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The article offers information on the term paper satellites, which is commonly used in the satellite industry and issues related to selection of orbital locations and the radiofrequency spectrum . The term is used in reference to paper filings of satellites that exist only on paper and their projects never take off. Yvon Henri, chief of the Space Services Department (SSD) says that paper satellite is generally used to describe over filing of satellite projects that took place in the late 1990s.

The article offers information on the National Cable and Telecommunication Association's National Show in Atlanta, Georgia on April 9, 2006.

The article discusses on the peaceful use of outer space and the proposed space policy for the utilization of space. The United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, created in 1959 will discuss a concept paper in July, 2010. Among the many things, the paper encourages countries to establish regional space agencies like European Space Agency, space debris, and to encourage dialogue among agencies related to space.

The article reports on the plan of the European Commission to hold a major conference on revising the Television Without Frontiers Directive, which will be held in Liverpool, England in September 2005. It relates how the commission prepared for the conference. The commission released five papers on the future legislative framework. It reveals the papers' extent of coverage.

Information about several papers discussed at the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers' (SCTE) 2007 Cable-Tec Expo is presented. The papers offer evidence of how complex the industry's digital video network has become, switched digital video (SDV) and OpenCable being two cases in point. The papers also suggested that apart from a boost in channel offerings, transparency is part of the deal with SDV.

The article focuses on the potential of solar sails in space exploration and logistics missions, using solar photons reflected off sails made of lightweight material up to 100 times thinner than paper, to produce a continuous acceleration of spacecrafts allow for lighter spacecraft to space costs.

The article discusses issues related to satellite infrastructure in future broadband networks in Europe. The satellite industry tells European policymakers that satellite has a crucial role to play in the future of Internet. However, European Commission has not mentioned satellite infrastructure in its first consultation paper. The Commission defined next-generation access solely as wired access networks and considered satellite and mobile network technologies as incapable means of communication.

An interview with Bruce Currivan, technical director at Irvine, California-based Broadcom, is presented. He describes the widespread confusion with cable mode termination system (CMTS) upstream signal-to-ratio (SNR) estimate, and discusses the impact of the said confusion on cable operators. He also explains how equipment manufacturers are contributing to the confusion.

This article states that the fiber-optic domain of cable's infrastructure has been deceptively quiet. Fiber has garnered few headlines of late, and there have been relatively few optical papers delivered at recent conferences. The maturity of fiber-optic technology is one reason for the apparent lull. Another is that optics plays such a key role in cable's IP infrastructure and its transport of MPEG video that it's harder to find a pure-play optical technical paper.

The article presents updates on the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE). The SCTE Slates Business Services Symposium will be held on October 18-19, 2007, in Atlanta, Georgia. The Society has sounded the SCTE Conference on Emerging Technologies (ET) 2008 Call for Papers. The SCTE Foundation announced the changes to its board.

The article reports on the impact of C-band frequency on satellite services around the world. The struggle to preserve satellite communications using radio frequencies around 4 gigahertz is increasing. In February 2007, an alliance of leading satellite associations issued an information paper on the perceived threat arising from the rollout of mobile broadband technologies, showing technologies in the same spectrum.

The article provides information on the paper entitled "Satellite and Beyond 3G," submitted by the Satellite Action Plan Regulatory Group (SAP REG) to European spectrum managers in preparation for the World Radiocommunication Conference in 2007. The SAP REG paper notes that beyond third generation systems will lead to a convergence of services, including fixed and mobile service, telecommunications and broadcasting, as well as a hybrid of satellite and terrestrial platforms. Basic requirements of all these systems, however, are huge bit rates, up to several hundreds of megabits per second.

The article reports on the European Parliament's mid-term review on the status of the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) and the non-geostationary Galileo system of the European Union (EU). It mentions that a working document from the Parliament assesses the mid-term status of the two satellite navigation program. It notes that EU re-established a legal and financial framework to own Galileo and is nearing the middle of that budgetary period for 2008-2013.

The article refers to a previously published article that discussed an aspect of broadband technology. The article focused on the conversion between microvolts (muV) and microvolts per meter (muV/m). The paper used a somewhat different multiplier than the usually used formulas.

The article presents updates for the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE). SCTE is now taking nominations for the second annual SCTE Learning and Development Award. The organization has announced a call for papers for the 2008 SCTE Conference on Broadband Learning & Development. The SCTE Board of Directors Election 2008 is under way.

The article focuses on a proposal of Cisco Systems Software Architect Alon Bernstein for DOCSIS 4.0, which effectively served as a kind of coda to a paper based on a comparison of DOCSIS and passive optical networks (PONs) that he presented at ET 2007 in Houston, Texas. Bernstein discussed the options of DOCSIS management over PON or DOCSIS media access control (MAC) control over PON. In 2008, he tipped his hand toward the latter, including an example from PacketCable Multimedia (PCMM), which plays a key role in the MAC layer of DOCSIS technology.

This article reports on a paper written by Mark Lloyd, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, calling for U.S. federal investment in wireless broadband. Citing communications failures during the September 11 terrorist attacks and Hurricane Katrina, Lloyd believes that the government needs to adopt wireless broadband to ensure its ability to respond rapidly and effectively to homeland security threats and natural disasters.

The article announces young professional achievements of 2019 including 2019 Richard B. Chapman Memorial Award is given to David Huynh; 2019 Daniel W. Mead Prize For Younger Members Award is given to Monica Morales; and Cardiff University Student Start-up Awards is given to Joseph Ward.

The article presents several announcements from the Society of Cable Television Engineers (SCTE). The SCTE Slates Business Services Symposium will be held from October 18 to 19, 2007, in Atlanta, Georgia. The Society has announced the 2008 Call for Papers for the SCTE Conference on Emerging Technologies and deadline for proposals are on August 10, 2007. The SCTE Live Learning event will be held on August 15, 2007.

The article presents several announcements from SCTE. The SCTE Live Learning Event which will be held on July 18, 2007 will focus its discussion on switched digital video (SDV). Bachelor's or master's degree can be earned online from SCTE Cable College at RIT. SCTE Distance Education offers a scheduling and instructor interaction on the topic, Planning SDV Deployments, which will start on August 20, 2007.

The article focuses on the problem with Power Point presentations. According to Frank Sandoval, engineers are not always the best communicators. Power Point presentations in particular seem to inspire dread in the audience. Unfortunately, many white papers used in the presentation are a struggle as well.

The article presents several announcements from the Society of Cable Telecommunication Engineers (SCTE). The SCTE Conference on Emerging Technologies (ET) 2007 is set for January 23-25 in Houston, Texas. Everyone who registers for ET will receive an e-mail from iCohere Webadmin, with access to the ET 2007 online collaboration site within two business days after registering. Earn a bachelor's or master's degree or pursue one of the certificate programs, all online at SCTE Cable College.

This article announces several activities of the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers in the U.S., including the registration for the SCTE Business Services Symposium and the deadline of submission for proposals for papers to be presented at the SCTE Conference on Emerging Technologies 2007.

The article offers information on the National Cable and Telecommunication Association's National Show in Atlanta, Georgia on April 9, 2006.

This article previews the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers' 2006 Conference on Emerging Technologies in Tampa, Florida. The society's goal is to talk about the future. The closing session on Thursday speaks to the rising prominence of wireless technologies. The event opens with a lecture by Jim Carroll.

Presents information on the public forum and discussion that will be hosted by the Progress & Freedom Foundation on December 7, 2005 regarding the reform of the universal service fund (USF) subsidy program. Members of the panel; Information on the USF reform; Educational paper launched by the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association that is designed to help Congress rewrite the Communications Act.

The article focuses on the role of a close and cooperative relationship between government and the financial services sector in the establishment of electronic payment products in Latin America according to a white paper from the Economist Intelligence Unit. The need to reform the Latin American economies served is the stimulus to the formation of the products. Specialized debit cards have been promoted for family remittances and payrolls. Brazil may face challenges in making its asynchronous transfer mode system interoperable.

The article focuses on recognizing young professionals under 35 which include Dan Kline, Solutions Engineer at SpiderOak; Christina Isnardi, Associate, at Jenner & Block and Kyle Clarke, GNC Lead Engineer at Terran Orbital, who are making significant contributions to space and satellite industry.

A calendar of events related to the cable industry in the U.S. is presented. The SCTE Slates Business Services Symposium will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, from October 18 to 19, 2007. The deadline of the proposals in response to the SCTE Conference on Emerging Technologies 2008 Call for Papers will be on August 10, 2007. The Planning SDV Deployments distance education course will start on August 20, 2007.

The article discusses the highlights of the 2007 Cable-Tec Expo. The very success that the major cable operators have had with voice over Internet protocol (VoIP), leads to the important topic of scalability, which was the subject of three separate technical papers and presentations offered at the Expo.

The article reports on the problems associated with Galileo satellite navigation project. The Galileo project of the European Space Policy has stalled. A reassessment of the program by the European Commission revealed that it has accumulated a delay of several years from its schedule. Development is facing substantial delays and cost overruns. Deployment of the navigation satellite has been moved to a later date. The reasons behind the problems according to the assessment are mentioned.

The article deals with the possible implementation of the European Space Policy (ESP) in the first half of 2007. The policy will be a part of the British Civil Space Strategy. The Web site of the European Space Agency confirms that ESP will be the highlight agenda of the May 22, 2007 meeting of the space council. Priorities for space include research into satellite communications technologies.

The article discusses issues and events in the cable industry. Time Warner Cable is set to begin trading as a public company under the TWC symbol by March 1, 2007. Massachusetts Institute of Technology is conducting a research on photonics. Michael Patrick, architect at Motorola Connected Home Solutions Data Network, presented a paper on DOCSIS Internet protocol television bypass architecture during a conference on emerging technologies in 2006.

The article offers technology news briefs. Communications Technology (CT) has been publishing CT Reports, a twice-weekly electronic-letter that tracks key developments in video, voice and data technology. One of the sessions for SCTE Conference on Emerging Technologies is a look at bringing Internet-type advertising to TV screens. ICTV's Dan Gordon's white paper, "Bringing Lean-Forward Television to the Lean-Back Screen," has been selected as material for the session.

The article presents several announcements from the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE). The pre-registration deadline for saving time and money for SCTE Conference on Emerging Technologies 2007 is on January 5, 2007. The SCTE Conference on Broadband Learning & Development 2007 is set for June 19, 2007 in Orlando, Florida. Applications for the next $20,000 Milton Jerrold Shapp Memorial Scholarship are due February 1, 2007.

The article presents information on the results of the National Cable Television Association trade show. Switched video has moved well beyond the Time Warner/BigBand Networks test phase. There's another telephony-related issue that's causing a transfer of funds from MSO to telco bank accounts right now, the lack of a national MSO peering infrastructure.

The article discusses the efforts in Europe to revise media rules and their possible impact on the satellite industry as of 2005. The areas of main contention that affect satellite operators and broadcasters include the country of origin principle for broadcast regulation. The countries that want a regulatory handle over broadcasts beamed into their borders include Poland, Ireland and Sweden.

Considers net neutrality and franchising as key issues of concern in broadband policy creation in the U.S. Capabilities of broadband technology for wireless and wireline voice and data; Vitality of an Internet platform on telephone and cable networks; Adoption of voluntary standards in broadband regulations.

The article focuses on identifying and discussing the top ten most influential satellite companies in 2024 including analyzing the criteria used for ranking, exploring the market impact of these companies, and predicting future trends in the satellite industry.

Discusses several issues on the use of prepaid cards in U.S. Potential of the cards according to Aite Group partner Gwenn Bezard; Appeal of open-loop prepaid cards as a payment card of choice; Background on a study by Bezard on the prepaid sector.

Reports on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's third in a series of conferences on credit cards and interchange held in New York in September 2005. Background on the participation of attorneys William Blechman and Thomas Brown in the event; Overview of the issues discussed in the conference; Concern by credit card companies with regards to the regulation of their operations.

The article examines the status of cybersecurity in space systems, emphasizing the rising cybersecurity risks posed by foreign adversaries such as China and Russia. It also discusses the incorporation of artificial intelligence (AI) technology to tackle these security challenges and the role of government efforts and private firms in bolstering cybersecurity for space infrastructure, underscoring the importance of agile responses to evolving threats.

The article explores the future possibilities of quantum technology in space, envisioning advanced quantum sensors and communication systems that enhance space navigation, security, and data transmission. Quantum computing is anticipated to improve propulsion, debris tracking, and Earth observation, highlighting the importance of responsible integration into space exploration.

The article focuses on how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are enhancing Earth Observation (EO) satellite capabilities by significantly speeding up data processing and analysis, making it possible to deliver actionable insights in minutes or seconds. It highlights the use of AI/ML in various applications, including environmental monitoring, military surveillance, and maritime domain awareness.

The article focuses on the potential applications of quantum technologies in the space industry, envisioning a future where quantum accelerometers, communication, navigation, and sensing devices revolutionize space exploration. It discusses the benefits of quantum computing, including improving propulsion systems, orbital debris detection, communications, new materials, climate action, and making new discoveries in space.

The article offers information on the agreements of World Trade Organization (WTO) and its impacts on the emergence of global telecommunications services. It mentions that all members of WTO have signed General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), to extend multilateral trading to the services sector. It states that the Basic Telecom Agreement is responsible for satellite landing rights. GATS is states to provide a dispute resolution and enforcement mechanism.

Information about the U.K. Space Conference 2011 held in July 2011 sponsored by several British space agencies on the global regulation of the space agencies is presented. Topics include the space innovations, contribution of the space sector on the economy of Great Britain and the total market value of the space sector.

The article offers information on the Digital Agenda Assembly of the European Commission that was held in Brussels, Belgium from June 16-17, 2011. One of the several workshops held during the event dealt with financing and facilitating broadband projects. At the broadband workshop, Stefano Agnelli from the European Satellite Operators Association presented a paper on artificial satellites.

The article focuses on the objective of the space agencies Space Frequency Coordination Group (SFCG) at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-12), that is going to be held in Geneva, Illinois in 2012. SFCG will focus on protecting the use of space-based passive sensors. Further it states that SFCG will also discusses about technologies such as software-defined radios and cognitive radio systems.

The article discusses the British government's two consultations initiated by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS). One consultation focuses on funding and management of British civil space activities and closes in October 2009, while the other focuses on the increased responsibilities of the Office of Communications (Ofcom) to support investment in communications. As believed, the initiatives overlook the contribution of satellites to communications activities.