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Published on Monday, 28 February 2011 08:31

GVF consists of more than 200 members from 60 different countries in every major region of the world and from every sector of the satellite communications industry.

With headquarters in London, GVF also works closely with a network of local representatives from affiliate organisations who act as affiliates and work with the Forum to facilitate the provision of satellite-based communications solutions throughout their country or region.

AUSTRALASIA

Phil Krix

AUSPACE

1 Geelong Street

Fyshwick

ACT 2609

Canberra, AUSTRALIA

Tel: + 861 2 6239 2666

Email: phil.krix@auspace.com.au

Web: www.auspace.com.au

 

BANGLADESH

Bangladesh Satellite Service Providers Forum

Mr. Mohosin Rob Chowdhury/ Mr. Nurul Anam

Road # 17, House # 15

Suite # B3~4

Bashati Condominium

Kemal Ataturk Avenue, Banani

Dhaka - 1213, Bangladesh.

Ph: +8801713042743

 

BRAZIL

Unisat

Engenharia de Telecomunicacoes Ltda.

Rua Mexico

21 - Sala 1402 - B - Centro

CEP. 20031-144

Rio de Janeiro

Brasil

Tel: +55 21 25 33 9540, 625 4125, 26 268 123, 27 218 219

Fax: +55 21 25 33 9540

 

CHINA PR

Rita Zhang

Deputy Secretary General, Foreign Affairs, CHINA SATELLITE FORUM

CHINA

Tel: +65 227 1282 / +86 10 84551243

Email: rita@chinasatellite.org

 

GHANA

Gilbert Adanusa

Telecommunications Consultant

P O Box 8051

Accra

GHANA

Tel: + 233 21 772 233

Fax: + 233 21 224 797

Email: gilbert.adanusa@gvf.org

 

HONG KONG

G3 Global Communications

President: Gregg Daffner

2 Mount Davis Road

On Lee Buidling

Suite 2

Hong Kong, SAR

Tel: + 852 9145 6789

Email: Gregg@g3globalcon.com

INDIA

Riaz Lamak

(Liaison & Associate)

India

Plot # 9, Angel Apartment, Road # 6,

Kalyani Nagar, Pune - 411 006 MS

India

Tel.: +91 20 40047296

Fax.: +91 20 26658831

Cell.: +91 98900 29600

Email.: riaz.lamak@gvf.org

 

INDONESIA

Dr Arifin Nugroho

ASSI - The Indonesian Satellite Association

d/a PT. Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk

Jl. Cisanggarung No 2, 2nd Floor, Room 34

Bandung 40115

INDONESIA

Tel: + 62 22 452 1659

Fax: + 62 22 422 0610

Email: arifin_nugroho@attglobal.net

Web: www.assi.or.id

MEXICO

ASISAT

Ing.Erik R. Wallsten O.

Treasurer

Mexican Satellite Industry Association

Insurgentes sur 421-B613

Col. Hipodromo Condesa

06170 Mexico, D.F.

Tel: +52 5584 4550

Fax: +52 500 0687

 

RUSSIA

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF SPACE COMMUNICATION 

Leonid S. Rogozin, Executive Director

Bolyshoj Kozlovskij per., 

Tel: +7-095-9213733, ad. 238 

Fax: +7-095-9234933

E-mail: NASC@rscc.ru

 

SINGAPORE

AUSPresence

Chris Firth, Managing Director

#02-17

137 St Patricks RD

SINGAPORE 424 214

Tel: +65 9169 4607

Email: Chris.Firth@auspresence.com

 

 

SOUTH AFRICA

Geoff Daniell

Geoff Daniel Communications

P O Box 70179

Pretoria 0041

SOUTH AFRICA

Tel: + 27 12 807 0482

Email: geoff.daniell@gvf.org

 

SPAIN

Holistic Innovation Institute, S.L.U.

President: Dr. Julián Seseña Navarro

Dr. Ulecia, 8

28223 Pozuelo de Alarcón

Madrid

SPAIN

Tel: +34 630047191

Email: jsesena@hi2.es

TURKEY

Turkish Satellite Industry Association (TUYAD)

President: MR. Hayrettin Ozaydin

Perpa Trade Center A Blok

Floor: 13

No 2152 Şişli-İstanbul

TURKEY

Phone: +90 212 2200733

Email: info@tuyad.org

Web: www.tuyad.org

UAE

MENA NETS

Mazen Nassar, CEO

Building LOB Jafza 15, Unit 15419, 

P.O.B: 261670

Jebel Ali free zone

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Phone: + 971-4-887 6606 

Fax: + 971-4-887 6605

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Published on Wednesday, 31 August 2011 11:46

On 4 June, 1997, leading members of the satellite communications industry arranged a meeting in London, where they agreed that the industry had been fragmented for too long and that a unified voice - a non-profit, international association - was needed globally to represent the interests of VSAT system and service providers, as well as end users. The promotion of the technology and the services it supports was also seen as an important role for the industry's new organisation. 

On 31 March, 1998, the Global VSAT Forum was officially launched during an International VSAT Congress held in Rome, Italy, where the association's first permanent Secretary General, David Hartshorn, was introduced to the Membership by the Acting Secretary General, Susan Bull of COMSYS.

Since then, the GVF has become the single and unified voice of the global satellite communications industry.  It brings together organisations engaged in the delivery of advanced broadband and narrowband satellite services to consumers, and commercial and government enterprises worldwide.

Headquartered in London, with a regional office in Washington DC and global affiliates, the GVF is an independent, non-partisan and non-profit organisation with 200+ members from every major region of the world.  The broad-based membership represents every sector of the satellite industry, including fixed and mobile satellite operators, satellite network operators, teleports, satellite earth station manufacturers, system integrators, value added and enhanced service providers, telecom carriers, consultants, law firms, and users. 

 

GVF Secretariat

The GVF Secretariat consists of David Hartshorn, the Secretary General; Martin Jarrold, the Chief of International Programme Development; and Angie Mar, the Director of International Programmes.

David Meltzer - Secretary General

 Mr. Meltzer brings over twenty five years of experience in the satellite industry, including serving as a board member for both a regional satellite operator and for a mobile satellite operator.  Previously, he served for 16 years in various business and legal roles at Intelsat, culminating in serving as Intelsat’s General Counsel and Executive Vice President for Regulatory Affairs.  Most recently, Mr. Meltzer served as the General Counsel and Chief International Officer of the American Red Cross where he led its legal, international disaster relief and development activities.

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Martin Jarrold - Chief of International Programme Development

Martin Jarrold has worked for GVF for more than 10 years, having been appointed GVF Chief of International Programme Development in June 2001.  His particular responsibilities include outreach to the member organisations of the GVF and for the further development of the profile of the Forum within the satellite communications industry, and across the global telecommunications policy and regulatory community.  This extends to the development and delivery of programmes focused on extending the understanding of, and promoting the use of, satellite-based communications in various key end-user vertical markets.  

Mr. Jarrold is Chairman of the GVF Oil & Gas Communications Conference Series, and of the GVF Broadband Maritime Conference Series, which combined have produced 17 conferences in Europe, the Middle East, South East Asia, and South America (as of 1st July 2011).  The Oil & Gas Communications Series is expanding into the Angola market in 2012.  Mr. Jarrold is also Co-Chairman of the GVF Maritime Satcom Forum.

Mr. Jarrold is a frequent contributor to various telecommunications and other industry publications.  In addition he regularly chairs and contributes to a wide variety of telecommunications conferences, symposia, and workshops around the world.

Previously, Mr. Jarrold was Commissioning Editor and Head of Research for Space Business International magazine.  His earlier career was predominantly in teaching and writing.  He holds an honours degree in History and Politics.

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GVF Board of Directors

 

Arunas Slekys, Vice President, Corporate Marketing, Hughes Network Systems

 Arunas Slekys is responsible for managing all of Hughes marketing communications and advocacy initiatives worldwide.  He holds a B.App.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the University  of Toronto, a M.Sc. from the University of Illinois, and a PhD in computer and communications engineering from UCLA. He is the co-author of a founding patent for wireless data systems (CDPD), and is a frequently published author on satellite and wireless communications. Dr. Slekys has served as the elected Chairman of the GVF Board since 2006.

 

 

 

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 Nancy Eskanazi, Vice President, Legal & Regulatory Affairs, SES

With more than 20 years of experience in the satellite sector, Ms. Eskenazi brings a unique regulatory and policy perspective to GVF.  In this role she leads development and execution of regulatory and policy strategy for the Americas, Europe, Russia and Turkey.  She also manages global export control, sanctions compliance and antitrust matters.  Nancy is closely involved in regulatory, policy and spectrum matters on national, international and at the ITU levels.

 

Ms. Eskenazi holds an LLM in International & Comparative Law from Georgetown University and a Juris Doctor and MS in Television, Radio & Film from Syracuse University.  She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

 

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Yasir Hassan, Director of Transmission Operations, ARABSAT 

Yasir Hassan has almost 20 years of experience in the Telecommunication field starting with King Fahad City for Satellite Communication in Saudi Arabia.  He joined ARABSAT in July 1998, reaching the position of Engineering Services Head in 2008, and was selected to be the Director of Transmission operation in 2010.

Mr. Hassan holds a Bachelor of Science with honour degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from Eastern Mediterranean University, Northern Cyprus, and obtained his MBA from University of Leicester, UK in 2005.  He also serves as a Director on the Satellite Interference Reduction Group.

  

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Simon Gray, Senior Vice President of Humanitarian Affairs,  Eutelsat

Simon Gray is also a member of the ITU Advisory board for developing disaster comms strategy world-wide. He has been elected by the other 8 satellite fleet operators to coordinate the Satellite charter with the UN for the satellite industry. Mr. Gray has worked in the satellite industry for over 20 years and while at Eutelsat has been responsible for the largest training program ever undertaken by a satellite operator. His role in Eutelsat has also encompassed developing a new class of satellite terminal, equipment approval, mobile Apps, training courses & training tools. His team has also been responsible for overseeing over 350,000 terminal installations across 4 continents and he is the point of reference for the Eutelsat fleet for remote terminal technology.

 

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Paul Deedman, Director, Spectrum Regulation, Inmarsat

Paul Deedman’s role in Inmarsat is to ensure that the necessary international spectrum regulations are in place for the continuing operation of the current Inmarsat satellites, network, and future systems. He is involved in CEPT spectrum activities and the ITU-R working parties, most recently on issues such as new regulations for Ka-band mobile terminals (ESIMs) and protection of the L-band MSS spectrum for proposed terrestrial LTE systems.  He has participated in all of the ITU World Radiocommunication Conferences since 1997, and has been closely engaged in the regional preparations for WRC. Mr. Deedman joined Inmarsat in 2000, having previously worked for the Radiocommunications Agency, and has an honours degree in Telecommunications from the University of London (Queen Mary College).

 

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 Nick Dowsett, Director, IntelsatOne Enterprise Solutions, Intelsat

Mr. Dowsett is responsible for developing and managing Intelsat’s IntelsatONE Enterprise Solutions portfolio of managed solutions. Since the launch of the IntelsatOne portfolio in 2002, he has overseen its significant growth of enterprise customers and traffic.  

Mr. Dowsett has been employed in the global telecommunications industry for over 30 years. Prior to joining Intelsat in 2002, he worked for 6 years at Concert Communications Inc., a British Telecommunications and AT&T joint venture company. Employed as a Senior Manager, his responsibilities included managing all commercial aspects of a global circuit-switched voice product and the development & launch of a global IP-based enterprise voice product offering.

 

 

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Keith Johnson, President of Energy, SpeedCast 

Keith Johnson has 30 years and of experience in the Satellite Telecommunication and Energy industries.  In his role at SpeedCast, he oversees all of SpeedCast’s business activities for the Energy and Oil & Gas sector, including strategic planning, programme management, business development and global sales.  He is a member of the Executive Staff, and participates directly in supporting the various strategic acquisitions over the last few years. 

Mr. Johnson is an author of many published papers on telecommunications, satellite, wireless and IT.  He attended Texas A&M University, and graduated from Houston Baptist University with a double major in Marketing and Management. 

 

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Published on Monday, 28 February 2011 08:30

Since its launch in 1998, GVF has invested tremendous resources to promote the satellite communications industry's interests worldwide. Accordingly, GVF Membership was established to provide the industry's leading organisations with a profile and level of influence commensurate with their standing in the marketplace.

Your organisation will be provided with a wide range of services, including the following benefits provided exclusively to GVF Members:

Sales & Marketing

Throughout the entire year, GVF provides Member companies with a high level of global exposure to customers across multiple well-established industry promotional platforms: 

Online Customer Access

GVF Members take full advantage of the GVF website's outstanding position. GVF Member visibility is optimized online through:

• A company profile in the GVF Member Directory - the site's #1 most visited section;
• Selection criteria in the Online Member Directory's interactive search tool;
• Eligibility to post case studies in "Solutions", a section developed to put end users from key vertical markets in direct contact with GVF Members;

Market Intelligence

As a result of customer hits from gvf.org and supplemented by end-user participation in GVF events activities worldwide (also see below) GVF generates market intelligence which appears in the GVF Bulletin. Reports on valuable sales and marketing opportunities include:

• Cutting-edge intelligence on commercial satellite communications developments in national, regional, vertical and horizontal markets worldwide;
• Maximum-level discounts on conferences & exhibitions, legal, consulting, publishing (see also below), and other satellite industry services; and
• Strategic calendar of GVF-supported events worldwide, where Members can select event platforms where they want speaking and/or sponsorship visibility.

Branding at Events Worldwide

GVF coordinates some type of industry event activity somewhere in the world once every 1-2 weeks. GVF Members gain free or discounted access to and eligibility to speak at conferences, summits, workshops and seminars in every major region of the world, all year, every year. This provides an unparalleled opportunity to network with customers, strategic allies, partners, reps, distributors, integrators, and a host of other key contacts.

Further, GVF Members are entitled to secure high-level sponsorship opportunities that strengthen the corporate brand in conjunction with key events, all of which are provided to Members at top-level discounts worth thousands of Euros, Dollars, Yen, Renminbi, Rand, Pesos, Rubles, Pounds, etc. Among many other events, these GVF-co-ordinated programmes include event platforms for key vertical markets:

• Oil & Gas
• Military
• Mobility and Broadband
• Disaster Recovery/Emergency Response
• Maritime
• Managed Services
• Mining
• Health
• Education
• And more. 

Premier Publishing Visibility

The GVF Directory & Satellite Resource Guide has been published every year since 2000 and has come to be regarded by satellite communications customers as an essential purchasing tool for satcom customers. (For example, certain government purchasing offices now use the GVF Directory as an internal reference for acquisitions.) The GVF Directory serves as a print and CD-ROM companion to the above-noted electronic and events-based promotions.

About 10,000 copies are distributed each year. Extensive bonus distribution of the Directory is carried out globally by the GVF Secretariat and its nearly 20 regional representatives throughout the world. The bonus distribution which is via the above-noted events and dozens of others is in addition to the copies that are mailed and delivered electronically to satellite communications customers.

Included in the four colour, glossy format are case studies on a variety of vertical-market applications and a global events wall calendar, as well as the Membership listings, which are used by potential customers as a buyer's guide.

To view the latest GVF Directory & Satellite Resource Guide, visit this link.

Influence, Leadership & Prestige

The second category of benefits provided to GVF Members is more difficult to quantify, yet a strong argument can be made that they are even more valuable to each individual GVF Member. These benefits include the following:

Outsourced Advocacy:

On behalf of the Members, the GVF constantly works with regulatory, ministerial and presidential administrations throughout the world to improve operating conditions and to expand market access for the satellite industry. GVF Members have direct influence in determining market-access and other regulatory priorities undertaken by GVF worldwide.

In the past, this has translated directly into:

• Multi-million-dollar contracts for individual members;
• Issuance of service licenses, in many cases, the first-ever competitive satellite licenses issued by the government;
• Lower fees, e.g. customs duties, homologation charges, license fees, etc.;
• Prevention of implementation of regulations that would have an adverse impact on satellite system and/or service provision;
• Preservation of spectrum for use by the satellite industry (such as the battles for C-band and Ku-band underway worldwide);
• And more.

Leadership:

The present and future direction of GVF is driven largely by the Members. Only GVF Members are eligible to participate in working groups that develop solutions to a wide variety of commercial, technical, training, regulatory and other industry challenges. The GVF Working Groups serve as a GVF Brain Trust, guiding and shaping the direction and focus of the association and, thus, the industry.

Global Prestige:

GVF Members are seen worldwide as standing among the elite of the industry's leading players. The GVF is recognized internationally as the pre-eminent global satellite-industry association, and the association's strong reputation accrues to the interest of Members who are seen, rightfully, as global leaders. For this reason, by far most of the satellite industry's market leaders are counted among the GVF Members.