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San Diego, California, February 1, 2012-  At the West show in San Diego last month, Satelltie Markets and Research caught up with Patrick Rayermann, the newly appointed Senior Director for Strategy and Development for Orbital Sciences Corporation.  Rayermann joined Orbital in November 2011 after 30 years of service in the US Army, where he retired as a full colonel.  His final military assignment was the chief steward of Department of Defense’s (DoD) architecture for satellite communications and to serve as the Chief of Staff of the DoD Executive Agent for Space (EA4S) Staff. 

by Lou Zacharilla

Honolulu, HI, January 26, 2012-- What is the he difference between the Mid-Pacific Conference Center in Honolulu, Hawaii and the Congressional Ballroom of Renaissance Hotel in Washington in mid-March?  8,000 miles, 60 degrees (F.) in daily temperature and the same numerical gap in the respective systolic and diastolic rates of the people working in them.  Despite the familiar sound of a snicker when you announce to people that you are attending the Pacific Telecommunications Council conference in the Aloha State for work, PTC happens to be one of the hardest-working conferences in the telecommunications industry.  Perhaps that is because we telecom types take it over every for four days each January. 

Moscow, Russia, November 3, 2011--One satellite company that is aggressively pursuing expansion plans is Russia-based operator Gazprom Space Systems (GSS). At the recent IBC show in Amsterdam, GSS announced that it entered into a strategic partnership with  global satellite operator SES to provide additional satellite capacity to serve the Russian market.  To shed light on this agreement and their future plans, Satellite Markets and Research spoke to GSS’ Deputy Director-General Igor Kot. 

Geneva, Switzerland, November 1, 2011--At the recently-concluded ITU Telecom event in Geneva, Satellite Executive Briefing correspondent Roxana Dunnette spoke with the ITU’s Secretary-General Hamadoun Touré on the new ITU Telecom format and other issues. 

At SATCON 2011 New York City and the SSPI Southern California Chapter Forum, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with key industry executives such as Jay Icard, VP-Government Services, TCS; Jim Ferris, Sales Manager, C-Com Systems; Jörg Schmidt, President and CEO, Dev Systemtechnik, and an update on the Ground Equipment Market by Virgil Labrador. To view or download the podcasts click here.

by Lou Zacharilla

New York City, October 7, 2011--This column was nearly entitled, “In Praise of Intelsat.” But I knew people would either not read it, accusing me of being a shill for the satellite industry, or would pore over it hoping it was an ironic title, and that I would write a funny piece intended to bash the world’s largest satellite operator.

At the IBC 2011 in Amsterdam, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with key industry executives such as Andreas Hausotter, CEO of Work Microwave; David Furstenberg, Chairman of the Board of NovelSat; David Provencher, General Manager, Cobham Land Systems; David Hochner, CEO of Satelink Communciations; Eric Gallier, VP-Marketing of Thomson Video Networks and Dimitrious Papaharalabos, VP-Sales and Marketing, Europe Media Port. To view or download the podcasts click here.

by Lou Zacharilla

New York, August 4, 2011--With the satellite industry's sagging image,  there is a need to promote satellite  as a “high concept” approach.  the SSPI's Lou Zacharilla spoke with  Mark Dankberg, CEO of ViaSat; Adrian Ballintine, CEO of NewSat (and the Teleport Executive of the Year); Keith Hall, COO of Globecomm Systems and Keith Buckley, President of ASC Signal on the subject.

At CommunicAsia 2011 in Singapore, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with key industry executives such as Terry Bleakley, Regional Vice-President, Asia-Pacific of Intelsat; Julian Wheeler, Vice-President, Global Media and Entertainment of Tata Communications; Oliver Johnson, CEO, Point Topic; and Simon Twiston-Davies, CEO of CASBAA. To view or download the podcasts click here.

At the Satcom Africa show in Johannesburg, South Africa, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with key industry executives such as Scott Sprague, Senior Vice-President, Global Sales-SES; David Hartshorn, Secretary-General-GVF; Simon Pryor, Director of Marketing, Broadcast Services, Newtec ; Jaylene Naidoo, General Manager, Terrapinn (organizers of Satcom Africa). To view the videos click here.