I noticed on the annual report, siriusxm mentioned bringing satellite radio to Puerto Rico. I think that is a giant leap in the right direction. Canada should definitely be next on the list. That's how you bring the number of subs up!!
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I noticed on the annual report, siriusxm mentioned bringing satellite radio to Puerto Rico. I think that is a giant leap in the right direction. Canada should definitely be next on the list. That's how you bring the number of subs up!!
learn to think, your name should be "learn to research". You do realize Puerto Rico is part of the FCC agreement and that Canada already has SIRI and XMSR. their are already over 1 million subscribers in both.
john, what you post is true. What got me interested was the mention of foriegn expansion. I am wandering if they are talking about Mexico and South America. Given Sirius' satellite constellation, I believe this is very doable with minimal expenditures. Perhaps some terrestrial repeaters in highly populated areas, but if they are using the Sirius sats and recievers, everything else is already there. They alread have a wide variety of spanish channels. This area could be huge...
Newman I read a atricle a while ago that they already had subscribers in northern Mexico. Most likely the same way they used to have Canadian subscribers in Canada, before the companies formed seperate companies in Canada. That they only needed to have a USA address to get it.
P.S. I believe that is one reason Canada allowed SIRI and XMSR in because people that wanted it were going to get it and Canada had no way to stop it. The Canada government felt why should we be missing out on a piece of the pie.
I think Mexico/South America may think the same way... at least then they can collect taxes on the ammounts being paid to line their pockets. If anything else, they can even charge Sirius XM for the allocation of spectrum.
Im sure homer may chime in here and let us know that the same spectrum is not authorized for SDARS anywhere except US and Canada however... Not sure if that portion of spectrum is in use in those areas or if they could be changed.
who owns siriusxm in canada? is it a subsidiary of sirixm usa? please explain relationship. TY
Allocation....we don't need no stinkin allocation....it's Mexico and South America...we zip in ....we zip out...we get it done with a few fat envelopes!Quote:
Originally Posted by Newman
No I believe that spectrum can be used where ever. Its just that only that spectrum can be used for that specific purpose.
They are two seperate companies for now there has been some news that they are working on merging also.Quote:
Originally Posted by SiriusHope
If you want more info that is easy to get then why dont you just go to the front page on the right hand side there is a tap for Canada. Just scroll up hit the New tap at the top left, then scroll down 8 to 10 inches at the right there are taps it is the 3rd one from the top.
With Sirius' three satellites in elliptical orbits, between the equator and back to continental U.S., maybe there's a way to NOT have the one sat be taking a break while the other two are transmitting here.... Might as well pipe in the tunes to the southern continent and everything in between.... Add some repeaters in high Pop areas and your in business....
Only XM sat's in geosynchronous orbits would be limited to continental US, which is why they can broadcast with only two active. Once XM 5 and Sirius 5 get in orbit, which are both going to be FS-1300 type (geosynchronous and multiband capable, for full 25M licensed), then the Sirius Sat's might all be able to be repositioned for South and Central America with repeaters... The annual said that Sirius' 5th will be launched in the 2nd quarter of 2009 (that's a move up not back) and the XM 5, would be launched late 2009 or early 2010.... These two geosynchronous Sats could provide programming to all Sirius Customers and also XM's which would also be supported by XM 3 & 4, already in geosync orbits.
hey cos1000 did you get that message about the peoblems I was having getting that friends thing to work.
Newman, now that I read your post more closely, I think your right about the SDARS approval by the International Community, and being restricted to North America.... They would have to get further approval to be able to transmit on their frequencies in other "Air Space". Homer did give an excellent breakdown of this in explaining the International Requirements and the exceptions allowed for the North American systems and the Restrictions Placed on the Sat Systems for broadcasting. Also there were restrictions placed for each 12.5Mhz licensed spectrum by the FCC for the two companies when the Sats were first launched, which is why they are not compatible with each other now, requiring dual chipsets in interoperable radios. I think the problem in transmitting outside the North American zone is not whether they can, from a technical standpoint utilize their satellites to broadcast, but whether or not they will and can be licensed too.....
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Yes I did and I thought it was a BS excuse to refuse my offer............................................. Just kidding.. don't really know why that's happening... need a Guru like the Head Honcho to figure that out, I guess. Lately, thankfully, I've been pretty busy and hadn't had a chance to get back to you yet my friend.... By the way I am enjoying the pick up in both DSX and NM....Quote:
Originally Posted by john
Exactly what I was refering to. I wonder how difficult it would be to get International law changed? It happened already for North America... why not for South?Quote:
Originally Posted by cos1000
As you said, it is not a question of CAN THEY, it is are they ALLOWED to.
Yeah Newman.... the more I think about it the better the unregulated Internet sounds for world wide penetration of continental consumers.... I still wonder though what the penetration to different geographies are when it comes to broadband availability to the foreign consumer of Internet Services... I think we here in the US take some of that for granted.... Might be good in Europe and India, where else is the Internet everywhere?Quote:
Originally Posted by Newman
heres the S2710 Fm-5 information as filed with the fcc this document mentions canada and mexico by agreement alsoQuote:
Originally Posted by cos1000
fm-5 has a launch date of june 29th based on another filing made yesterday
the fm-5 satellite will on be broadcasting on the sirius spectrum based on the specs as filed with the fcc.
thanks Tim, should be interesting and help pay for some of the cap ex in the future......
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I dont know everytime I try to add you it kicks me out and I have to log back in. I have had the same problem when I edit my post. I have to keep logging back in.
Yea this is the time of year for them. I will always keep a percentage of my DSX. I think they are headed for big things in the future. They are in the catbird seat. Remember when I told you that them cutting their dividend was not such a bad idea, that it will give them the cash to buy other ships. Well hell I was being short sighted. Analyst are talking about them being able to pick up whole shipping companies.
I was under the impression that sirius owned half of sirius in canada and had subs in the hundreds of thousands. I might be wrong on this as I am not as researched on this stock as you. I got out of the stock in Oct. and just jumped back in at .06. However, even with subs around 1 million, the penetration does not reflect a company aggressively pushing it's product. There are hundreds of millions of people(don't have time to google exact number) in Canada. I don't think thay have even started.IMHO.Quote:
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Originally Posted by learn to think
Going from memory Canada has about 50 million. As for even started yet I hope they have because they have been there for the last 3 years. Also the reason I said you needed to do a little research is because this site has pretty much as much information as you are going to get. All you had to do is click on the Canada tab on the front page of this site or is that asking for to much.