Cooperation and Collaboration Key to Success in Satellite Services

Collaboration is one of the key strategies adopted by market players to offer better services to specific areas. Collaboration activity involves combination of expertise and resource to make services more reliable and faster than before. Gilat Telecom collaborated with Spacecom, a communications satellite operator to offer faster, reliable, and cost-effective satellite services to organizations across Africa. In this collaboration, Spacecom digital and advanced High Throughput Satellite AMOS-17 on C and Ku band will be utilized with Gilat’s SD-WAN MAX technology. This combination would be helpful for private and public connectivity for applications including e-education, e-learning, e-health applications, and video conferences. 

Satellite operator Spacecom and service provider Gilat Telecom worked together to provided much needed connectivity in Africa  for applications including e-education, e-learning, e-health applications, and video conferences. (image courtesy of Spacecom)

Dan Zajicek, the CEO of Spacecom commented that the collaboration would boost services with rapid returns on investments. Both companies have been working on developing an ecosystem that would reduce costs and enhance capacity. African MNOs and ISPs can be benefited from various offerings such as high throughout at lesser costs and 20% rise in capacity. In addition, customers can avail Smart traffic management with the help of Gilat’s SD-WAN service providers and MNOs. This feature would enable them to take control of the route that has been traded with customers by satellite and fiber traffics. All of these features enable ease in use of different applications such as streaming, voice, and others. 

“This partnership enables us to boost the services offered to customers along with fast returns on investments to these growing markets. We are sure this fruitful cooperation will lead us to many great business opportunities in Africa,” said Ofer Asif, Senior VP Bus. Development  and Marketing at Spacecom.

 

In another collaborative approach, the companies have realized the need to offer security to satellite communications by combining resources. Leaf Space, an Italian provider of ground-segment services for smallsats collaborated with CYSEC, a Swiss cybersecurity firm. The collaboration is aimed at offering cybersecurity services for protection to satellite communications. As the scenario has been changed drastically over the past few years, the security of satellite communications has become essential as it contains valuable and sensitive data. CYSEC will provide small satellite operators with an off-the-shelf solution for securing their data and infrastructure against cyberattacks.

Jonata Puglia, the CEO of Leaf Space, highlighted the importance of cybersecurity services in the current scenario for companies operating their satellites. Along with providing ground infrastructure, the company aims to offer protection to data of customers and CYSEC proposed viable solutions to this issue. With complex architecture in satellites, there are many points through which hackers can eavesdrop, temper, and interrupt service. However, few steps related to security can prevent this from happening. CYSEC offers tools to satellite operators to protect ground operations with the help of ARCA platform. Most importantly, the collaboration would offer end-to-end protection from the ground stations to the mission control software of satellite operators.

 

Market players have been tapping on the potential of satellite services by offering connectivity to regions have not been privileged with such services. Kacific Broadband Satellites Group (Kacific) entered the agreement with Government of Tuvalu for offering nationwide high-speed broadband internet connectivity through satellite. In a five-year deal, the bandwidth will be provided by Kacific’s high-throughput satellite Kacific1. Nine islands of Tuvalu will be equipped with internet connectivity. This high-quality connectivity is aimed at offering huge volume and flexibility for communications. Moreover, the company aims to offer affordability and ease in availability of internet. Based on the agreement, the company aims to offer 400Mbps to 600Mbps of satellite capacity based on the terminal size. 

 

The company will deploy nearly 60 1.2 meter VSAT terminals for schools, government agencies, medical clinics, and small businesses for offering rapid connections. Moreover, there will be 40 Wi-Fi access points for faster connection to hotspots. Kacific is expected to install 4.5 meter antennas along with providing training and technical support. With these services, Tuvalu can avail services of high quality for communications infrastructure. This game-changing project would change lives for many people in this small archipelagic nation.  

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Pratik Kirve holds a bachelor degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering and currently working as a Sr. Specialist - Content Writer at Allied Analytics LLP. For more information on research on satellite services go to: https://www.alliedmarketresearch.com/satellite-services-market