TELECOMMUNICATIONS: SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS BOOSTED BY IRAQ CONFLICT.

Satellite's core business lies where conventional mobile phones are not practical, servicing industries such as ranching, shipping, fishing and logging in remote areas. However, the recent surge in satellite calls from the Middle East due to the war may only temporarily alleviate the battered industry, analysts said. "At best, it's a momentary boost. The industry still has a ways to go before it gets enough numbers and critical mass to build it into something," said Jimmy Scheffler, an analyst at the Carmel Group, a telecommunications research firm.

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