Via Satellite - February 2008

TABLE OF CONTENTS

February/07 Vol. XXIII Number 02

Features

COVER STORY

MSS Companies
Take Different Approaches To Growing Market »GREG BERLOCHER
The demand for mobile services continues to grow, along with the number of companies offering
solutions. Each company brings a different business model using different types of satellites to
provide services with various types of terminals. But there may be room for them all in the market.

Satellite Executive Of The Year 2007

The Nominees Are... »JASON BATES
Three CEOs who guided their companies to successful years and the three leaders of a team that
preserved the use of C-band spectrum for the satellite industry

C-band Fight:

To The Victor Go The Spoils »MARK HOLMES
For a while, the satellite industry’s battle to retain C-band spectrum seemed to be a losing proposition, as
well-financed telecommunications players were lobbying hard to gain access to the bandwidth. However,
the satellite industry found its collective voice and won the fight for the valuable spectrum.

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