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[smarm] 27/11/2010 22:39

The FT reported today that AVN is at adiscount to peers and should see a quick rise to £10 on successful launch. Assuming we get that RNS on Monday to tell us everything is on track, I urge nervous holders to disregard the deramping nonsense on here and think about the potential.

"Avanti Communications rose 8.8 per cent to 653p ahead of the launch on Friday evening of its first satellite, Hylas 1, which will deliver broadband to European customers.

Broker Cenkos argued that Avanti currently traded at a steep discount to established satellite operators and the stock "will rapidly climb to £10" if the launch proved successful."

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[zorija] 27/11/2010 21:55

2350220,
Thanks for the link - Ka band technology has a primary use for my domestic police speed detector. Interesting to read the wider issues.
I'm sure that any reasonable poster will not get castigated for posting interesting links.
Keep posting...
ZZZ

[2350220] 27/11/2010 21:41

Hope folk don't mind me posting, being as I've only posted a few times before, and as such am definitely no Yorgi et al (mostly just a lurker).

Anyway, I did a bit of digging around to find out what Avanti were on about, regards Ka band technology, and found some interesting articles (from just typing that phrase into Google).
Here's one such article, well written IMO:



All very clever stuff, and now at least I can see why it looks more promising than the wider, less efficient signal of Ku band technology.

I'd like to express my sincere thanks to all on here who willingly dig up so much useful and informative info, and tirelessly put so much work into their analysis and debate.

Yours,
John W
Ex Outside Broadcast engineer (hence the interest in this sort of stuff!! besides just trying to improve my SIPP that is)

[kimball808] 27/11/2010 20:05

Italy looking forward to internet access

[share_shark] 27/11/2010 19:41

hornblower. Here is your 10Mbpsinstead of8.

Rocket man's broadband firm on FTSE 100 trajectory
26.11.2010



StumbleUpon The Ariane 5 rocket which will lift off tonight from the European Space Port in French Guiana. It will carry the HYLAS 1 satellite that will provide affordable broadband to Europe, Africa and the Middle East
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2011 tech trends - rise of superfast broadband and smartphones Russian pod to remove space junk orbiting earth ABB connects coastal wind farm to mainland grid A businessman whose previous venture capital company delivered a 768pc return for investors could turn out to be the unlikely saviour of broadband in the Northern Hemisphere as his stg£120m HYLAS 1 satellite rockets into space tonight.

David Williams' Avanti Communications aims to deliver 10Mbps broadband to rural residents and businesses in Ireland and across Europe, the Middle East and Africa for as little as €25 per month.

Williams, whose previous venture capital company Active Media Capital wound down in 2006, delivering investors a 768pc return on investment, has listed Avanti on the London Stock Exchange and told Siliconrepublic that he believes it will be successful enough to enable the firm to enter the FTSE100.

The satellite – HYLAS 1 – is the first of its kind to be launched outside the US and will lift off on an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana at 18.39 GMT tonight.

The most powerful of Ariane 5's beams will be trained on Ireland. The overall cost of the satellite is stg£120 million and has been funded by investors as well as the European Space Agency and the UK Space Agency.

"We already have satellites in the sky that are designed for TV and anybody else who provides satellite broadband either charges too much or it's heavily subsidised.

"We've been building two broadband satellites, the first one launches Friday and will be the first of its kind to be launched outside the US."

Williams explained that his satellite will use KA-band technology, which can provide higher speeds than TV satellites which use KU-band technology.

"KA-band brings all the benefits of speed and technology. You can get speeds of up to 200Mbps. We've chosen to buy in bulk modems that typically provide home owners or office users with 10Mbps at a rational price point. We will offer modems with higher speeds to government and enterprise users."

I asked Williams how soon a commercial iteration of the service will take to be put in place. "Testing will happen fairly quickly and we'll spend time experimenting with the satellite, deciding on power consumption, moving frequency around, deciding how much revenue is possible and pushing it to see if there's a higher performance possible from the satellite than it's designed to deliver."

Liftoff
Williams said that Avanti has already signed up a number of service providers in Ireland to deliver the service, which will cost around €25 a month. Across Europe, Avanti has signed partnerships with 60 telecoms companies.

Tonight, when the HYLAS 1 satellite lifts off on the Ariane 5 rocket, Williams will be present in French Guiana, at the European space port where he will have two duties – to give a speech and be pushed into a swimming pool.

Williams explained that Avanti was formed 10 years by himself and his business partner, astrophysicist David Bestwick.

Avanti, he said, is listed on the London Stock Exchange with a stg£750m capitalisation. "We have two satellites fully financed and the second will be launched in early 2012 to enable us to provide more capacity into the Middle East and Africa.

"Our intention is to finance and build more satellites to secure early mover advantage. If we get four satellites launched there's a reasonable chance of Avanti becoming a FTSE 100 company."

Williams is confident he can do it, and he certainly has the pedigree to prove it. "My earliest investments have made 15 times their money and the latest investment delivered a 50pc return in less than a year."

He concluded by saying that at present brokers are assuming Avanti will deliver €2 earnings per share. "But stg£40 could be achievable," he said.

To see the live launch go here

[julcester] 27/11/2010 19:14

£6.10? I would add a chunk too!

Right, time to stop living in fantasy land...

[share_shark] 27/11/2010 19:09

Just ignore the adverts. ;-)

[yorgi] 27/11/2010 19:01

Your welcome Ib :-)

If it were to drop down to 610p on Monday Volsung I will add more myself......but I have to agree with Ib and I think we will have no chance of that.

[share_shark] 27/11/2010 18:58

Pretty pictures.

[share_shark] 27/11/2010 18:55

This may answer a few questions.


Antrix/ISRO is also responsible for the post launch operations of HYLAS, being conducted from Hassan. The operations include firing of its Liquid Apogee Motor (LAM) in three phases to place the satellite in geo-stationary orbit.
The first firing of LAM is scheduled early tomorrow, the release said.

[ib1905] 27/11/2010 18:26

If this is anywhere near 610 on Monday I will eat my other hat.

Yorgi and others on here, my thanks also. I think your calm confidence inspired me to hang around here and built up my belief in the story resulting in a fair bit of my retirement pot resting on last nights fun and games . I also need to mention the Naked Trader who pointed me here in the first place = though I know many don't like his approach.
Her's to Monday - enjoy the rest of the weekend.
IB

[volsung] 27/11/2010 18:13

Hoping for a bit of a retrace on Monday. Would like to buy some around 610p

[brancho] 27/11/2010 17:33

Got some info on timing>> from BBC

'Controllers will now take a number of weeks to position the spacecraft properly in the sky some 36,000km above the equator, and to check out onboard systems.'

So looks like main job is done, signal recieved, now tinkering around to position so will probably go quiet for a bit.

[brancho] 27/11/2010 17:22

Hope so. Thanks. Off to do some research and learn about satellite launches.

[marksnsparkle] 27/11/2010 16:59

Brancho ... afraid not, but I presume an RNS on Monday morning will tell us what's been done and what's left to do

[brancho] 27/11/2010 16:50

marksnsparkle
You alluded to the placing of the satellite in geostationary orbit in the early hours of Sunday. Do you (or anyone) know the steps and timetable up to when the satellite is deployed and accepted as working ok? Are we talking hours, days weeks? Sorry complete newbe to this satellite stuff.

[yorgi] 27/11/2010 16:41

One thing we are all here for is to make money......we may have differing opinions as to how, when and where but lets continue to have differing opinions and not result to slagging each other off :-)

Don't mention the C word yet its not the 24th December yet :-)

[share_shark] 27/11/2010 16:40

hornblower. I am sure I saw that Hylas 1 can deliver 10mbs and higher that the 8Mbps that was expected. I stand to be corrected, naturally.

[rico_suave] 27/11/2010 16:35

That is more like it Keya

Yes getting all geared up
for the festive season

[horneblower] 27/11/2010 16:32

It will be interesting to discover what actual speed broadband Hylas1 can deliver. Even if it were 10Mbps (which I would be really pleased with) it can't exactly be described as "high-speed broadband".
As I understand it, most of Japan and S.Korea already have 80Mbps broadband.

[keya5000] 27/11/2010 16:32

Okay Rico, truce!!!

It is nearly Christmas.

[keya5000] 27/11/2010 16:26

Rico shame you boyfriend Bonsor/Robson was slagging this off last week, obviously you missed yet another good investment.