PRESS RELEASE ARCHIVE

2008
Mar 27 – SIA supports FCC DBS Decesion
Mar 14 – Telesat Joins Satellite Industry Association
Mar 4 – SIA Announces the Recipiets of the 2008 Satellite Leadership in Government Award
Feb 1 – SIA Praises NTIA's Networked Nation Report
Jan 10 – Comtech EF Data Joins Satellite Industry Association

2007

Dec 13– SIA Elects 2008 Officers; Jennifer Manner to Serve as Chairman
Nov 26Patricia Cooper Named President of SIA

Oct 25C-Band Initiative - National & Regional Support
Oct 19 C-Band Initiative - SUIRG Wi-Max Test

Jun 6Navy SATCOMS Users Workshop

Mar 8 – U.S. Senate Overwhelmingly Supports Satellite Technology for Interoperable Emergency Communications
Mar 2 – SIA Announces New Associate Members-SWE-Dish Space Corp & Echostar Satellite LLC
Feb 22 – SIA Hosts Satellite leadership Dinner

2006

Jul 18 – Telecommuting Testimony

Jun 21 – SIA Testifies Before House Armed Service’s Committee

May 22 – Satellites are Part of the Solution – Space News

May 18 – SIA Testimony Before the Senate Commerce Committee - Re: Broadband Deployment

Apr 13 – ARTEL and Integral Systems Join SIA Board of Directors

Feb 12– SIA Announces the Addition of Two New Associate Members; Alliant Techsystems, Inc. (ATK) and Emerging Market Communication, Inc. (EMC), and the Addition of The DirecTV Group to the SIA Board of Directors

2005

Nov 3 – SIA Announces Civil Government SATCOM Users Workshop

Oct 20 – SIA Announces New Member TerreStar

Oct 13 – SIA Announces New Member XM Satellite Radio

Jul 12 – SIA Announces New Members IOT Systems, Marshall Communications and Spacecom

Jun 6 – SIA Releases State of the Satellite Industry Report

Jun 3 – SIA Holds Reception for COM/CITEL Delegates

Jan 24 – SIA Announces New Members DirecTV and Stratos Global

Jan 10 – Satellites Provide “Instant Infrastructure” for Tsunami Victims/Aid Workers

Jan 5 – Satellite Industry Association Announces New Board Officers and Office Move

2004

Dec 6 – Satellite Industry Association Strengthens Government Affairs Staff

Nov 9 – Satellite Industry Association Submits Industry Consensus Comments on CALEA

Jun 16 – David Cavossa Named Executive Director of Satellite Industry Association

Mar 11 – SIA and APSCC Sign Agreement, Pledge Increased Cooperation

Mar 3 – FCC Chairman Powell Lauds Satellite Industry

Jan 29 – Leading Space Organizations Announce Creation of the National Space & Satellite Alliance

Jan 28 – SBCA and SIA Partner to Help FCC Make the Rural Connection

2003

Sep 10 – Historic First Gathering of Satellite CEO’s

Sep 10 – SIA Applauds FCC’s ‘State of the Satellite Industry’ Report

Apr 7 – SIA Releases 2002 Satellite Industry Statistics

2002

May 3 – SIA Lauds CSIS Report on U.S. Export Controls

Feb 13 – SIA Urges FCC to Limit Damage Caused by Radar Detectors

Jan 25 – SIA urges FCC to Preserve 2 GHz MSS spectrum

Jan 7 – David Cavossa Joins SIA Staff

2001

Dec 11 – Satellite Industry Association Announces New Leadership

Jun 29 – Richard DalBello Joins Satellite Industry Association as Executive Director

May 29 – Cellular Industry Grab for 2 GHz Mobile Satellite Spectrum Harms Rural Consumers and Threatens Public Safety

May 4 – Berman and Rohrabacher Introduce Bill to Strengthen Competitiveness of U.S. Satellite Industry

Apr 5 – Satellite Industry Association Releases Global Satellite Statistics