It’s not (just) about the money
So what did we learn from the first day of the GVF conference in London? Enough for plenty of future blog posts – but the over-riding takeaway from Wednesday was that satcom…
Giving meaning to (Marine) money
I’m in NYC for Marine Money and the lunch speaker on the first day was John Wood of educational charity Room to Read. It reminded me that I wrote a blog post…
GVF VSAT Forum programme – Day 2
Day Two – 28 June 0800-0900 – Registration & Refreshments 0900-0905 Welcome & Day Two Opening Remarks from the Chair Martin Jarrold, Chief, International Programme Development, GVF 0905-0925 On the Horizon: Emerging…
Global VSAT Forum programme published
The GVF has published an updated draft programme for next week’s Maritime Satcoms Forum – it’s a bit of a marathon but hopefully plenty of value there. Day 1 is below –…
Global VSAT a regional game, says NSR
Satellite sector analyst Northern Sky has released a research note on the announcement by Intelsat of the EPIC high throughput satellite platform. And while NSR agrees that the launch signals a no-going…
Three’s a crowd?
Tricky thing, announcing a major service launch when you are in quiet period pre-IPO but Intelsat has managed it, confirming it will order at least two new satellites to provide a high…
Old words for old (and new) problems
It’s good to see a modern maritime journal digging out the language of (almost) another age to describe the current one. This works fine except when the sub-editors are younger than you…
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