{"id":53844,"date":"2023-03-15T21:50:09","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T13:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/global-regional-operators-discuss-the-impact-of-satellite-trends-on-their-future-plans\/"},"modified":"2023-03-15T21:50:09","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T13:50:09","slug":"global-regional-operators-discuss-the-impact-of-satellite-trends-on-their-future-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/global-regional-operators-discuss-the-impact-of-satellite-trends-on-their-future-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Regional Operators Discuss the Impact of Satellite Trends on Their Future Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While the satellite industry is buzzing about the potential for Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) and multi-orbit constellations to provide connectivity and service, regional operators have their own unique needs for service that don\u2019t always align with newer constellations. <\/p>\n<p>However, as end user needs continue to evolve, regional satellite operators who spoke at the Tuesday afternoon SATELLITE 2023 regional operator roundtable expressed their willingness to engage in new partnerships, while keeping an eye on emerging threats, including space congestion. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/qdXX9w2WQL56V7OWHV2W_VS_ShowDaily20202320Day20420DGTL_Cover-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 120px; height: auto;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/qdXX9w2WQL56V7OWHV2W_VS_ShowDaily20202320Day20420DGTL_Cover-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/qdXX9w2WQL56V7OWHV2W_VS_ShowDaily20202320Day20420DGTL_Cover-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/qdXX9w2WQL56V7OWHV2W_VS_ShowDaily20202320Day20420DGTL_Cover-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/qdXX9w2WQL56V7OWHV2W_VS_ShowDaily20202320Day20420DGTL_Cover.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fs-5 mt-0\">Explore the Show Daily 2023 Day 4 Issue<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-0 fs-smaller text-balance\">Check out more from this issue and find your next story to read.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<button class=\"btn btn-primary\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"offcanvas\" data-bs-target=\"#offcanvasMENU\" aria-controls=\"offcanvasExample\" aria-label=\"button\" style=\"white-space: nowrap;\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tView More <i class=\"bi bi-arrow-right-circle\"><\/i><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>While much has been made about competition between regional operators and constellations, when Moderator Nathan de Ruiter, managing director of Euroconsult, Canada, asked speakers to highlight positive developments, they expressed plenty of praise for their satcom peers.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really think that some good news is coming from the constellation business,\u201d said Miguel Angel Panduro, CEO of Hispasat. \u201cOur people are looking for decent services in the market, and now people who know nothing about space are paying attention to that. There are investors and a good atmosphere for investing in the space, and this is good for everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abdulhadi Alhassani, chief strategy officer of Arabsat, echoed that sentiment. <\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a687c0c299ba;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a687c0c299ba = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a687c0c299bb').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a687c0c299bb'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause of the constellations and the buzz \u2026 that celebrity factor made satellite a household name, and one of the biggest advantages of that is more people are looking at satellite as a connectivity solution, and over the past couple of years we\u2019re looking at businesses and more customers coming to us,\u201d he said. \u201cIn the old days \u2026 previously it was just talk to governments, operators, and niche service providers. But now we\u2019re getting more and more use cases coming up. And that\u2019s definitely a positive thing in the industry.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>However, speaker Amit Somani, CEO of ABS Global Limited, suggested there\u2019s some downside. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRegionally, we are perhaps seeing [certain regions] becoming less of a focus today,\u201d said Somani. \u201cIt\u2019s affecting us directly or indirectly. Generally speaking, on the macro level whether direct or indirect it\u2019s affecting pricing for the GEO [Geostationary Orbit] operators.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>But Kyle Whitehill, CEO of Avanti Communications, said that some of the threats to business don\u2019t always pan out. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2003, I worked for Vodafone \u2026 mobile operators in the U.K. and Cisco were going around telling everybody that voice over IP was going to destroy the mobile market,\u201d said Whitehill. \u201cBut disruption happens very slowly in telecom. I think the good thing is with the introduction of LEOs is it\u2019s made us way more conscious of our position, way more conscious of what we\u2019re delivering to customers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speakers discussed several trends in business that are emerging as they continue to try to provide high-quality, low-cost service. One big one is that expectations are changing, and more customers want shorter contracts, Somani said. <\/p>\n<p>One reality is shorter contracts. Where a customer in the past may have signed a five-year contract, now they ask for year-by-year deals, Somani said. \u201cThe tenure of contracts is getting shorter because a lot of enterprises like maritime want the short-term options.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Yet the executives did not say they are losing business due to LEO constellations \u2014 it\u2019s the opposite. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe haven\u2019t lost any significant business to LEO constellations,\u201d said Alhassani. \u201cWhat we\u2019ve seen is more business coming because of that. Currently the only mature constellation is established. Just to be frank about it, OneWeb certainly doesn\u2019t come with the entire latitude around the equator.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a687c0c29e14;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a687c0c29e14 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a687c0c29e15').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a687c0c29e15'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>One of the more interesting points of the conversation turned to the topic of what regional investors bring to the table, or as moderator de Ruiter put it ,\u201cWhat do you say when investors ask?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>According to Somani, \u201cOnce you are connected you want to be connected well,\u201d and regional operators can offer a complementarity of coverage for land, maritime, and aerial partners. <\/p>\n<p>Also, Alhassani said, regional operators have the best understanding of the markets, given their tenure. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn many regions of the world, the cloud is not a selling point because of security issues, sovereignty issues,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Somani added: \u201cGovernments don\u2019t want to rely on LEO constellations. When it comes to criticality and control, you can\u2019t replace the GEO, it\u2019s always there, right?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>But when the moderator asked if parties would be willing to partner with LEO if it were mutually beneficial, most seemed agreeable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy perspective has been that eventually telecom markets become homogenous around the network,\u201d said Whitehill. \u201cWhat customers want is a product to deliver some form of applications or customer data and they shouldn\u2019t worry too much about which network we choose. So, 100 percent we\u2019re super happy to partner with those guys because I think we have the credibility locally.\u201d <strong>VS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>,<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"widget-title\">In This Issue<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 473:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/OdzeYQeoSWCsjU1QDYxH_Z6C_0004-300x199.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/OdzeYQeoSWCsjU1QDYxH_Z6C_0004-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/OdzeYQeoSWCsjU1QDYxH_Z6C_0004-800x532.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/OdzeYQeoSWCsjU1QDYxH_Z6C_0004-640x426.jpg 640w, 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