Aperture Terminal‚ an earthbound station used in satellite communications of data‚ voice and video signals‚ excluding broadcast television. A VSAT consists of two parts‚ a transceiver that is placed outdoors in direct line of sight to the satellite and a device that is placed indoors to interface the transceiver with the end user’s communications device‚ such as a PC. The transceiver receives or sends a signal to a satellite transponder in the sky. The satellite sends and receives signals from a ground station
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TELECOMMUNICATION INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND Telecommunication has long been recognized as the engine for economic growth (Afullo‚ 1999). Telecommunication is not only a dynamic growth sector itself‚ but it is also the backbone of development and economic growth in other sectors of the economy. The telecommunication market is one of the largest markets in the world‚ second only to the financial services market (McLarty‚ 1998). As service businesses have become more international‚ telecommunication
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Xm Radio Case Analysis Executive summary XM Satellite Radio’s vision is to provide audio entertainment throughout the continental United States using a satellite-based digital radio broadcast system. Robert Acker‚ director of strategic planning‚ must raise the necessary $1 billion in up-front capital before the company can launch its services. To attract sufficient fund from the potential investors‚ XM needs to provide a realistic plan with high enough return. It requires reliable estimates
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DTH Satellite TV: Timelines to the Future While today’s hot DTH marketplace makes for an exciting story‚ this is an industry with a history unknown to most. It is a story of an industry which was never supposed to exist. An industry born out of the genius of a Stanford University college professor and publicized by ham radio conversations. An industry that defied all odds to grow from the backyards of techies and early adapters to today’s multi-billion dollar first-line competitor to the cable
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dreamt of reaching would soon become a vital part of human life as a space exploration become prominent. Space exploration started with the launch of Sputnik and the space race; time slowly passed since then and now space became a part of human communication‚ study‚ ethnics and cost‚ but only this space is slowly becoming a much need and important resource that can become accessible to Earth and human expansion. Current progression in space exploration
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three of the five high powered digital satellite broadcast (DBS) channels first to the BBC and then to a joint venture between BBC and ITV. Both attempts failed due to high startup costs in building and launching dedicated satellites. The bidding for these channels was then moved to the private sector in April 1986. Additionally‚ the use of the untried D-MAC transmission standard that was viewed as a move towards HDTV was made mandatory. British Satellite Broadcasting (BSB) was to be the first
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generation maritime military satellite communications terminal. The NMT Program is the required Navy component to the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Program for enhancing protected and survivable satellite communications to Naval forces. NMT multiband communication capabilities will communicate via two way Ka-Band on Wideband Global Satellite Communication (SATCOM) (WGS) and shipboard and submarine terminals to communicate with X-Band using the Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) and WGS
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America today will tomorrow be adapted somewhere in Africa. This essay will asses the social‚ political‚ environmental‚ or familial challenge faced by individuals in an imagined-boundary less country – Africa. Most attention will be on the use of satellite technology because I believe it is an important tool that can propel us into the future and link us to the rest of the world. It is about time we did away with the old cliché that “the sky is the limit”. Because from where I am standing there is
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the general environment. Secondly‚ Demographic segment Growing markets worldwide for various communication and entertainment media content. Thirdly‚ Socio-cultural segment largely due to rapid changes in technology‚ as well as increased overall globalization efforts‚ consumers are becoming increasingly sophisticated in the quality and type of communication and entertainment that they expect. Communication‚ news and entertainment provided by DirecTV and similar services have become viewed as nearly
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teleconferencing: * Use a telecommunications channel * Link people at multiple locations * Interactive to provide two-way communications * Dynamic to require users’ active participation Interactive TechnologiesThe new systems have varying degrees of interactivity - the capability to talk back to the user. They are enabling and satellites‚ computers‚ teletext‚ viewdata‚ cassettes‚ cable‚ and videodiscs all fit the same emerging pattern. They provide ways for individuals to step
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