenue chart, 8:30,

11:24satellite fleet (chart), 8:29satellite resources (chart),

1:42and Telenor, 10:15

News Corp.and DirecTV, 1:8–1:9,

9:12and Hughes Electronics

Corp., 9:22and PanAmSat, 9:23and PVR, 10:17and SES Global, 10:15

News One (ABC), 4:17NewSat, launch of, 10:10,

11:8newsclips, delivery, 4:17Newspath (CBS), 4:17Nigeria, communications

profile, 1:43NileSat, 8:13, 10:26NITEL, 1:43NOAA (National Oceanic and

AtmosphericAdministration), 2:12, 2:25

Norsat International Inc.,executive moves, 5:7

North American AerospaceDefense Command, 2:9

North Korea, and Japanesespy satellites, 1:8

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Foxcom, a division of OnePath Networks wasfounded in 1993 and is a leading provider offiberoptic solutions to the professional satelliteand video distribution markets.

Foxcom’s Sat-Light Family of fiberopticinterfacility products transport satellite signalsin earth stations, broadcast facilities, InternetService Providers (ISPs), cable TV headendsand other communication gateways.

All Foxcom product lines use standard off-the-shelf components with multiple sources for keycomponents. Foxcom’s R&D, final assemblyand testing, which are ISO 9001:2000 certified,take place in its Israeli Headquarters deliveringproducts which meeting CE (European Union)and FCC approvals. Foxcom’s MTBF ratingsare among the highest in the world.

All Foxcom products are UL certified.

Foxcom has developed a blue chip customerlist representing the leading satellite serviceproviders and system integrators around theworld. To date, Foxcom products have beensold to more than 50 countries making Foxcoma quality brand recognized throughout themarket.

Our experts based in Israel and USA help youplan your system for optimal performance andminimal cost by deploying the latest computer-aided design systems They analyze electricalrequirements, define system tolerances andprescribe the correct products for theapplication. They work with you every step ofthe way to ensure that a complete solution issuccessfully implemented.

FOXCOM

GLOBAL LINK Productions, Inc.

Live News, Sports and Teleconferencing

GLOBAL LINK Productions, Inc. Is the Premier WesternUS Uplink Company providing specialized uplinkingand downlinking and production services for all itsclients. Headquartered in San Jose, CA the companyprovides broadcast services around the world.Customers requiring to uplink full motion Video andAudio either one-way or two-way can rely on GlobalLink to provide a FULL Turnkey, end-to-end solution.Global Link also broadcasts two-way IP data for clientsaround the world as well.We use any combination of Satellite, Fiber orMicrowave technologies to get your information whereyou want, when you need it! We have KU-Band Fly-away units ready to deploy that can be configured anyway a client needs them. Global Link also has a fleet ofKU-Bank uplink trucks in the Western US.

Global Link prides itself on offering the client superiorservice over its competitors by going the extra mile. Ourcamera / Production crews have been deployed all overthe world to shoot stories. From single camera shootsto 6+ camera events, studio configurations, steady-cams, flying jibs to wireless helmet cams for specialoperations, we stand ready to do the same for you!For Superior Transmission services and Camera /Production Crews, Call:

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For fixed or more permanent installation solutionsplease see our information on our NationwideIntegration/Engineering company: AGILECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS At 408-782-1371

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Northern Sky ResearchAsia-Pacific broadband

markets, 3:34–3:35business growth for

satellites, 10:14on China, 8:11–8:12and in-flight internet,

7:10and wi-fi growth, 7:9–

7:10Northrop Grumman,

executive moves, 1:10–1:11, 3:7

Nova (Greece), 4:31NRTC (National Rural

TelecommunicationsCooperative), 1:20, 1:22,10:13

NSAB, 1:33NTL Broadcast, 5:7, 6:15,

8:19

OObadia, Marcos, 8:16Olmstead, Dean

and A2H, 1:23–1:25,1:34–1:36

and ISCe 2003, 1:38–1:39, 2:23, 3:11, 4:10

and ISCe 2004, 10:5, 11:5Olympic Games, 7:11, 11:21Onodera, Tadashi, 7:32“Open Skies” policy, 6:9OpenSky, 2:16, 3:4, 3:5“operator friendly” satellite,

9:27OPUS, 5:3Orbit, 10:25, 10:26Orbit Data Systems (ODSL),

7:26Orbital Sciences Corp.,

executive moves, 2:8, 5:7O’Shea, James, 6:10OTE, 11:21outage (WAN) chart, 1:26outsourcing, in satellite

manufacturing, 4:13–4:14

PPagano, Chuck, 8:16, 8:17Palapa, 6:9Palter, DC, 5:9PanAmSat

and deregulation, 1:16and DirecTV, 2:16and Eutelsat, 2:15Galaxy 13/Horizons 1,

7:10government business, 2:3and Horizons 1, 8:27,

9:12

and Hunsat, 3:19military traffic, 2:9and MTN Nigeria, 1:43and News Corp., 9:23satellite resources (chart),

1:42and TCA, 2:28

Paradigm, 2:10Paredes, Art

and ISCe 2003, 1:39and ISCe 2004, 8:5, 9:5,

10:5–10:6Parker, Ed, 7:13Patacchini, Arduino, 2:19Patel, Ravi V., 2:4Pathfire, 4:17Patwardhan, Anil, 4:30Patzert, William, and ISCe

2003, 3:11, 4:10pay satellites, 8:12pay-TV

Europe, 1:28–1:30forecasts chart, 1:29market and business plans,

4:6Pay-Per-View, hotel, 4:17piracy in Asia, 7:6in Spain (chart), 4:19

PBI Media, LLC., 7:32PBS, and HDTV, 8:15PCCW, 3:10Peck, Bob, 11:19–11:20,

11:24Peña, Virgilio, 7:32Permia Advisers, Ltd., 7:5Peters, Tom, 11:12Petrocom, 9:29Picasso, Gino, and ISCe 2003,

3:11, 4:10Pindar, Andrew, 5:13Pinon, Christian, 1:41piracy

Asia, pay-TV, 7:6and CASBAA, 3:10grey-market, in the

Middle East, 10:26PMSI fingerprinting

technology, 8:23and Sogecable, 4:20and Telepiu, 2:19

Pivotal SatelliteTechnologies, executivemoves, 11:10

plasma TV, 8:18Playboy Television, 5:9Plenexis-Holding Gmbh, 8:26PMSI (Philippines Multi-

Media System, Inc.), 8:22–8:24

Polar, 9:29Potarazu, Ramu

Intelsat business units,1:7–1:8

and ISCe 2003, 2:23,3:11, 4:10

Powercom, 3:8Prasad, Ravi Shankar, 4:29Price, David, 11:8PricewaterhouseCoopers,

3:10Prisa, 4:19procurement, and the DOD,

5:24–5:25Prolink, 10:34Promax, 10:34Proton rocket, 1:7, 5:6, 9:25Protopapas, Christodoulos A.,

11:21–11:22PTC (Pacific

TelecommunicationsCouncil), 1:15. see alsoPTC’04

PTC’04, 7:31–7:32, 10:28public space travel, 2:20–

2:22PVR (Personal Video

Recorders), 5:15–5:16,10:17

QQoS (quality of service),

5:28, 7:14, 11:15–11:17Quadriga Worldwide, 4:17–

4:18Quaker-Finder, LLC, 9:9QVC, 5:9

RRadio Shack, and satellite

radio, 11:20RAI, 8:20Rainbow Media, 8:19RAJAR, 5:3Rare Medium Group, Inc.,

5:5–5:6RCA, and Satcom 1, 11:11Redline Networks, 5:23regulatory environment

in Asia, 3:10export controls, 6:24Salamander report, 10:8–

10:9Renaud, Jean-Luc, 9:16Request for Information /

Proposal (RFI/RFP), andsatellite system acquisition,9:24

Rerisi, Edward, 6:6Re-usable Launch Vehicles

(RLV), 2:21–2:22revenue charts, Satellite

Industry, 1:15, 1:16

revenuesAsia-Pacific Broadband

Revenue (chart), 3:34Asia-Pacific Broadband

Services (chart), 3:33Pay-TV industry, 4:6satellite operators (2002),

4:5–4:6RigNet, 9:29Ritchie, Ian, 2:10–2:11Rodav, Shlomo, 1:10Rohrabacher, Dana, 3:12,

4:10Rojsrivichaikul, Yongsit,

10:13Romm, Jon, 1:8Rooda, Pieter Eelkman, 8:10Rosen, Harold, 2:7–2:8Royal Netherlands Army,

2:29Ryan, Dave, 1:10

SSachdev, D.K., 2:23Saha, Tarak, 4:29Saito, Tadao, 7:32Salamander Systems Inc.,

10:8–10:9Salih, Mary, 4:8Samara, Noah, 7:32, 9:20San Miguel, Renay, and ISCe

2003, 3:12, 4:12Sanchez, Darby, 1:41Sanford, Rick, and ISCe 2003,

3:11, 4:10Sangram Committee, 4:29Sant’Anna, Marcelo, 3:7SARS (Severe Acute

Respiratory Syndrome)and business plans, 9:19and Channel NewsAsia,

3:9–3:10and conference

cancellations, 2:5, 3:3effect on Asian businesses,

2:13–2:14, 3:31Satchell, Larry Dean, 4:5SatCom Africa 2004, 8:11SatCom Asia 2004, 8:11Satellite Applications

Technology Conference(SATCON Expo), 7:20–7:22

Satellite Broadcasting andCommunicationsAssociation (SBCA),executive moves, 2:7

“Satellite Communications inIraq,” 10:32

satellite industryin 1993 vs. 2003, 9:15breakeven costs (chart),

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Microspace Communications Corporation (Microspace)is the operator of the largest business satellitebroadcasting network in the world and the leadingprovider of point-to-multipoint satellite services. Withover 300,000 remote sites, organizations that distributevideo, audio and data content cost effectively andefficiently rely on Microspace.

Microspace’s VELOCITY® satellite service enablesaffordable, reliable and secure distribution for a broadrange of applications, including: business television;·streaming video and audio; corporate training;distance learning;video on demand transport andstorage;high-bandwidth data transmission; digitalcinema; datacasting; Internet Protocol multicasting

For more than 16 years, Microspace has providedsatellite broadcast services to a number of growing

Aviation Administration, U.S. Navy and U.S. Army.

Microspace, founded in 1988, is a privately-heldcompany with headquarters in the U.S., a presence inEurope and Latin America, and is a wholly-ownedsubsidiary of Capitol Broadcasting Company,founded in 1937. For more information, visitwww.microspace.com.

industries, including financial services, retail/hospitality, entertainment, government, weather andeducation. Commercial customers include Muzak, JohnDeere, Weather Central, LodgeNet Entertainment andmany of top financial information providers like MorganStanley. Microspace’s VELOCITY service also enablescompanies to serve the needs of government agenciessuch as the Environmental Protection Agency, Bureauof Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Federal

Advanced Projects International (API), based inPetaluma, California, is part of the CornisicaIncorporated family of companies, also comprised of IPAccess International™ (IPA) and Kavera SoftwareIncorporated. API has extensive experience in buildingand working with Point-to-Point and Point-to-Multipoint Satellite IP Systems. Today’s demand forincreased service, especially in remote, connectivitydeprived locations, is addressed by CornisicaIncorporated’s unique and experienced service andproduct structure.

API’s engineering team, in partnership with sistercompany IPA, has been involved in the planning,engineering and integration of over 40 multinationalsatellite and fiber rollouts which gives them a uniquequalification to assist in satellite and datacommunications projects. Through certification andpractical experience of working with the worlds leadingmanufacturers, satellite operators, IP providers, andfiber carriers, as well as an in-depth knowledge of lead-

time requirements, API effectively assists managementfrom the design stage through the rollout process.

IPA is the leading independent Best of Breed solutionsprovider of wireless voice, video and data oversatellite. IPA is committed to enable carriers, serviceproviders and enterprise corporations to increaseproductivity and shorten their return on investment.Thorough its own network and the network of itsworldwide partners, IPA has global satellite coverageto over 85% of the world’s population for Internet,private content distribution and file delivery.

For the broadband service provider, Kavera Software,Inc. designs and builds innovative SubscriberManagement Software solutions. Kavera SMSproducts gives the broadband service provider theability to break out of the flat rate service model, andcreate highly flexible and profitable service planstailored to specific market needs, based upon usage,bandwidth, or application. For more information go to:www.advapro.com

Advanced Projects International

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7:29broadband services, 10:8–

10:9broadcast services, 7:18–

7:19business models, 10:8–

10:9, 11:11–11:12consolidation, 1:16, 4:14domain knowledge,

11:11–11:12emerging markets, 8:11–

8:13global trends, 8:25insurance costs, 9:27listening to customers,

9:33–9:34manufacturing reality,

4:13–4:15military satellite

communications, 2:27–2:28

new applications, 7:9–7:10

New Skies Satellite (NSS),8:28–8:30

and oil service industry,9:29

operational costs, 9:26–9:27

operators, new reality,4:14

past and future, 6:9–6:10post-war opportunities,

1:31–1:32recovery of, 7:29–7:30regulation, 10:8–10:9satellite and vehicle costs,

9:25–9:26state of the art, 1:15–

1:18total cost of ownership

(TCO), 9:24–9:28Satellite Industry Association.

see SIAsatellite markets

2003 review, Asia-Pacific,9:18

Africa, 4:21–4:22Asia, 3:8, 3:27–3:28,

3:31–3:32Asia-Pacific, 3:33–3:34Baltic states, 3:19China (chart), 2:33Croatia, 3:19East Africa, 6:29–6:30Estonia, 3:19, 3:36, 3:38Europe, 3:14–3:16, 3:20–

3:22HDTV, Europe, 7:11–

7:12, 8:18–8:20HDTV, North America,

8:14

Hungary, 3:17–3:19India, 4:28–4:30Iran, 5:30Kazakhstan, 3:18Latvia, 3:19Lithuania, 3:19Philippines, 8:22by sector (chart), 2:21Slovakia, 3:38Tunisia, 3:18Turkey, 4:32

satellite radio. see also SiriusSatellite Radio; XM SatelliteRadio

and advertising, 11:18–11:20

and automobile OEM,11:20

business growth, 1:18, 7:9,9:12, 11:18–11:20

Global Radio, 3:20as market, 5:3subscribers (chart), 11:20traffic data broadcast,

11:19satellite technology

digital processing, 4:14–4:15

evaluating, 9:24–9:28interference tutorial,

6:17–6:20networks, 10:19–10:21operational beam

problems, 10:31platform operation

comparison chart, 9:26stability problems with,

10:31technology risk areas,

7:20satellites (by name)

AAP, 10:17AAP-1, 3:31AAP-2, 3:32AMC-9, 1:7, 1:24AMC-10, 1:7AMC-11, 1:7, 6:12AMC-12, 1:7, 6:12, 10:17AMC-13, 6:12, 10:17AMC-15, 1:20, 1:24,

1:34, 10:13Ameristar, 3:20Amos 1, 3:17Amos 2, 9:10Anik F2, 1:20, 10:13APstar 5, 9:18Apstar V, 4:6AsiaSat 4, 1:36, 9:18Astra 1A, 1:33Astra 2B, 5:10Astra 2D, 5:10Astra fleet, 5:9

Astra L, 6:12Astra1KR, 6:12Astra-2A, 5:10Atlantic Bird 1, 10:31Atlantic Bird 3, 2:16Boeing 601HP, 1:9Chinasat 20, 9:18DirecTV 7S, 7:26E-Bird, 2:15, 2:18–2:19,

3:4, 5:13, 6:5–6:6,10:31

EchoStar 9, 9:13EchoStar IX, 1:6Envisat, 1:16Estrela do Sul, 4:6Eurasiasat 1, 4:32Eurobird, 10:32, 11:13Eurobird 1, 3:38EuroBird 2, 2:15, 2:18–

2:19Eutelsat W4, 4:21Fleet F33, 2:30–2:31Fleet F55, 2:30–2:31FM3, 3:20FM4, 3:20Galaxy 13, 7:10Galaxy 13/Horizons 1,

8:27Hellas-3, 11:21Hellas-Sat 2, 11:21Hispasat 1C, 11:13Horizons 1, 7:10, 9:12Hot Bird 3, 3:18Hot Bird 6, 2:15, 5:10,

10:32Hot Bird 7, 10:32Hot Bird fleet, 2:15–2:16,

3:17Hotbird fleet, 11:13Insat 3a, 9:18Insat 3E, 9:18Insat 4a, 9:18INSAT-3B, 5:18INSAT-3E, 6:5–6:6Ipstar 1, 9:18JCSAT-9, 2:6Measat-3, 1:9, 3:9, 5:6Milstar 5, 1:16NSS7, 11:13Optus B3, 11:13Optus C1, 9:18Palapa C, 3:9PAS 10, 4:21PAS 7, 4:21Rainbow 1, 7:10, 8:14RCA F1, 5:17Satcom 1, 11:11SES Astra, 7:10SIRIUS-1, 5:10SMART-1, 6:5–6:6spy, Japanese, 1:8Stellat, 2:16

SuperBird 6, 9:18Syncom, 2:8TacSat-1, 7:5Telstar 10, 11, 12, 4:6Telstar 13, 1:6, 9:13Telstar 14, 4:6Telstar 18, 4:6Telstar 4, 9:22–9:23Telstar 5, 11:13Turksat 1-B & 1-C, 4:32TVB Galaxy, 3:8W3A, 10:33Wildblue 1, 10:13Worldsat 3, 10:17

Saterlee, Herb, III, and ISCe2003, 3:11, 4:10

Sat-Light products, 2:31SatLynx, 1:36, 4:7, 6:12SATMAGAZINE.COM, 1:3,

1:4, 6:3Satmode, 1:36, 8:8–8:9SBC Communications, 1:9,

1:22SCADA (Supervisory Control

and Data Acquisition),9:31–9:32

Schaeffler, Jimmy, 10:28Schafer, Joachim, and ISCe

2004, 8:6, 8:7, 9:5, 10:5–10:6, 11:5–11:6

Schlumberger, 9:29Schreuder, Fritz, 8:21Schulte, Jurgen, 6:11Schwartz, Bernard L., 2:8Scientific-Atlanta, 3:10, 7:7Scopus Network

Technologies, executivemoves, 6:8

Scott, Winston Captain, 3:6Screen Digest, 1:28, 3:14,

3:15, 4:31SDTVplus fiberoptic

platform, 2:31Sea Launch, and Arianespace,

9:25SeaChange, 4:16Secure Sockets Layer (SSL),

5:23SES Americom

A2H, 1:22, 1:23–1:25and AGS, 2:25AMC-9, 1:7and Americom Asia-

Pacific, 3:31and Echostar, 1:22executive moves, 6:7fill rate, 6:11government business, 2:3and ISCe 2004, 8:7, 9:5,

9:8SES Astra

and Africa, 8:12

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PROMAX ELECTRONICASA is a leading company inthe area of testing andmeasurement with a focuson informationtechnologies andtelecommunications. Theproduct lines includeinstruments to install,certify and maintain fiberoptic networks, as well asbaseband services such asMPEG2, and broadband services such as Cable TV,satellite, and digital terrestrial television.

PROMAX ELECTRONICA SA

The company was foundedin Barcelona, Spain, in 1963and at present has a widesales network with serviceand calibration facilities inseveral countries. Over its40 year existence,PROMAX has developed alarge number of products,spectrum analyzers, signallevel meters, TV patterngenerators, cable TVanalysers or DOCSIS cable

modem analyzers are some of the products we can offer tothe industry.

Sector Microwave industries, Inc. is a privately heldNew York corporation established in 1974 by Victor H.Nelson that specializes in high qualityelectromechanical RF switches and switch assembliesfor use in satellite communications around the world.

Located in Deer Park, New York, Sector Microwave(SMI) is an ISO9001-2000 company occupying a 26,000square foot manufacturing, assembly and test facility. Acomplete CNC machining facility is located on-site tosupport the production of nearly 10,000 switches peryear. In addition to its manufacturing capability, SMIowns state of the art vector network analyzers tosupport testing of products to 65 GHz. andenvironmental test equipment including thermal vacuumchambers and automated thermal cycling chambers.

SMI’s Hi-Com Division produces waveguide and coaxialswitches for commercial applications such as satellite

communications ground stations. Those switches maybe found in numerous locations around the worldincluding both North and South poles. The Divisionalso produces switches for many military applicationssuch as Aegis, Longbow, JSTARS and the Link-16system for the B-2 bomber.

SMI’s Hi-Rel Division produces high reliability switchesand switch assemblies for space applications and hasbeen privileged to participate on such NASA programsas Cassini, Pathfinder, Genesis, Odyssey and mostrecently Mars Exploration Rovers “Spirit” and“Opportunity”. In addition to NASA SMI has providedswitching for military programs such as Milstar,Advanced EHF.

For more information go to: www.sectormicrowave.com

Sector Microwave industries, Inc.

www.promax.es

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and AlfaCam, 5:6fill rate, 6:11fleet, 5:9and INTELSAT, 1:16retrospective, 9:15–9:16and Satmode service, 8:8and Sogecable, 4:19,

10:30SES Global

A2H, 1:20acquisitions and

partnerships, 1:16and AGS, 2:26AMC-9, 1:7and Crosslinks, 10:17EBITDA Margins (chart),

1:36executive moves, 4:7industry outlook, 6:11–

6:12satellite resources (chart),

1:42and Satlynx, 10:13spotlight, 1:33–1:36and technology strategy,

10:27and Telenor, 10:15

Shanghai Media Group(SMG), 3:9

Sharif, Adnan, 6:21, 6:22Shaw, Brewster H., 2:7Shaw, Michael, and ISCe

2003, 3:11, 4:10Shin Satellite Co., 10:13Shinawtra Group, 7:14, 11:12Shinsat, 3:28, 11:12Shiron, 2:28Showtime

and HDTV, 8:15and the Middle East,

10:24–10:26in Middle East, North

Africa (MENA), 8:12–8:13

SIA (Satellite IndustryAssociation)

Asia-Pacific SatelliteCommunicationsSummit, 7:32

and the DOD, 5:24–5:25growth survey, 1:15and ISCe 2003, 1:37and ISCe 2004, 8:7, 9:5,

9:6Simon, Sarah, 5:15Singapore Exhibition

Services, 2:5Singapore Expo, 2:5SIPNET, 7:5Sirius Satellite Radio, 3:7,

11:18. see also satelliteradio

SITE project (India), 7:10

Sky Italia, 5:9, 7:18, 10:32Sky Terra Communications,

Inc., 5:5Sky+ PVR economics, 5:15SkyARCS, 3:25–3:26Skycasters, and IPSec, 5:23SkyDSL Router, Aloha

Networks, 11:9SkyLogic Italia, 2:19Skynet, 1:6, 4:6Skynet do Brasil, 3:7SkyPerfecTV, 3:9, 5:20SkyPlex, 2:15, 10:32SkyTerra Communications

Inc., 9:10SkyWAN, 5:28SkyX products (Mentat),

1:14Slamin, Brendan, 8:20–8:21Sloane, Stanton D., 1:11,

1:41Slovak Telecom, 3:38Small office. see SoHo (Small

Office-Home)SmartGate technology, 1:13–

1:14SmartSatT, 1:13–1:14SME (Small-Medium

Enterprise), broadbandservices, 8:31, 8:32

Smith, Mark, 7:18, 7:19Society of Satellite

Professionals International,and ISCe 2004, 8:7, 9:5, 9:7

Sogecable, 4:19–4:20, 10:30SoHo (Small Office-Home)

broadband services, 8:31,8:32, 10:27

and Satlynx, 10:13and Spaceway, 10:13and WildBlue

Communications, 10:13Sola, 9:29Sony Pictures Television

International (SPTI), 2:8,3:10

Soros Private EquityPartners, 7:5

Sourisse, Pascale, 3:20South Africa Broadcasting,

6:15Soyuz launch, 9:10Space Exploration

Technologies Corporation(SpaceX), 7:5

Space Foundation, executivemoves, 3:7

space travel, public, 2:20–2:22

Space TV, 4:28Spacebus, 1:7Spacecom Ltd., 9:10Spacenet, executive moves,

4:7Spaceway

and Ka band, 1:22launch of, 9:13markets, 10:13and satellite broadband,

1:19, 1:20and technology strategy,

10:27Spangenberg, Glynn, and ISCe

2004, 11:6Spazio, Alenia, 3:4SpeedCast, 1:36Sprague, Scott J., 10:10Sputnik, 9:24Squire, Sanders, & Dempsey,

2:33–2:34ST Telemedia, 2:6Staffa, Eugene, 2:9–2:10Stalker, Altan, 2:4Stanton, John, 1:8, 3:12,

4:12STAR Group, 3:9Star One, 1:16, 1:33Star Select, 10:25, 10:26Star TV, 1:33, 3:10, 4:28StarBand

bankruptcy, 1:20, 7:30,10:12, 10:27

and Ka band, 1:19StarHub Cable Vision, 3:9StarOne, 10:15Starsem, 9:10STARZ!, 8:15State Administration of

Radio, Film and Television(SARFT-China), 3:9

Steele, Rupert, 5:3Stellar Solutions, and ISCe

2004, 8:7, 9:5, 9:8–9:9Stellat, 1:16Stirling, Frank, and ISCe

2003, 3:11, 4:10store-and-forward systems,

4:17Stranathan, Brent, 8:14–8:15Stratos Global, 2:28, 7:8,

9:29Stream, 2:19SuperVPN, 5:23Supron, Nick, 4:7Sustainable Access in Rural

India (SARI), 7:30SVT, 8:20SweDish, 2:27SWOT analysis, 7:20syndicated programs,

delivery, 4:17

TTaepodong missile, 1:8TakeAway satellite terminals,

1:9

Tan, Stephen, 2:5Tandberg Television, 1:12,

6:25–6:26Tanzania, regional satellite

approach, 6:29Taylor, Leslie, 1:15TCA (Transformational

CommunicationsArchitecture), 2:28

Tchuruk, Serge, 3:4TCO (Total Cost of

Ownership), 9:24–9:28TCP/IP

and satellites, 1:14, 3:23tutorial, 3:23–3:24, 4:23–

4:25TDMA-DAMA*2 VSAT,

2:29, 2:30Telecom/ICT industries,

10:8–10:9Teledesic, 1:19, 4:14, 10:12Telefonica, 4:19telematics, 3:22, 6:5telemedicine, 5:17–5:19,

7:10Telenor

and Eutelsat, 10:33and Hunsat, 3:19and Inmarsat, 7:5satellite arm for sale,

10:15Telenor Slovakia, 3:38telephony, 9:23Telepiu, 2:19Telesat, 10:13, 10:27Telesat Canada, 9:13, 11:21Telespazio, 2:19Telewest, 8:19Telsat, 6:9Tenzing Communications,

7:10terrestrial interference, 6:17–

6:18Thapar, Rajiv, 6:8TheMovieChannel, 8:15Thermo Capital Partners, 2:5Thoma, John, 6:20Thomson, Graeme, 7:18Thuraya Satellite

Telecommunications Co.and BGAN, 1:31, 9:13–

9:14broadband services, 1:9business growth, 9:12and digital processing,

4:14GEO MSS system, 1:31,

6:10military terminals, 2:9and the War on Terror,

8:25–8:26Time Warner, 3:10, 4:16Tiscali, 3:4, 5:13, 7:23–7:25

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TITAAN (TheatreIndependent Army and AirForce Network), 2:29

Tivo, 5:15Toffler, Alvin, 7:13Tomlinson, Kenneth, 7:32Total Cost of Ownership

(TCO), 9:24–9:28tourism, space, 2:20–2:22Townsend, Richard J., 2:8TPS, 5:9trade barriers, reduction, 8:26transponder sales, 8:11transponder sales, revenues,

1:15–1:16transponders (chart), 1:42Treasury Department (US),

and Hutchison / GlobalCrossings, 2:6

Triblehorn, Doug, 1:41, 4:7Turbo Product Coding (TPC),

10:34Turkey, internet subscribers

(chart), 4:32Turner International, 3:10Turner Networks, 5:9, 5:10Turner, Richard D., 2:7tutorials

satellite interference,6:17–6:20

TCP/IP, 3:23–3:24, 4:23–4:25

TV commercials, delivery,4:16

TVB International, 3:8–3:9,9:18

TVN Entertainment, 4:18two-way broadband, 6:10

UU.S. Dish Network, 1:6UBC, 3:9, 3:10Ueda, Yutaka, 5:7Uganda, regional satellite

approach, 6:29UNDP (UN Development

Programme), 3:33–3:34United Space Alliance,

executive moves, 2:7United States Agency for

International Development(USAID), 10:10, 11:8

University of York, 10:14Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

(UVA), bandwidthrequirements, 5:25

US Air Force, and Boeingcontracts, 4:5

US Navy, 2:9US Space Command, 2:9USAT, and broadband IP, 9:18

VVechi, Rob, 11:8Verdisys, Inc., executive

moves, 10:11Verestar, Inc.

bankruptcy of, 9:10market study, 6:13and oil service industry,

9:29and Rare Medium Group,

5:5Verizon, and VoIP, 11:23Vermaas, Linda, 4:22Via Digital, 4:19, 4:20Viacom, Inc., 5:10, 10:15,

10:24ViaSat Inc., 2:28, 5:29, 9:20–

9:21video “titans” (chart), 1:42video files and satellites,

4:16–4:18videoconferencing, 2:14,

9:30–9:31, 11:17Video-on-demand. see VODViquez, Frank, 6:5virtual private networks. see

VPNVittoria, Joseph, 3:7VOD (Video-on-demand)

and business growth,10:15, 10:16

as cable advantage, 4:18and hotel distribution,

4:17Vodafone Hungary, 3:18VoIP (Voice over IP)

in Africa, 6:30in Asia, 3:32in Australia, 10:10and BOD, 11:17in China, 2:34and the future, 11:23ND SatCom, 3:25and NewSat, 11:8and oil service industry,

9:30Vonage, 11:23V-ONE Corp., 1:13–1:14,

5:23VOOM, 7:10, 8:14, 8:19VPN (virtual private

networks)Broadband Satellite

Tutorial, 5:22–5:23ND SatCom, 3:25SmartSatT, 1:13–1:14and VoIP, 11:23

VSATas alternative network

connection, 1:26in the Asia Pacific region,

9:18

and BOD, 11:15–11:17and broadband, 9:21business growth 2004,

9:23and business growth of,

10:19–10:21and China, 2:33–2:34,

8:12and DVB-RCS, 10:9and energy exploration,

7:16–7:17networks, future, 7:13–

7:15and oil service industry,

9:29–9:30and Xantic, 2:29, 2:30

“The VSAT Report,” 7:30VSAT technology decisions,

chart, 10:20

WW.R. Huff Asset Management

Co., executive moves, 3:7Wadood, M. Javed, 9:11Wagnon, Ron, 7:17Walker, Donald, and ISCe

2004, 11:6Wal-Mart, VSAT networks,

7:22W.B. Walton Enterprises,

1:6–1:7War on Terror. see also

middle east conflictand Fox News, 9:13and satellites, 8:25, 9:13and Thuraya, 8:25–8:26

Warfighter InformationNetwork-Tactical (WIN-T),5:24

Warner Bros., 4:17Wataniya, 10:24weather channels, 3:16Wehri, Jim, 9:25Well Logging, 9:31Weller, Bill, 6:8Widener, Peri A., 1:11Wi-Fi, 6:6, 7:9–7:10, 10:8–

10:9Wikanto, R., 3:28Wildblue Communications

and broadband, 10:13business growth 2004,

9:21executive moves, 8:10and Ka band, 1:20

Williams, Donald D., 2:8Windows Media 9. see WM9Winnington-Ingram,

Rebecca, 9:16Withee, Gregory, and ISCe

2003, 3:11, 4:10WM9, 6:25–6:26, 8:21

Wolfowitz, Paul, 6:22Woolsey, James R., 2:23

and ISCe 2003, 4:10Woolsey, James R., and ISCe

2003, 3:11World Satellite

Communications &Broadcasting MarketSurvey, 4:5–4:6

World Summit on theInformation Society(WSIS), 7:30

World Teleport Associationawards, 1:6–1:7and ISCe 2004, 8:7, 9:5,

9:7–9:8Worldcom, bankruptcy, 6:3Worldsat, former Crosslinks,

10:17Worldspace Europe, and

satellite radio, 3:20, 3:21WorldSpace, business growth

2004, 9:20WorldTV, 5:21Wredberg, Conrad, 7:7Wright, Andrew, 2:7Wright, Joe, 2:15WTO (World Trade

Organization), and China,2:33–2:34

XXantic, 2:29–2:30, 7:5, 8:10XM Satellite Radio. see also

satellite radioand Boeing satellite

problems, 11:20business growth, 11:18–

11:20executive moves, 6:8and WorldSpace, 9:20

Xtreme, 9:17

YYeow, Agnes, 3:28Yes Television, 3:8Young, Andrew, 8:13

ZZitter, Robert, 8:15

For an explanation on volume andpage notations go to Editor’s note onpage 8.

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

In addition to being managing editor ofSATMAGAZINE, Virgil Labrador is theeditor of the subscription daily service,Satnews Daily and the free weeklywebsite, Satnews Online. He can bereached at virgil@satnews.com

London-based Chris Forrester, a well-known broadcasting journalist is theEditor for Europe, Middle East and Africafor SATMAGAZINE. He can be reachedat chrisforrester@compuserve.com

Dan Freyer is Director of Sales,Broadcast for GlobeCast, where he isresponsible for cable program originationand distribution, and studio & post-production service sales in the Americas.He can be reached at

daniel.freyer@globecastna.com

Bruce Elbert is the President of Applica-tion Technology Strategy, Inc., whichassists satellite operators, network pro-viders and users in the public and pri-vate sectors. He is an author and educa-tor in these fields, having producedseven titles and conducted technical and businesstraining around the world. He can be reached atbruce@applicationstrategy.com

Howard Greenfield is a freelance writerwho has held leadership roles inFortune 1000 and some of SiliconValley’s top companies. He is principalof Go Associates, a leading consultancythat develops and implements high techproduct marketing and business developmentstrategies. He can be reached at: howard@go-associates.com

Thomas van der Heyden is the ManagingDirector of Asian-Pacific Consultants, Ltd.,Singapore. Tom can be reached atvanderheyden_thomas@asian-pacific.net

John Puetz is president of MasterWorksCommunications (www.mwc.cc), abusiness and technical consultingservices firm specializing in satellitecommunications. He can be reached atjohn@mwc.cc

Alan Gottlieb is CEO andPrincipal Consultant at Gottlieb andCompany, Inc. He can be reached atagottlieb@gottliebandcompany.com

Harold “Hal” McDonnell retired fromHughes Electronics in May 2000 aftera nearly 15 year “second” career thatspanned several executive roles inHughes’ commercial operatingcompany and at its satellitemanufacturing division. Previously,McDonnell held a series of management andexecutive posts at The Aerospace Corporation for 26years.

Peter Escher is with Satlink NewZealand—a distributor of satelliteequipment. They produce and distributeamong others the “Coship” brand ofsatellite free-to-air receivers.He can be reached atpeter@satlinknz.co.nz

John Thoma is ERI’s commercialapplications affiliate: ERI Electronics,Fairfield, New Jersey. He can bereached at jthoma@ericorp.com

Frank Francyzk’ careerspans 17 years with a background insatellite communication systems andinternational business development.Frank can be reached at frank@salsys.ca

David Hartshorn is Secretary Generalof the Global VSAT Forum, theLondon-based non-profitinternational association of the VSATindustry. Martin Jarrold is Director

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