The Big Picture

摘要

It goes without saying that the forced privatization of Intelsat and Inmarsat, both of which began life as intergovernmental cooperatives, hastened the transformation of satellite telecommunications into the competitive global enterprise it is today. Another watershed came in 2006, when Intelsat swallowed up its longtime antagonist-turned-competitor PanAmSat, which led the push for privatization in the 1990s. The move re-established Intelsat as the biggest player in a rapidly changing industrial landscape.