18 October 2021

Kemper

Integrasys has hired Jackson Kemper as its new vice president global sales and head of Americas Sales office.

With more than 25 years of experience of successful sales and business development management in the Satellite industry with a focus on satcom and communication solutions to commercial markets and global governments, Kemper has been recruited to develop the business and leading the sales teams globally.

04 October 2021

Martin Jarrold, chief of international programme development, GVF

Since I last wrote for this column referencing the GVF-SEG webinar production partnership, our global membership continues to be represented on various webinars featuring in both the main GVF-SEG online events series (live and on-demand) and in programmes featuring GVF-organised panel discussions as streamed embedded content within third-party conferences and exhibitions.

The digital divide, long characterised only as an issue for low and middle-income developing nations is, as a result of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, now recognised as being of wider concern even for developed nations. For developing nations the emphasis in bridging the divide must be on both the availability of connectivity and its affordability, whereas for developed countries the greater weight of concern relates to availability, less so on affordability. Developed nations have their remote region connectivity gaps too. Whilst satellite has long been correctly seen as a means of solving the connectivity problem as it can be deployed anywhere, and its coverage is ubiquitous, there are many fundamental questions directed towards understanding the principal barriers to serving those on the wrong side of any digital divide, and if you want answers to such questions as these…