{"id":57751,"date":"2021-04-09T17:28:11","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T09:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/operators-spar-over-satellite-broadband-market-size\/"},"modified":"2021-04-09T17:28:11","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T09:28:11","slug":"operators-spar-over-satellite-broadband-market-size","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/operators-spar-over-satellite-broadband-market-size\/","title":{"rendered":"Operators Spar Over Satellite Broadband Market Size"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Competing with SpaceX\u2018s Starlink constellation drove the wider discussion during the \u201cNew World Order\u201d panel at the SATELLITE show LEO Digital Forum, as satellite operators pushed their multi-orbit strategies and emphasized the stability of GEO in a virtual discussion on the future of the industry.<\/p>\n<p>During the morning\u2019s keynote, Telesat CEO Dan Goldberg said he saw the Lightspeed LEO constellation as a move the Canadian operator had to make. But the larger discussion made it clear that other major operators don\u2019t see it the same way. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/V0piex2rRkKLbJRV7uYm_LEO20Digital20Show20Daily20Cover-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 120px; height: auto;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/V0piex2rRkKLbJRV7uYm_LEO20Digital20Show20Daily20Cover-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/V0piex2rRkKLbJRV7uYm_LEO20Digital20Show20Daily20Cover-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/V0piex2rRkKLbJRV7uYm_LEO20Digital20Show20Daily20Cover-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/V0piex2rRkKLbJRV7uYm_LEO20Digital20Show20Daily20Cover.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fs-5 mt-0\">Explore the Show Daily 2021 LEO Digital Forum 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 SpaceX COO Gwynne Shotwell provided an update on Starlink, forecasting that the constellation will be able to connect 20 million households in rural America in three to five years, Eutelsat CEO Rodolphe Belmer and SES CEO Steve Collar shared skepticism that LEO broadband is a mass market in the way that satellite video is. <\/p>\n<p>Collar, who said that the size of SES\u2019s business is shifting to 50\/50 between Networks and Video, driven by a growth in Networks \u2014 still pointed to the enormous video market. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe carry more video content to more people on the planet than any other company. If SES didn\u2019t exist, 360 million households wouldn\u2019t get video on a daily basis. There\u2019s not a single telco on the planet who can say the same thing, let alone if we compare that to satellite internet,\u201d Collar said. \u201cEven in our wildest and most successful versions of what a future LEO constellation might look like \u2026 it certainly doesn\u2019t run to the billions.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a724b78d14ea;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_6a724b78d14ea = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a724b78d14eb').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a724b78d14eb'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Belmer emphasized that Eutelsat believes satellite television will be critical video infrastructure for the foreseeable future and video traffic is not threatened by LEO developments. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we try to calculate what\u2019s the production capacity of all the LEO constellations, we see absolutely no way, no possibility that those Low-Earth Orbit systems can fulfill demand,\u201d he said. \u201cGeostationary satellites [are] by far the most cost effective, the most practical solution for broadcasting linear content. And, you already have billions of people in the world equipped to receive television with dishes \u2014 the equipment is there.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>But Shotwell left the door open on any future technology applications from LEO. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just always smile when people make projections about what can and can\u2019t be done with technology,\u201d she said. \u201cI don\u2019t think we have any idea how technology can evolve.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>Viasat and Hughes Network Systems, which will directly compete with Starlink for rural broadband subscribers, pushed their multi-orbit approach and the benefits of GEO. <\/p>\n<p>For Hughes, that\u2019s its investment in the OneWeb LEO constellation to augment its GEO coverage. But Hughes President Pradman Kaul also pointed to ongoing work to integrate with 5G standards, so that future satellite networks can more easily integrate into the greater telecoms ecosystem. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the areas [of opportunity] is to make these networks have a hybrid architecture, such that you could combine terrestrial and satellite applications in under one network architecture. I think the 5G standards give us an opportunity to do that,\u201d Kaul said. \u201cIf that develops well, our ability to integrate into the telecom ecosystem will be significantly enhanced.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Viasat believes the economics of broadband strongly favor GEO, Executive Chairman Mark Dankberg said. But the operator will look to augment its coverage with Non-Geostationary (NGSO) satellites over the poles. <\/p>\n<p>As the number of satellites in LEO increases nearly every month, Dankberg strongly emphasized the dangers of orbital congestion and the responsibility that satellite operators have to keep space usable. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn GEO, it\u2019s definitely possible that everybody can put up their own constellation, and they can\u2019t crash. They\u2019re separated, they\u2019re all going in the same direction at the same speed, and they don\u2019t interfere with each other as long as they stay in their slots,\u201d Dankberg said. \u201cBut in the non-GEO space, every constellation can literally crash into every other one, or can interfere with every other one. The way those rules evolve, will have a huge impact on what any we or anybody does in NGSO.  <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 511:  \/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=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/oNppcUwVRViEOQNYolMt_sY9ELtmITWOPU1EiDVZC_Mobile_Market-800x450-1-300x169.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/oNppcUwVRViEOQNYolMt_sY9ELtmITWOPU1EiDVZC_Mobile_Market-800x450-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/oNppcUwVRViEOQNYolMt_sY9ELtmITWOPU1EiDVZC_Mobile_Market-800x450-1-800x450.jpg 800w, 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class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"167\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/VcltRXMLRducucMYnXIh_Screen20Shot202021-04-0820at203.54.1720PM-300x167.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/VcltRXMLRducucMYnXIh_Screen20Shot202021-04-0820at203.54.1720PM-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/VcltRXMLRducucMYnXIh_Screen20Shot202021-04-0820at203.54.1720PM-800x445.png 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/VcltRXMLRducucMYnXIh_Screen20Shot202021-04-0820at203.54.1720PM-640x356.png 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/VcltRXMLRducucMYnXIh_Screen20Shot202021-04-0820at203.54.1720PM.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"fs-4 w-100 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