NSR’s Aeronautical Satcom Markets, 6th Editionreport forecasts in-flight connectivity will generate $37 billion by the end of 2027 with quality of service and measuring the passenger experience as critical issues for the market to develop.  In the process, NSR expects airlines to take more of the control over the customer-facing environment and dictate terms for smarter suites of services in what is still an underperforming market.    

A dynamic company based in Los Angeles, California, Mission Microwave Technologies is making waves in the industry with its revolutionary Solid State Power Amplifier (SSPA) Block Upconverters (BUCs) to support ground-based, airborne, and space-based applications. Founded in 2014, Mission Microwave in just four years is gaining market share in one of the most competitive segments of the satellite ground equipment market. 

OneWeb, which is building the world’s highest throughput satellite system to enable affordable, high-speed, low latency broadband access for all has  announced the appointment of Adrian Steckel as Chief Executive Officer and Eric Béranger as President and Chief Operating Officer.

The video landscape is changing, it has been doing so for several years now, but in the last year, in some areas in particular, the pace has really picked up.

Across all regions, a plethora of “New Space” companies are bringing about innovative and affordable solutions to access space

Overview

Whether in a cable headend, earth station or teleport, reliable signal transmission and distribution is the backbone of a facility’s successful operation. From signal reception at the satellite dish, to processing and distribution within a facility, and final distribution, signal quality availability must be properly engineered and managed. Redundancies play a key role in order to guarantee maximum reliability and uptime.

To give us an overview of Russia-based satellite operator Gazprom Space Systems (GSS) current position in the global marketplace, Satellite Markets and Research spoke  with Igor Kot, Deputy Director General, Business Development, GSS just before the IBC2018 show in Amsterdam. Excerpts of the interview follows:

In the U.S., at the end of 2017, 210 million devices were installed in consumer homes actively delivering internet connectivity to the TV screen, and by the end of 2021 there are forecast to be 275 million, according to The NPD Group.

Sarah Coffey, an editor at Dow Jones Newswires, recently complained, “I just wish I could turn on my light without having to ask my phone to do it!” So it goes.  Pavlov rules.  The silent epidemic spreads as we surrender personal, psychological and communal power without a shot being fired in anger or before a subversive move has been made against us.  We decided that someone or something else should turn our lights on and off, our marvelously connected devices complied, our industry helped enable it – and then we got mad!