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In the Terminator films, an artificial intelligence system called Skynet is put in charge of the US nuclear deterrent. After some consideration, it reaches the not-unreasonable conclusion that human beings are dangerous. Cue Armageddon, followed by a long mopping-up operation to ensure that humans will never pose a threat to a world now run by machines.
As I began writing this column news was filtering over media about the decision of the World Health Organization to designate the latest mutations to the spike protein of the Sars-Cov-2 virus as a “variant of concern”, and to use the Greek letter Omicron to name it (rather than the original designation of B.1.1.529). Thanks to the skills of scientists at South Africa’s Medical Research Council Genomics Centre the exact sequencing of the new variant was speedily completed and its details promulgated quickly to their colleagues in sister agencies around the world.
The November 2021 issue of the Satellite Executive Briefing magazine focusing on the African Satellite Market sponsored by iKO Media Group is now available. Featuring:
Update on the African Satellite Market by Omkar Nikam
Satellite Data Analytics Market by Prateek Yadav
Dead Ringers by Lou Zacharilla
Ground Segment: All Change for a new Satcoms Era by Martin Jarrold
Better Satellite World: Satellites by the Dozen
PLUS Products Spotlight, Mergers and Acquisitions, Executive Moves, Market Briefs, Vital Statistics, Satellite Markets Stock Index and many more. Click here to read or download the file.
The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) ended off the year with a series of virtual conferences attended by over 1600 delegates across Asia Pacific, and its first in-person industry conference and dinner in over two years, Resilience 100, at the Grand Hyatt Singapore.
The traditional satcom industry continues to be in a state of rapid change, and still in a state of turmoil. While the industry is currently dominated by a handful of major players, this could also change dramatically over the next five years as new technologies and standards reset the competitive landscape. And despite the impact of Covid, there has been no let-up of interest in investment into the space industry with US$ 5.5 Billion in collective proceeds from all 13 space Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) transactions.
The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) will be hosting its annual Satellite Industry Forum on Thursday, 18 November this year, under the Asia Video Summit umbrella of events which are taking place from 11 – 18 November.
The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA)’s marquee event of the year for the video industry, the Asia Video Summit, returns with a bang to wrap up a tumultuous year for media with five component events spread over two weeks and running the gamut of virtual, physical and hybrid.
View videos from the CABSAT 2021 show held in Dubai, UAE from October 26-28, 2021 including: Satelite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador's presentation at the SatExpo Summit at CABSAT on the "Key Trends to Watch in the Satellite Industry"; A demonstration of ND Satcom's new MFT 1500 Flyaway Terminal for Military Applications; and a interview with Spacebridge CEO David Gelerman..
The October 2021 issue of the Satellite Executive Briefing magazine sponsored by iKO Media Group is now available. Featuring:
The Satellite Industry in Transition by Elisabeth Tweedie
SNG and Flyaway Antennas for the Broadcast Market by Bernardo Schneiderman
Satellite Earth Observation Market by Prateek Yadav
Clouds on the Ground by Robert Bell
A National Space Strategy for the UK by Martin Jarrold
Company Spotlight: iKO Media Group
PLUS Products and Services Spotlight @CABSAT 2021, Mergers and Acquisitions, Executive Moves, Market Briefs, Vital Statistics, Satellite Markets Stock Index and many more. Click here to read or download the file.
The next World Radiocommunication Conference, WRC-23, will take place between 20 November and 15 December 2023, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) confirmed today following a consultation with the ITU Member States around the world.
The conference, where governments, regulators and industry gather to update the ITU Radio Regulations, will take place in one of the main cities of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), either Abu Dhabi or Dubai.
