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Ed Markey: We have come a long since Intelsat and Inmarsat had a monopoly, and I always enjoyed back in the 1980s and 1990s, break…

On the recordOctober 24, 2017
We have come a long since Intelsat and Inmarsat had a monopoly, and I always enjoyed back in the 1980s and 1990s, break up the monopolies and to make it possible for there to be more competition.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey reflects on the importance of breaking monopolies for competition in the satellite industry.

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