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WildBlue Looks To Beat The Odds With Its Satellite Internet Service.(A)(Q AND A)
Byline: REINHARDT KRAUSE
Sure, you can make money beaming TV to homes via satellite. EchoStar Corp. and DirecTV proved that.
But other satellite services haven't fared so well. Iridium failed in trying to whisk phone calls globally by satellite. Other companies have tried to deliver Internet service via satellite to homes and businesses -- with limited success.
But that's not holding back Denver-based WildBlue Communications Inc. It's making a go at selling high-speed Net access to consumers via satellite. In December, the company raised $156 million from new investors to keep its project alive.
By leasing capacity on a Telesat Canada satellite, WildBlue plans to offer two-way Net services to rural America starting in 2004.
Thomas Moore, WildBlue's chief executive, spoke with Investor's Business Daily about the satellite business.
IBD: How can WildBlue build credibility after so many recent satellite flops?
- North America - FCC approves acquisition of Telesat Canada by Loral, PSP.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire October 8, 2007 700+ words
...necessary for the acquisition of the satellite operator Telesat Canada. With the FCC approval, Loral will close the Telesat...agreement with BCE to acquire 100 percent of the stock of Telesat Canada from BCE for CAD 3.25 billion.
- Telesat Canada chooses Arianespace to launch new bird.
- Newspaper article from: Satellite News June 1, 1998 700+ words
Telesat Canada will launch its new Anik F1 satellite aboard an Arianespace rocket during...telecommunications and wireless communications services to customers across North America. (Marilynn Wright, Telesat Canada, 613/7480123.)
- Hughes Sells Second 702 Satellite to Telesat Canada; Anik F2 is Tenth for 702...
- Press release article from: Business Wire April 17, 2000 700+ words
...by Hughes for Telesat Canada. Anik F2 will...services, across North America using 108 active...band. HSC and Telesat Canada did not disclose...relationship with Telesat Canada is now well...coverage of North America, and an onboard...
- TELESAT CANADA, MOTOROLA SIGN CONTRACT FOR IRIDIUM(R) SYSTEM TELEMETRY,...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 30, 1994 700+ words
...OTTAWA, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Telesat Canada has been awarded a multi-year contract...very enthusiastic about working with Telesat Canada as members of our world class industrial...broadcast distribution services throughout North America. Telesat satellites carry television...
- Telesat demo dispels ISDN-satellite incompatibility myth. (Telesat Canada;...
- Newspaper article from: Satellite News December 10, 1990 700+ words
...SATELLITE INCOMPATIBILITY MYTH Telesat Canada demonstrated primary rate interface...publication ISDN NEWS that the Telesat Canada demonstration was the first...transmission between London and North America. The Telesat demonstration...
- Telesat Canada continues to struggle with Anik E2. (artificial satellite)
- Newspaper article from: Satellite News April 29, 1991 700+ words
Last week, a team of engineers from Telesat Canada and Spar Aerospace Ltd. struggled to get the C-band...domestic communications satellite ever built and launched in North America (SN, April 1, p. 1), may be declared a total loss...
- Telesat Canada's ANIK E2 satellite rescued successfully.
- Newspaper article from: Satellite News July 8, 1991 700+ words
...received good news last week when engineers for Ontario-based Telesat Canada announced they successfully had managed to deploy the troublesome...domestic communications satellite ever built and launched in North America (SN, April 1, p. 1), had been declared a total loss...
- Telesat Canada Picks EADS Astrium For Anik F3 Satellite.
- Newspaper article from: Satellite Today April 28, 2004 700+ words
Telesat Canada, an Ottawa-based satellite operator, selected EADS Astrium, Europe...broadcasting, business and Internet-based services to users across North America. For in-depth coverage of this story, see an upcoming issue of...
- Loral and PSP Investments Agree to Acquire Telesat Canada.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire December 18, 2006 700+ words
...acquire 100 percent of the stock of Telesat Canada from BCE for approximately US $2...data services primarily outside of North America, and complements Telesat's North...and data distribution services across North America, as well as Canada's two premier...
- LORAL And PSP Investments Agree To Acquire Telesat Canada.
- Magazine article from: Space Daily December 19, 2006 700+ words
...acquire 100 percent of the stock of Telesat Canada from BCE for approximately US $2...data services primarily outside of North America, and complements Telesat's North...and data distribution services across North America, as well as Canada's two premier...
