Global Satellite Telephone Industry Growth and Trends Forecast to 2031

Summary

Satellite telephone, satellite phone or satphone is a type of mobile phone that connects to other phones or the telephone network by radio through orbiting satellites instead of terrestrial cell sites, as cellphones do. The advantage of a satphone is that its use is not limited to areas covered by cell towers; it can be used in most or all geographic locations on the Earth's surface.

According to APO Research, The global Satellite Telephone market was estimated at US$ million in 2025 and is projected to reach a revised size of US$ million by 2031, witnessing a CAGR of xx% during the forecast period 2026-2031.

North American market for Satellite Telephone is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2026 through 2031.

Asia-Pacific market for Satellite Telephone is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2026 through 2031.

Europe market for Satellite Telephone is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2026 through 2031.

The major global manufacturers of Satellite Telephone include NTT Docomo, Inmarsat, Iridium, Thuraya and Globalstar, etc. In 2024, the world's top three vendors accounted for approximately % of the revenue.

Report Scope

This report aims to provide a comprehensive presentation of the global market for Satellite Telephone, with both quantitative and qualitative analysis, to help readers develop business/growth strategies, assess the market competitive situation, analyze their position in the current marketplace, and make informed business decisions regarding Satellite Telephone.

The Satellite Telephone market size, estimations, and forecasts are provided in terms of sales volume (Unit) and revenue ($ millions), considering 2024 as the base year, with history and forecast data for the period from 2020 to 2031. This report segments the global Satellite Telephone market comprehensively. Regional market sizes, concerning products by Type, by Application, and by players, are also provided. For a more in-depth understanding of the market, the report provides profiles of the competitive landscape, key competitors, and their respective market ranks. The report also discusses technological trends and new product developments.

Key Companies & Market Share Insights

In this section, the readers will gain an understanding of the key players competing. This report has studied the key growth strategies, such as innovative trends and developments, intensification of product portfolio, mergers and acquisitions, collaborations, new product innovation, and geographical expansion, undertaken by these participants to maintain their presence. Apart from business strategies, the study includes current developments and key financials. The readers will also get access to the data related to global revenue, price, and sales by manufacturers for the period 2020-2025. This all-inclusive report will certainly serve the clients to stay updated and make effective decisions in their businesses.

Satellite Telephone Segment by Company

NTT Docomo
Inmarsat
Iridium
Thuraya
Globalstar

Satellite Telephone Segment by Type

Low-Earth Orbit(LEO) Satellite Telephone
Geosynchronous(GEO) Satellite Telephone

Satellite Telephone Segment by Application

Government and Defense
Oil and Gas
Marine
Others

Satellite Telephone Segment by Region

North America
United States
Canada
Mexico
Europe
Germany
France
U.K.
Italy
Russia
Spain
Netherlands
Switzerland
Sweden
Poland
Asia-Pacific
China
Japan
South Korea
India
Australia
Taiwan
Southeast Asia
South America
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Colombia
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Türkiye
GCC Countries

Key Drivers & Barriers

High-impact rendering factors and drivers have been studied in this report to aid the readers to understand the general development. Moreover, the report includes restraints and challenges that may act as stumbling blocks on the way of the players. This will assist the users to be attentive and make informed decisions related to business. Specialists have also laid their focus on the upcoming business prospects.

Reasons to Buy This Report

1. This report will help the readers to understand the competition within the industries and strategies for the competitive environment to enhance the potential profit. The report also focuses on the competitive landscape of the global Satellite Telephone market, and introduces in detail the market share, industry ranking, competitor ecosystem, market performance, new product development, operation situation, expansion, and acquisition. etc. of the main players, which helps the readers to identify the main competitors and deeply understand the competition pattern of the market.
2. This report will help stakeholders to understand the global industry status and trends of Satellite Telephone and provides them with information on key market drivers, restraints, challenges, and opportunities.
3. This report will help stakeholders to understand competitors better and gain more insights to strengthen their position in their businesses. The competitive landscape section includes the market share and rank (in volume and value), competitor ecosystem, new product development, expansion, and acquisition.
4. This report stays updated with novel technology integration, features, and the latest developments in the market
5. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into which regions to target globally
6. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into the end-user perception concerning the adoption of Satellite Telephone.
7. This report helps stakeholders to identify some of the key players in the market and understand their valuable contribution.

Chapter Outline

Chapter 1: Introduces the study scope of this report, executive summary of market segments by type, market size segments for North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, Middle East & Africa.
Chapter 2: Introduces the market dynamics, latest developments of the market, the driving factors and restrictive factors of the market, the challenges and risks faced by manufacturers in the industry, and the analysis of relevant policies in the industry.
Chapter 3: Detailed analysis of Satellite Telephone manufacturers competitive landscape, price, sales, revenue, market share and ranking, latest development plan, merger, and acquisition information, etc.
Chapter 4: Sales, revenue of Satellite Telephone in regional level. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region and introduces the future development prospects, and market space in the world.
Chapter 5: Introduces market segments by application, market size segment for North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, Middle East & Africa.
Chapter 6: Provides profiles of key players, introducing the basic situation of the main companies in the market in detail, including product sales, revenue, price, gross margin, product introduction, recent development, etc.
Chapter 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11: North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, Middle East & Africa, sales and revenue by country.
Chapter 12: Analysis of industrial chain, key raw materials, manufacturing cost, and market dynamics.
Chapter 13: Concluding Insights of the report.

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1 Market Overview

1.1 Product Definition
1.2 Global Market Growth Prospects
1.2.1 Global Satellite Telephone Market Size Estimates and Forecasts (2020-2031)
1.2.2 Global Satellite Telephone Sales Estimates and Forecasts (2020-2031)
1.3 Satellite Telephone Market by Type
1.3.1 Low-Earth Orbit(LEO) Satellite Telephone
1.3.2 Geosynchronous(GEO) Satellite Telephone
1.4 Global Satellite Telephone Market Size by Type
1.4.1 Global Satellite Telephone Market Size Overview by Type (2020-2031)
1.4.2 Global Satellite Telephone Historic Market Size Review by Type (2020-2025)
1.4.3 Global Satellite Telephone Forecasted Market Size by Type (2026-2031)
1.5 Key Regions Market Size by Type
1.5.1 North America Satellite Telephone Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
1.5.2 Europe Satellite Telephone Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
1.5.3 Asia-Pacific Satellite Telephone Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
1.5.4 South America Satellite Telephone Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
1.5.5 Middle East and Africa Satellite Telephone Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
2 Global Market Dynamics

2.1 Satellite Telephone Industry Trends
2.2 Satellite Telephone Industry Drivers
2.3 Satellite Telephone Industry Opportunities and Challenges
2.4 Satellite Telephone Industry Restraints
3 Market Competitive Landscape by Company

3.1 Global Top Players by Satellite Telephone Revenue (2020-2025)
3.2 Global Top Players by Satellite Telephone Sales (2020-2025)
3.3 Global Top Players by Satellite Telephone Price (2020-2025)
3.4 Global Satellite Telephone Industry Company Ranking, 2023 VS 2024 VS 2025
3.5 Global Satellite Telephone Major Company Production Sites & Headquarters
3.6 Global Satellite Telephone Company, Product Type & Application
3.7 Global Satellite Telephone Company Establishment Date
3.8 Market Competitive Analysis
3.8.1 Global Satellite Telephone Market CR5 and HHI
3.8.2 Global Top 5 and 10 Satellite Telephone Players Market Share by Revenue in 2024
3.8.3 2023 Satellite Telephone Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3
4 Satellite Telephone Regional Status and Outlook

4.1 Global Satellite Telephone Market Size and CAGR by Region: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
4.2 Global Satellite Telephone Historic Market Size by Region
4.2.1 Global Satellite Telephone Sales in Volume by Region (2020-2025)
4.2.2 Global Satellite Telephone Sales in Value by Region (2020-2025)
4.2.3 Global Satellite Telephone Sales (Volume & Value), Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
4.3 Global Satellite Telephone Forecasted Market Size by Region
4.3.1 Global Satellite Telephone Sales in Volume by Region (2026-2031)
4.3.2 Global Satellite Telephone Sales in Value by Region (2026-2031)
4.3.3 Global Satellite Telephone Sales (Volume & Value), Price and Gross Margin (2026-2031)
5 Satellite Telephone by Application

5.1 Satellite Telephone Market by Application
5.1.1 Government and Defense
5.1.2 Oil and Gas
5.1.3 Marine
5.1.4 Others
5.2 Global Satellite Telephone Market Size by Application
5.2.1 Global Satellite Telephone Market Size Overview by Application (2020-2031)
5.2.2 Global Satellite Telephone Historic Market Size Review by Application (2020-2025)
5.2.3 Global Satellite Telephone Forecasted Market Size by Application (2026-2031)
5.3 Key Regions Market Size by Application
5.3.1 North America Satellite Telephone Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
5.3.2 Europe Satellite Telephone Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
5.3.3 Asia-Pacific Satellite Telephone Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
5.3.4 South America Satellite Telephone Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
5.3.5 Middle East and Africa Satellite Telephone Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
6 Company Profiles

6.1 NTT Docomo
6.1.1 NTT Docomo Comapny Information
6.1.2 NTT Docomo Business Overview
6.1.3 NTT Docomo Satellite Telephone Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.1.4 NTT Docomo Satellite Telephone Product Portfolio
6.1.5 NTT Docomo Recent Developments
6.2 Inmarsat
6.2.1 Inmarsat Comapny Information
6.2.2 Inmarsat Business Overview
6.2.3 Inmarsat Satellite Telephone Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.2.4 Inmarsat Satellite Telephone Product Portfolio
6.2.5 Inmarsat Recent Developments
6.3 Iridium
6.3.1 Iridium Comapny Information
6.3.2 Iridium Business Overview
6.3.3 Iridium Satellite Telephone Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.3.4 Iridium Satellite Telephone Product Portfolio
6.3.5 Iridium Recent Developments
6.4 Thuraya
6.4.1 Thuraya Comapny Information
6.4.2 Thuraya Business Overview
6.4.3 Thuraya Satellite Telephone Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.4.4 Thuraya Satellite Telephone Product Portfolio
6.4.5 Thuraya Recent Developments
6.5 Globalstar
6.5.1 Globalstar Comapny Information
6.5.2 Globalstar Business Overview
6.5.3 Globalstar Satellite Telephone Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.5.4 Globalstar Satellite Telephone Product Portfolio
6.5.5 Globalstar Recent Developments
7 North America by Country

7.1 North America Satellite Telephone Sales by Country
7.1.1 North America Satellite Telephone Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
7.1.2 North America Satellite Telephone Sales by Country (2020-2025)
7.1.3 North America Satellite Telephone Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
7.2 North America Satellite Telephone Market Size by Country
7.2.1 North America Satellite Telephone Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
7.2.2 North America Satellite Telephone Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
7.2.3 North America Satellite Telephone Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
8 Europe by Country

8.1 Europe Satellite Telephone Sales by Country
8.1.1 Europe Satellite Telephone Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.1.2 Europe Satellite Telephone Sales by Country (2020-2025)
8.1.3 Europe Satellite Telephone Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
8.2 Europe Satellite Telephone Market Size by Country
8.2.1 Europe Satellite Telephone Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.2.2 Europe Satellite Telephone Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
8.2.3 Europe Satellite Telephone Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
9 Asia-Pacific by Country

9.1 Asia-Pacific Satellite Telephone Sales by Country
9.1.1 Asia-Pacific Satellite Telephone Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
9.1.2 Asia-Pacific Satellite Telephone Sales by Country (2020-2025)
9.1.3 Asia-Pacific Satellite Telephone Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
9.2 Asia-Pacific Satellite Telephone Market Size by Country
9.2.1 Asia-Pacific Satellite Telephone Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
9.2.2 Asia-Pacific Satellite Telephone Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
9.2.3 Asia-Pacific Satellite Telephone Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
10 South America by Country

10.1 South America Satellite Telephone Sales by Country
10.1.1 South America Satellite Telephone Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
10.1.2 South America Satellite Telephone Sales by Country (2020-2025)
10.1.3 South America Satellite Telephone Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
10.2 South America Satellite Telephone Market Size by Country
10.2.1 South America Satellite Telephone Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
10.2.2 South America Satellite Telephone Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
10.2.3 South America Satellite Telephone Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
11 Middle East and Africa by Country

11.1 Middle East and Africa Satellite Telephone Sales by Country
11.1.1 Middle East and Africa Satellite Telephone Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
11.1.2 Middle East and Africa Satellite Telephone Sales by Country (2020-2025)
11.1.3 Middle East and Africa Satellite Telephone Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
11.2 Middle East and Africa Satellite Telephone Market Size by Country
11.2.1 Middle East and Africa Satellite Telephone Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
11.2.2 Middle East and Africa Satellite Telephone Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
11.2.3 Middle East and Africa Satellite Telephone Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12 Value Chain and Sales Channels Analysis

12.1 Satellite Telephone Value Chain Analysis
12.1.1 Satellite Telephone Key Raw Materials
12.1.2 Key Raw Materials Price
12.1.3 Raw Materials Key Suppliers
12.1.4 Manufacturing Cost Structure
12.1.5 Satellite Telephone Production Mode & Process
12.2 Satellite Telephone Sales Channels Analysis
12.2.1 Direct Comparison with Distribution Share
12.2.2 Satellite Telephone Distributors
12.2.3 Satellite Telephone Customers
13 Concluding Insights
14 Appendix

14.1 Reasons for Doing This Study
14.2 Research Methodology
14.3 Research Process
14.4 Authors List of This Report
14.5 Data Source
14.5.1 Secondary Sources
14.5.2 Primary Sources
14.6 Disclaimer

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