Getting satellite radio through the concrete valleys

MONTREAL and TORONTO – Satellite radio provides great sound and many programming choices, but it’s still a line-of-sight technology. That means if something is between the receiver and the satellite (like office towers and condos), reception will be zero. So, numerous terrestrial repeaters must be installed in high-traffic, low reception areas to make satellite radio work. Today, Canadian Satellite Radio (the Bitove/XM group) announced the first phase in addressing that issue by hiring Yves R. Hamel et Associés Inc. (YRH) to conduct the drive testing required to implement its terrestrial repeater network in Canadian cities.. This is the start of...