Following the conclusion of the widely applauded GVF Ka Roundtable Assembly 2012: Satellite Service Provision Game-Changer in Action event which took place in London on 5th & 6th December 2012, the satellite industry has now called for a further platform to facilitate extended industry and end-user dialogue about high capacity and high throughput satellite systems, new ground infrastructures, and advanced networking applications.
Announcing the dates of 21-22 May 2013 for the GVF High-Capacity Satellite Roundtable Assembly, to take place in Washington DC, David Hartshorn, Secretary General of GVF commented, “The GVF’s London Roundtable Assembly amply illustrated the continuing need for such platforms, as opportunities to disseminate information about the technology of new broadband satellite systems and services, as opportunities to explain the new generations of highly cost-effective services that the technology is enabling, and as opportunities to continue to evaluate the high capacity/high throughput business case. We look forward to taking the stakeholder dialogue further, in Washington DC, and beyond.”
The GVF Ka Roundtable Assembly 2012: Satellite Service Provision Game-Changer in Action heard analysis by Northern Sky Research (NSR) indicating that global on-orbit high throughput satellite (HTS) supply will conservatively reach 1.6 Tbps in 2021 – up from 162 Mbps in 2011 – and over the same ten-year period, global HTS capacity demand will increase 17x. Global HTS capacity leasing revenues will exceed US$2 billion in 2021, up from US$163 million as of the end of 2011.”
The London event, the first of a planned global series, was held against the backdrop of the accelerated dynamics of the day-to-day realities of contemporary developments in broadband satellite communications, and was supported by such leading satellite industry technology and service providers as O3b Networks, Inmarsat, iDirect, Hughes, Avanti Communications, and Comtech EF Data.
The Roundtable Assembly programme series will continue to make the major contribution to the global discussion of the paradigm leap in the economics of satellite communications, with new technology roll-out and innovative services provision being built on the ever-increasing commercial availability and usage of high capacity/throughput satellite technologies.
The program of speakers at the London event addressed an audience of more than 100 individuals representing both satellite industry and end-user stakeholders, the latter including such a wide variety of user interests as the oil & gas industry, the wider telecoms sector, aerospace/airline interests, broadcasters, and the financial sector. In addition, a wide range of organisations from the Value-Added Reseller market were in attendance. The event also featured speaker support from the European Space Agency, from OfCom, from firms of telecommunications attorneys, satellite industry analysts, and regulatory experts.
The Time is Right for Ka band’, and delivered by David Burr, Director of Product Development with O3b Networks. The programme also included, on Day One:
Ka, High Throughput, High Capacity: Technology & Market Context, analysed by Chris Baugh of Northern Sky Research; a Satellite Operator & Provider Forum with panellists David Bettinger (iDirect), Nick George (Hughes Network Systems), Chris Georgeson, (Avanti Communications), Steve Petrie (Skylogic/Eutelsat), Jean-Philippe Gillet (Intelsat), and Hesham Khalipha (Arabsat); a User Vertical Focus with panellists Nick George (Hughes Network Systems), Simon Barrett (Avanti Communications), Diana Goody (Harris CapRock), Dave Nicoll (Sematron), and Heath Lockett (IHS); and, an OEM Forum with Jonathan Barter (iDirect), Khalid Mahmood (Hughes Network Systems), Louis Dubin (Comtech EF Data), Doron Elinav (Gilat Satellite Networks), Jack Buechler (Advantech Wireless), and Bart Van Poucke (Newtec).
Following the Day Two Opening Address from Michèle Le Saux, Head of Ground/User Segment Product and Technology Section, Telecommunications and Integrated Applications Directorate, European Space Agency, which set-out the 'The European Space Agency Ka band Roadmap', the programme, chaired by Stéphane Chenard, Special Executive Advisor with GVF, and David Hartshorn, Secretary General of GVF, featured:
A session on Ka Engineering with Jim Mowat (O3b Networks); a Ground Infrastructure Focus with David Bettinger (iDirect), Louis Dubin (Comtech EF Data), Ken Westall (AvL Technologies), Drew Klein (C-COMM Satellite Systems), and David Hartshorn (GVF); a Networking Applications Forum with David Burr (O3b Networks), Khalid Mahmood (Hughes Network Systems), and Thomas Bopp (On behalf of the Small Cell Forum); and, a Regulatory & Licensing Focus with Tony Azzarelli (Spectrum Policy Group, Ofcom), Nina Beebe (Access Partnership), and Carlos Nalda (Squire Sanders).
Fro more information go to: www.uk-emp.co.uk/future-events-2012-13/ka-roundtable,and the program of content is now available for download in PDF format from http://www.uk-emp.co.uk%2Ffuture-events-2012-13%2Fka-roundtable%2Fprogram
