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Loral Skynet resumes fixed satellite services in North America


BEDMINSTER, NJ – Loral Skynet has resumed offering fixed satellite services (FSS) to broadcast and other customers in North America. The company, a subsidiary of Loral Space and Communications, had been barred from offering FSS in North America for two years, when it sold some of its assets to Intelsat in March 2004. The ban over, Loral Skynet is back in the game. “We intend to vigorously market our heritage services in this newly available region, in addition to providing our successful IP-focused network services,” says company president Patrick Brant. Loral Skynet’s global satellite fleet now offers complete bandwidth in...