Company Information: XM SATELLITE RADIO
XM Satellite Radio Inc. (formerly American Mobile Radio) is headquartered in Washington, DC. and is a wholly owned subsidiary of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., which is publicly traded on NASDAQ. XM is one of two FCC licensees to deliver satellite radio programming.
Exchange/Symbol: Nasdaq/XMSR
Date of IPO: October 5, 1999
Date of Service Launch: November 12, 2001
Service Fee: Monthly subscription fee, approximately $9.99 per month
Broadcast Frequency: 12.5 MHz of S-Band: 2332.5 to 2345.0 MHz
Satellite Information:
Two Boeing 702 satellites built by Boeing Satellite Systems, with payloads manufactured by Alcatel Space. Both satellites will operate in geostationary orbit, with "XM Rock" at 85° West Longitude and "XM Roll" positioned at 115° West Longitude. The satellites maintain a geostationary orbit at 22,000 miles above the earth. Telesat Canada will monitor and control the satellites for XM. Sea Launch provided launch services. XM Radio has a third back-up satellite on the ground should something go wrong in orbit.
XM Satellite Radio manufacturing partners:
Pioneer, Sony , Delphi Delco, Alpine, Audiovox, Clarion, Mitsubishi, Motorola, Bontec, Blaupunkt, Visteon, Panasonic, Hyundai Autonet, Sharp, Eclipse and Sanyo.
Automotive Partners:
General Motors, Saab, Susuki, Isuzu, Porsche, Freightliner, Peterbuilt
Retail Partners:
Best Buy, Circuit City, sears, Tweeter, Good Guys, Ultimate, Al & Ed's, Car Toys, Crutchfild, Sound Advice, Cowboy Maloney's and Magnolia Hi-Fi. (I also advise people to all their local electronics retailer and check).
Technology Partners:
Boeing, Alcatel, Telesat, IIS Fraunhofer, STMicroeletronics, OnStar, Hughes Network Services, SeaLaunch, Zenit, Terk, Antenna Specialists, Klotz Digital, Dalet Digital Media Systems, IBM, Encoda Systems, Acoustic Systems, Inc., Northeastern Communications Concepts, Studio Technology, Radio Systems Inc., Telos Systems, Harris, Genelec, Sony, Denon, Accenture, Siebel Systems, Vitria, Portal, Veritas, Lawson, Oracle, Object Builders, Cisco Systems, Lucent Technologies and SUN.
Ownership Information:
Apollo Group Holdings 9.1%
Motient Corp. 5.8%
Clear Channel 8.5%
DIRECTV 6.6%
GM 5.6%
Madison Dearborn 5.2%
Columbia Capital 3.8%
Baron Capital 3.8%
AEA Investors 2.8%
Telcom Ventures 2.6%
Honda Motor Corp. 2.3%
Employees and Directors 4.5%
Public Investors 40%
Website: www.xmradio.com
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