Astrolink Names Nancy J. Kellner Vice President and General Counsel.BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 15, 1999-- Nancy J. Kellner has been named vice president and general counsel of Astrolink. She will report directly to Celso Azevedo, president and chief executive officer of Astrolink, and will be responsible for assisting in the development and global launch of Astrolink. Astrolink is a wireless broadband High-speed wireless transmission of data. What is "high" speed is always a changing number. Wireless systems are typically slower than land-based, wireline networks. In the past, wireless broadband started at 250 Kbps, whereas land-based broadband was generally considered to start at T1 venture scheduled to become the first global, satellite-based broadband service provider An ISP, telephone company, cable company or other carrier that offers high-speed communications to homes and businesses, typically for Internet access. Cable modems, DSL and T1 lines are the common technologies. See broadband, cable modem, DSL and T1. in 2003, with the start of service in the Americas, Europe and the Middle East, immediately followed by Asia. Astrolink has commitments totaling US$1.33 billion from Liberty Media, Lockheed Martin For the former company, see . Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a leading multinational aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. Global Telecommunications, TRW TRW The Real World (TV reality show) TRW The Right Way TRW Tactical Reconnaissance Wing TRW The Retriever Weekly (University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD) TRW Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc , and Telespazio, a company of the Telecom Italia Telecom Italia is formerly a partially state-owned Italian telco. It was once known as SIP, and it has the largest user base in Italy. Telecom Italia also owns shares in Telecom Argentina and Telecom Personal, fixed and cellular networks in Argentina. Group. Immediately prior to joining Astrolink, Ms. Kellner was a partner in the Corporate and Securities Group of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P., a major Washington, D.C.-based international aw firm. During her six years with Hogan & Hartson, her practice emphasized representation of emerging telecommunications, Internet, e-commerce, and technology companies, from formation through private and public financing, mergers, acquisitions and other transactions, in addition to general corporate and securities matters. Prior to joining Hogan & Hartson, Ms. Kellner was an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Jones, Day Reavis & Pogue, where she participated in numerous public and private offerings of securities for U.S. States and foreign issuers. She has also had significant experience in advising corporate clients in the telecommunications and manufacturing industries with regard to international business transactions such as joint ventures, distributorships, import-export transactions, and technology transfers. During her career she has completed debt and equity securities offerings raising over $2 billion. Ms. Kellner earned her J.D. in 1986 from the University of Virginia School of Law The University of Virginia School of Law was founded in Charlottesville in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson as one of the original subjects taught at his "academical village," the University of Virginia. , her M.A. in 1982 from the Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University, mainly at Baltimore, Md. Johns Hopkins in 1867 had a group of his associates incorporated as the trustees of a university and a hospital, endowing each with $3.5 million. Daniel C. School of Advanced International Studies, and her B.A. cum laude in 1980 from Amherst College |
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