Executive Spotlight: Mitja Lovsin, General Manager, STN Networks
January 3, 2019, Ljublyana, Slovenia--Satellite Markets and Research spoke with Mitja Lovsin, General Manager of STN, a full service teleport located in Slovenia.
Can you give us a brief overview of the status of your business at this point? How do you see your position the markets that you serve?
STN (Satellite Telecommunications Network) is a recognised leading global teleport, with its headquarters based in Slovenia, in the heart of Europe.
STN operates on a global scale with extensive knowledge regarding individual regions around the world, giving the company an insightful advantage which allows it to quickly adapt to the market requirements and develop further with emerging trends.
The extent of STN’s service portfolio is vast which includes single channel start-ups, multi-top tier DTH platforms, equipment co-hosting, telemetry tracking & control, IP backhauling and much more.
Our industry has experienced many changes throughout the last decade with the pace increasing exponentially over the later years, but so too has STN advanced and today its service capabilities go far beyond satellite and fibre.
What market segments has your company been involved in where you see the best potential growth for your company?
STN’s past growth has been predominately based on the traditional broadcasting over satellite and all its related services. This market segment is still a major focus and steady growth is still being achieved even in this changing environment. However, it is evident that more and more clients want to have a hybrid distribution solution in place allowing them to easily extend their services from satellite to full OTT solutions.
At STN this evolving demand was already taken into account in previous facility technical upgrades and the company currently provides worldwide satellite distribution which incorporates a full OTT solution if so required. These combinations of available services makes STN an all-inclusive solution centre for broadcasters.
On the teleport business in general, what changes do you see affecting it and how are you coping or taking advantage of the opportunities as a company?
Apart from the technical advances and other previously mentioned changes within our industry it is very clear that for many the current focus is on the LEO (Low Earth Orbit) satellite constellations and the need to accommodate the infrastructure for higher volumes and faster transfer of data.
A premium teleport ground station such as STN could be foreseen as the perfect location to host or subcontract sections of this business market.
With its terrestrial fibre infrastructure that is second to none, virtually unlimited internet bandwidth, fully redundant connections to all major PoPs around the world and the fast easy process to obtain frequency licenses makes STN a very advantageous partner.
Recently acquired building permission on purchased adjoining land to the current facility will now provide extensive ground space for antennas making future development possibilities in this area of the business almost limitless.
Where do you see your business in the next few years? What can we expect from STN in the coming year and beyond?
STN has grown to be a key player in the teleport industry and we are very positive that we will see continued expansion and business development in current and future business markets.
Anything else you would like to add?
It is always a pleasure to speak to Satellite Market and Research magazine and we look forward to adding to our story. We wish all your readers a very successful 2019.
