Isle of Man Caters to Satellite Industry

摘要

A British Crown territory long known as a tax haven has carved out a specialty in satellite telecommunications-related services and is attracting business from satellite fleet operators and launch services providers. The Isle of Man, through ManSat Ltd., a company that began operations in 2000, now is developing a reputation for aggressive defense of companies that register their satellite plans on the island and is attempting to draw industrial space activity to the island to complement its tax-home status. Companies including satellite fleet operators Telesat Canada, SES of Luxembourg, Inmarsat of London; and launch services provider Sea Launch Co. of Long Beach, Calif., have registered businesses in the Isle of Man. More recently ViaSat Corp. of Carlsbad, Calif., registered its Vi-aSat-1 Ka-band broadband satellite there.