At the ITU Telecom World in Durban, Satellite Executive Briefing correspondent Roxana Dunnette spoke with INGRID PONI, Chief Director, Multilateral Trade and International Unit of the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services,  Republic of South Africa.

The Space & Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) today announced that it will present its 2018 Promise Awards to Jillian Gorsuch of SSL, a Maxar Technologies company, Theodore McDonald of SpaceX and Mike Safyan of Planet. The Promise Awards honor three space & satellite employees or entrepreneurs age 35 and under for outstanding achievement in the early stages of their career.

The annual AfricaCom Awards will once again celebrate success and innovation this year, by recognising the achievements of the best companies, solutions, products and personalities improving connectivity and driving Africa through the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

The satellite communication equipment market is predicted to expand with a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.88% throughout the forecast period to cross US$ 47 billion by 2026, a new study of Markets and Research said.

Satellite communications equipment referred to include – SATCOM Receiver, SATCOM Transmitter, SATCOM Transceiver, SATCOM Antenna and SATCOM Modem; End-use – Land SATCOM Equipment, Maritime SATCOM Equipment, Air & Space SATCOM Equipment.

The satellite communication market in the defense sector is expected to register a CAGR of over 6.90% during 2018 – 2023 according to the latest report of Research and Markets.

A Parks Associates research has found that the rate of cancellations for OTT video services among U.S. broadband households has held steady over the past three years at approximately 18%.

Western European OTT TV episode and movie revenues will reach US$ 23.02 billion in 2023; more than double the US$ 9.84 billion recorded in 2017. Revenues for 18 countries are expected to climb by US$ 2.63 billion in 2018 alone.

ITU Telecom World 2018 officially opened for business today in Durban, South Africa with a dynamic Opening Ceremony in the presence of H.E. Nomvula Paula Mokonyane, Minister of Communications, South Africa; Acting Premier of KwaZulu Natal, Sihle Zikalala; H.E.

AQYR Technologies has announced the appointment of Virgil Russell as their new Director of Sales and Marketing.  He will succeed Rory Eddings who is taking over as AQYR’s Manager of Commercial Sales.

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.