As ISPs face a growing number of lawsuits by music labels accusing them of complacency in battling piracy by their subscribers, intellectual property and copyright experts say it's not clear whether broadband internet access service providers have modified their procedures in response or whether such contributory and vicarious copyright infringement suits will continue to be filed and potentially won for years to come.
As ISPs face a growing number of lawsuits by music labels accusing them of complacency in battling piracy by their subscribers, intellectual property and copyright experts say it's not clear whether broadband internet access service providers have modified their procedures in response or whether such contributory and vicarious copyright infringement suits will continue to be filed and potentially won for years to come.
DOJ has “grave concerns” about T-Mobile's impending shuttering of its CDMA network and what that means for Dish Network's many Boost customers left in the lurch, said a July letter to Dish and T-Mobile from DOJ antitrust acting Assistant Attorney General Richard Powers that Dish filed Monday with the SEC. Justice said it might “pursue all remedies available” if the CDMA network shutdown means either T-Mobile or Dish not taking necessary steps to ensure Boost customers aren't left stranded without a functioning network. Many think the FCC is unlikely to act on Dish's CDMA complaint (see 2105060024).
DOJ has “grave concerns” about T-Mobile's impending shuttering of its CDMA network and what that means for Dish Network's many Boost customers left in the lurch, said a July letter to Dish and T-Mobile from DOJ antitrust acting Assistant Attorney General Richard Powers that Dish filed Monday with the SEC. Justice said it might “pursue all remedies available” if the CDMA network shutdown means either T-Mobile or Dish not taking necessary steps to ensure Boost customers aren't left stranded without a functioning network. Many think the FCC is unlikely to act on Dish's CDMA complaint (see 2105060024).
DOJ has “grave concerns” about T-Mobile's impending shuttering of its CDMA network and what that means for Dish Network's many Boost customers left in the lurch, said a July letter to Dish and T-Mobile from DOJ antitrust acting Assistant Attorney General Richard Powers that Dish filed Monday with the SEC. Justice said it might “pursue all remedies available” if the CDMA network shutdown means either T-Mobile or Dish not taking necessary steps to ensure Boost customers aren't left stranded without a functioning network. Many think the FCC is unlikely to act on Dish's CDMA complaint (see 2105060024).
FCC-proposed two-tier regulatory fees for non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) systems (see 2012100078) are dividing the satellite industry, stirring controversy and leaving stakeholders uncertain if the agency might change course, many involved in the proceeding told us. They agreed it's not clear what the FCC might do next. Industry is lobbying bureau personnel and agency staffers.
Rebounding in-flight connectivity helped Viasat grow, though the company is "still well below pre-pandemic business levels," CEO Rick Baldridge told analysts Thursday on results for fiscal Q1 ended June 30. Satellite services revenue was $274 million, up 36% year over year, with commercial air activity picking up, it said. It expects revenue growth for the rest of the fiscal year due in part to passenger traffic trends. Overall revenue was $665 million, up $135 million. The stock closed 8.5% higher at $52.16.
Rebounding in-flight connectivity helped Viasat grow, though the company is "still well below pre-pandemic business levels," CEO Rick Baldridge told analysts Thursday on results for fiscal Q1 ended June 30. Satellite services revenue was $274 million, up 36% year over year, with commercial air activity picking up, it said. It expects revenue growth for the rest of the fiscal year due in part to passenger traffic trends. Overall revenue was $665 million, up $135 million. The stock closed 8.5% higher at $52.16.
Rebounding in-flight connectivity helped Viasat grow, though the company is "still well below pre-pandemic business levels," CEO Rick Baldridge told analysts Thursday on results for fiscal Q1 ended June 30. Satellite services revenue was $274 million, up 36% year over year, with commercial air activity picking up, it said. It expects revenue growth for the rest of the fiscal year due in part to passenger traffic trends. Overall revenue was $665 million, up $135 million. The stock closed 8.5% higher at $52.16.
June's launch of EchoStar's S-band nanosatellite is "an important step in perfecting" the company’s global S-band non-geostationary satellite spectrum rights for mobile satellite service, Chief Strategy Officer Anders Johnson told analysts during a call this week as the company announced Q2. He said the company is focused on “full integration” of S-band satellite services into 5G networks and the 2022 standards release by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project will include non-terrestrial networks and address satellite’s role in 5G. EchoStar said HughesNet lost 20,000 U.S. subscribers, a trend that will continue near term as HughesNet is capacity constrained. Hughes Network Systems President Pradman Kaul said the hybrid network architecture it’s exploring with OneWeb should let it offer a viable product that makes it eligible for federal broadband subsidies. SES CEO Steve Collar said the company is "fully on track" to complete phase 1 of the U.S. C-band clearing this year, and it expects to start receiving reimbursement compensation in coming months, on a call Wednesday as it released results. He said cruise ship and aviation connectivity is picking up and SES' video revenue improved its trajectory for the first half of the year. SES said video revenue of $622.7 million for H1 was down 3.9% from H1 2020, vs. an 8% decline a year ago. Collar said SES expects to be "flattening the curve" in the medium term with its video distribution business. Also reporting in-flight connectivity improvements, Intelsat said Tuesday in-flight helped drive network services growth, which was $221 million, up 25% year over year. It said video revenue was $184.2 million, down 9% due to a service migration by a customer from Intelsat's network to its own network assets.