Satellite communications: an essential wholesale infrastructure

Ovum Plc
January 7, 2011
16 Pages - SKU: OV6107879
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Introduction

Satellite communications best suit mobile and fixed customers in remote areas where other communications infrastructure capacity is either too expensive or impractical to install. End-user markets include maritime, defense and military, fleet management and journalism. Satellites also support broadband communications and entertainment applications in developed and emerging countries.

Features and benefits
  • Learn about the value-chain involved in providing satellite services to end users.
  • Understand the importance of wholesale satellite service providers to the value chain.
  • Gain insight into developments in the satellite communications industry.
Highlights

Ovum sees the satellite communications market as a strictly wholesale play.Satellite operators must work closely with a number of intermediaries who provide the broader service bundles that end-users require.

Your key questions answered
  • What value do intermediaries bring to satellite communications?
  • Which companies play in different parts of the satellite communications value chain?