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GEOPOLITICS OF THE SATELLITE INDUSTRY
Author(s) -
WARF BARNEY
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.766
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1467-9663
pISSN - 0040-747X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2007.00405.x
Subject(s) - rivalry , cold war , deregulation , geopolitics , competition (biology) , satellite , international trade , power (physics) , telecommunications , economy , political science , business , economics , engineering , market economy , law , politics , ecology , biology , macroeconomics , aerospace engineering , physics , quantum mechanics
This paper situates the international satellite industry within three lines of contemporary geographic thought. Second, it reviews the industry's Cold War origins. Third, it explains changing international regulatory structures of satellites, particularly Intelsat, which control access to and use of the technology. Fourth, it summarises the changing role of satellites in the post‐Cold War era, including the impacts of deregulation, rising competition between Intelsat and national and commercial providers, and the heated rivalry between satellites and fibre optic carriers. Throughout, it emphasises the ways in which terrestrial power relations alter access and applications to this sector.