SA Satellite FAQ

[MidnightWizard]

Hi ,

RPM and myBB do not seem to pay too much attention to SATELLITE

HHhhmmm {} Maybe not much marketing revenue there

and

Sats-R-US only give a person ONE page of junk -- after -- a long login process



Does anyone know of an SA Satellite FAQ

Here are a few quick and easy links to kick off with.

• WIKI Broadcast Satellites
  
• SATBEAMS
  
• LYNGSAT
  
• SATCODX
  

and a few other sweeteners

INTELSAT BlogSpot

INTELSAT --SA -- Andile Ngcaba

I wonder now WHERE have I seen THAT name before

OK OK spare the suspense -- some OTHER known names

Manufacture and launch of the Intelsat New Dawn satellite is expected to be completed by 2010,
after which the satellite will join the other 25 satellites within Intelsat's global fleet that provide Africa with critical transmission services.

• Convergence Partners is a South African-based investment company focused on the telecommunications, media and technology sector,
  predominantly in Africa and the Middle East. Investment philosophy is to take meaningful equity stakes in quality projects and businesses
  within its chosen sector and act as an active, strategic value-adding investor. As a major part of its strategy,
  Convergence Partners focuses on greenfields projects that improve access to communications, broadband services and technology
  offerings throughout Africa and thereby contribute to enhanced standards of living.
  
  
• Altirah Telecoms is the common investment vehicle of Altirah Capital and the Oppenheimer family's private equity portfolio, which has been set
  up for the New Dawn satellite JV. Altirah Capital is a South African-based investment company which focuses on private equity, venture capital,
  hedge funds and structured products.
  Altirah Capital's principal partners are David Frankel, one of the co-founders and former CEO of the Internet Solution Group and the
  "South African Technology Achiever of the Century" as voted by the Financial Mail in 2000, and Paul Salomon, former investment banker.
  
  
• Nedbank Capital is the investment banking business of the Nedbank Group, one of the four largest banking groups in South Africa. The investment bank
  has a dedicated Infrastructure Project Finance unit, with dedicated teams specialising in providing financing solutions to sectors such as transportation,
  telecoms, social infrastructure, Public-Private-Partnerships, industrial processes and African commercial real estate projects.
  
  
• Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa is a self-financing, South African state-owned national development finance institution that provides
  finance to promote industrial and entrepreneurial development. The IDC identifies and funds projects in partnership with others and focuses on promoting and
  investing in viable new industries and differentiates itself through risk taking and flexibility in structuring, particularly in promotion of SMEs, regional investment
  diversification and job creation.

David and Jonathan -- truly of biblical proportions.

Cyril -- Nedbank -- "ALTIRAH" truly the chosen ones.

MW the ORBITAL one