Market Trends

by Hub Urlings and Marco Franken

Amsterdam, the Netherlands, March 4, 2022--These are exciting times for those following the 25-year-old satellite IoT market developments. Currently, we see more than 40 Sat-IoT networks (according to Berg Insight 2021) that are commercially available in the market or on the verge of being launched, and the number of new announcements of satellite IoT constellations is still growing.

Dublin, Ireland,  March 1, 2022-- The SATCOM on the move market is projected to grow from USS 17.7 Billion in 2021 to US$ 42.8 Billion by 2026, at a CAGR of 19.3% according to Research and Markets.

Cambell, Calif., Feb. 17, 2022-- New analysis from Mobile Experts explores the role that satellite links are likely to play in the upcoming mobile market. According to the report, releases 17 and 18 of the 3GPP standards will include new features to make Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) work. This category includes drone-based, balloon-based, and satellite-based communications that will now be able to connect using 5G NR.

London, UK, February 11, 2022--African OTT movie and TV episode revenues will reach $2 billion by 2027 – triple from $623 million in 2021. South Africa and Nigeria will together account for 56% of the total by 2027, leaving $896 million divided between the other 33 countries. SVOD revenues will reach US$ 1.66 billion by 2027; up from US$ 476 million in 2021.

Cambridge, Mass., February 8, 2022- NSR’s newly released Optical Satellite Communications, 4^th Edition (OSC4) projects a US$ 2 Billion Optical Satcom market for equipment, driven primarily by upcoming Non-GEO constellations. As Optical Satcom growth trends upwards at a 47% CAGR, projected demand reaches 6,000+ laser communication terminal (LCT) units over the next decade.

New York, NY, Feb. 07, 2022--Reportlinker announced the release of the report "Global Smart Television and Set-Top Box (STB) Market - Growth, Trends, COVID-19 Impact, and Forecasts (2021 - 2026).The Global smart television market is expected to register a CAGR of 3.17%, while the global STB market is expected to register a CAGR of -1.50% during the forecast period (2022-2027).

London, UK, January 17, 2022--Pay TV revenues for 20 countries in the Middle East and North Africa region will fall by 38% between peak year 2016 (US$ 3.84 Billion) and 2027 (US$ 2.39 Billion) according to a new report by Digital TV Research.

Paris, France, January 13, 2022 – Euroconsult, the leading space consulting and market intelligence firm, has released its eagerly awaited ''Earth Observation Satellite Systems Market'' report, providing a sweeping review analysis of the Earth Observation (EO) upstream ecosystem and breaking down government and commercial programs in exhaustive details. With the Earth Observation manufacturing market gearing up for another decade of growth to an estimated US$ 76.1 billion in revenue, the latest study reflects profound changes in the market structure driven by the diversification of payloads and multiplication of commercial constellation projects.