The List Top Fixed Satellite Service Operators

摘要

Latin America's economic roller-coast ride has settled down and East Asian bandwidth prices no longer appear to be under pressure, making 2010 a less dramatic year for the fixed satellite services industry. Among the larger operators, 2011 was either at or near the peak in planned capital spending on new satellites, spending that has gone to replace retiring spacecraft but also to expand the companies' footprints. Some of the companies' results are distorted by foreign-exchange effects. Depending on where the U.S. dollar stood against local currencies, a down year might look up, and vice versa.