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New directions in satellite communications : challenges for North and South / Heather E. Hudson, editor.

LIBRA HD9696.T442 N49 1985
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Hudson, Heather E.
Series:
Artech House telecom library
Artech House telecom library.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Telecommunication equipment industry--Technological innovations--Congresses.
Telecommunication equipment industry.
Telecommunication equipment industry--Technological innovations.
Telecommunication--Technological innovations--Congresses.
Telecommunication.
Telecommunication--Technological innovations.
Artificial satellites in telecommunication--Congresses.
Artificial satellites in telecommunication.
Telecommunication--Developing countries--Congresses.
Developing countries.
Genre:
Conference papers and proceedings.
Physical Description:
ix, 315 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Place of Publication:
Dedham, MA : Artech House, [1985]
Contents:
Introduction: Introductory Remarks / Robert C. Jeffrey 1
Keynote Address 3
"Closing the Gaps in a Shrinking World: Intelsat and Rural Satellite Communications" / Richard R. Colino 3
Panel 1 New Directions in Satellite Technology and Services 9
"Satellite Communications Technology for Rural Areas" / Ryoji Tamura 10
"New Voice and Data Services: Domestic and International Markets" / Ronald F. Stowe 28
"Innovations in Satellite Technology Appropriate for The Developing World" / Ray Sensney 40
Discussion 47
Teleconference With Richard Butler 55
"New Possibilities in Satellite Communications" / Richard Butler 56
Discussion 66
Panel 2 New Satellite Services: International Implications 70
"Pan American Satellite Corporation: New Opportunities for Latin American Telecommunications Development" / Raul R. Rodriguez 71
"Innovations in Satellite Technology Appropriate for Developing Countries" / Bruce Lusignan 81
"Canadian Space Applications: Models for the Developing World" / N.G. Davies 87
Discussion 104
Panel 3 Satellites and the Developing World 107
"Key Issues in Satellite Communications: The Mexican Satellite Program" / Miguel E. Sanchez-Ruiz 108
"Why Orbit Planning: A View from a Third World Country; Part I: The Indian Experience in Satellite Communications" / T.V. Srirangan 117
"Satellite Linkages and Rural Development" / Clifford H. Block 135
"The Alaskan Satellite Experience: Lessons for the Developing World" / Walter B. Parker 157
Discussion 181
Panel 4 Telecommunications Requirements in Developing Countries 185
"Risks and Rewards: Why Haven't Telephones Reached More Villages?" / Heather E. Hudson 186
"Financing and Other Issues in Telecommunications Development" / Edwin B. Parker 207
"The Brazilian Satellite Communications Program" / Joao Carlos Fagundes Albernaz 221
"Issues in Telecommunications Technology Transfer: A World Bank Perspective" / Richard Stern 244
Discussion 258
Panel 5 Future Directions in Satellite Policy 265
"Why Orbit Planning: A View from a Third World Country Part II-Issues for WARC (ORB) 85 & 88: Some Perceptions" / T.V. Srirangan 266
"Issues in U.S. International Telecommunications Policy" / Donald C. Tice 278
"Confidence-Building and the 1985 Space WARC" / George A. Codding, Jr. 288
Discussion 310.
Notes:
Includes bibliographies.
ISBN:
0890061629
OCLC:
12218840

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