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SATELLITE Conference :: Enterprise
Launch Services: Carving Profit from a Tight Market |
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The launch services sector continues to face tight margins and an arguably saturated market. The incumbent providers will vie for a limited number of expected satellite launch orders and face renewed competition from new market entrants, as well as companies that had in recent years abandoned the commercial market for the government/military market. How will existing and new players divide the pie? Is there market opportunity, or does the market need rationalization? What effect will developments like export credit financing, multi-launch agreements, and hosted payload hybrid commercial/government satellites have on the launch services market? Do hidden subsidies distort the market? A panel of industry leaders will tackle these and other issues. [more] |
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Not Just Passengers: New Opportunities for In-Flight Voice and Data Connectivity |
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Although press attention has focused on services that provide in-flight WiFi or cellphone connectivity to passengers, recent demand for satellite and air-to-ground connectivity has come from a much wider range of aeronautical customers. Growing markets include government users (such as UAVs and transport aircraft), business jets and cockpit safety services. Meanwhile, passenger revenues have grown less rapidly than many forecasts, and there have been some high profile hiccups, such as Ryanair’s decision to discontinue its in-flight cellular service in March 2010. Inmarsat’s decision to move forward with its Ka-band GlobalXpress service also has the potential to shake-up the in-flight connectivity market when the I5 satellites are launched in 2014. How are providers’ business plans changing to take account of these developments? Will airlines wait for Inmarsat’s new service or will they move ahead with deployment of existing L-band and Ku-band services? Has Aircell established a dominant position in the North American connectivity market or will it too be threatened by next generation satellite services? Hear from a range of industry participants about their expectations for the future of in-flight connectivity. [more] |
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Looking for Satellite Service Profits in "The New Normal" |
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The Great Recession in North America and Europe has led to talk of “the new normal” – a lower-speed economy that struggles for growth. Satellite services have come through the recession in reasonably good shape. But some of the core customer groups for satellite face challenges, from the continued fragmenting of TV audiences to military buyers facing a future of shrinking budgets. Meanwhile, some of the biggest and fastest-growing markets in the world maintain walls to keep out competition. How drastic will changes in the core markets be over the next three years? What niches will produce meaningful and profitable growth? This panel of senior executives debates, from the service provider’s perspective, the shape of tomorrow’s business in the new normal. [more] |
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Future Commercial Satellite Communications Services Acquisition (FCSA) Update |
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Status report one year after the creation of the partnership between the General Services Agency and the Defense Information Systems Agency to acquire commercial satellite communications (COMSATCOM) services for the entire Federal Government. Contracts have been awarded to industry suppliers to provide Fixed Satellite Services, Mobile Satellite Services, and End-to-End turnkey solutions to Federal Government COMSATCOM customers. What is the progress to date and what activities are ongoing? How can COMSATCOM providers who have not been involved, submit proposals to provide services for the Department of Defense and other Federal Government requirements? [more] |
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Satellite Manufacturing: Evolving to Meet Market Demands |
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The satellite manufacturing business has continued to grow, with expanded revenues and increased orders across both commercial and government sectors. With major commercial operators saying their current build-up soon will be coming to an end, and with defense budgets being slashed, what are the longer term prospects for new platforms or programs? Is the industry set for another round of consolidation? Will there be further internationalization of the supply chain? Chief executives from the major manufacturers look into the future and provide their views of how they will evolve to perform on current programs and accommodate future market developments. [more] |
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Moving Onto Each Others' Turf: MSS and FSS Operators Compete to Serve the Maritime Broadband Market |
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Inmarsat’s development of its new Ka-band GlobalXpress service will bring a new dimension to the ever-growing competition between MSS and FSS operators to provide broadband services in the maritime sector. Over the last year, FleetBroadband has added subscribers at a rapid rate, and demand for C-band and Ku-band solutions continues to be strong. However, price pressures have intensified for both Inmarsat and VSAT service providers, as customers look to cut costs to cope with a challenging economy. How can major maritime VSAT providers such as Marlink, Caprock and MTN utilize the new Ka-band offerings to enhance their service portfolio? What role should FSS operators expect their existing and new C-band and Ku-band capacity to play in the maritime market once Ka-band is introduced? How are smaller terminals impacting the maritime VSAT market? What are the upcoming challenges in terminal development and how will these affect the market in different frequency bands? Leading providers and satellite operators will discuss their views on how the market will evolve. [more] |
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UAVs and ISR: Specialized Satellite Services or Niche Market Opportunity |
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are now an inherent part of warfighter capabilities and expand the reach and operations of the U.S. military and its coalition partners. However, the demand for secure bandwidth continues to grow, especially within the realm of integrated Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) suite. What is the role of commercial satellites in providing connectivity for UAVs and what are the new challenges and bandwidth constraints? What is the outlook for new technologies, applications, and services designed by the commercial satellite industry for UAVs? What is the role for the commercial sector in providing connectivity for government/military UAVs and ISR capabilities? Is there a commercially viable growing niche application in UAV and ISR applications, or is this a passing opportunity? [more] |
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World Radiocomms Conference 2012 |
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What are the stakes for the satellite sector? The ITU WRC-12 is scheduled for January - February 2012 in Geneva. Preparations are already well underway and satellite companies are heavily involved. This panel investigates the major issues on the WRC-12 agenda, plus the views of the ITU's Radiocommunication Bureau. Items on the agenda that affect the satellite sector touch on ITU registration of satellite frequency assignments and taking “appropriate action” to enhance the international regulatory framework. The WRC-12 will also look at more spectrum for mobile satellite services and examine numerous items concerning scientific satellites. [more] |
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Does New Media Need Satellite? |
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In World War I, going "over the top" usually meant running head on into the machine guns. Today, "over the top" means delivering entertainment to the television through the broadband pipe. The burning question for satellite services today is: how much has the definition really changed? Television has been satellite's core market since the launch of Intelsat 1. If a significant percentage of content streams in over a DSL or cable Internet connection, what happens to the satellite distribution business model? Can satellite service companies find new roles to play in the new media space? This panel of senior executives provides frank look at the challenge, proposes strategies to meet it, and shares examples from the marketplace. [more] |
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High Throughput Satellites: Broadband and Beyond |
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KaSat, ViaSat-1, and Jupiter are either in space or imminent. And these are just the better known multi-spot beam high throughout satellites (HTS) with others in the pipeline for the Middle East & Africa, Australia, possibly Latin America, plus eventual coverage of the ocean regions with the Inmarsat-5 fleet. By 2019, NSR forecasts there could be nearly 1 Tbps of HTS capacity on orbit! What will the industry do with this flood of orbital resources? This panel will investigate the broadband access market as well as look into other market opportunities offered for HTS capacity including enterprise networking, backhaul, commercial and military mobility services, SNG and even DTH services. Key will be understanding when and how HTS capacity could be more competitive with classic FSS C-band and Ku-band capacity, and when does FSS still maintain the advantage. [more] |
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Hosted Payloads: Thinking Outside the Box |
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As requirements for connectivity increase and government budgets decrease, new ways of delivering efficient and cost-effective on-orbit capabilities are being considered by both the U.S. government and the satellite industry. Hosted payloads have been the subject of ongoing debate by both, and given current budgetary and programmatic realities, it is time to further evaluate and begin implementing this solution. What are the key challenges in operating commercial spacecraft with military or civilian space payloads? Will hosted payloads or ride-shares, such as small or nano-satellites, become the bedrock of the nation's space architecture, or a novelty? How does the concept of hosted payloads meet military, national security, intelligence, and government requirements? [more] |
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Earth Observation - A Luxury Item or a Commodity? |
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The largest contracts for commercial satellite imagery were recently awarded to two U.S. operators by the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) of the U.S. Government, and the figures are astounding: $2.8 billion each for GeoEye and DigitalGlobe over the next ten years. At the other end of the spectrum, Google and Microsoft have commoditized satellite data and provide its imagery for free on the Internet, while NASA gives away Landsat for anyone that asks. And by helping answering difficult questions on climate change, intensive agriculture, disaster management, population movements, fossil and renewable energies, the Earth Observation market has seen huge growths in capabilities developed and used by a larger and more diversified base of clients than ever before. This session will consider where the future of EO lies between these two extreme (but growing) ends of the market and if using EO data will cost more or less for its users. [more] |
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ITAR 2011 and Beyond: Moving Toward Necessary Change |
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The push for moving ahead with export control reform is crucial to national competitiveness in both the satellite manufacturing and launch industries. The transformation of the playing field for commercial satellites and launch vehicles over the last decade has given an opportunity to the new Administration to “level the playing field”. What is the status of the reform effort which began approximately a year ago? What are the meaningful changes that seek to be fixed by this modified policy? Who are the key players in export control reform broadly, and ITAR specifically? What is industry doing to push forward? How can policy support the U.S. satellite and launch industry in regaining its edge in the global arena? [more] |
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Developing the Next Generation of Satellite Tracking Solutions |
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The role of satellite tracking systems continues to grow, as new, lower cost devices become available. The range of capabilities is also expanding, as key customers, especially in the defense sector, look to expand the bandwidth available to end users. As a result, providers are pursuing a wide range of different opportunities and solutions, with some optimizing size and cost to address low cost, personal tracking and others developing more complex terminals which in some cases may even incorporate higher frequency bands. The myriad of new applications includes heavy equipment and fixed asset monitoring, military Blue Force Tracking, flight following, LRIT and personal tracking. Which of these opportunities offers the most sustainable position for satellite M2M, when the coverage and capabilities of terrestrial alternatives are constantly growing? Are dual mode satellite-terrestrial devices the future, especially as new mass market chipsets, such as those being developed by Qualcomm and Hughes come to market? Hear from leading M2M providers about their expectations for the future and how users will benefit from these developments. [more] |
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The Markets You Can't Miss: Where Satellite Service Companies Will Place Their B |
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The mix of business on the world's satellite networks continues to change. TV and radio contribution and distribution still lead but by an ever-shrinking margin. WTA's research showed a 25% drop from 2006 to 2008 in the number of service providers generating at least a quarter of their business from broadcast. Taking up the slack is growth in non-linear content distribution, enterprise networking, IP voice and date and mobile backhaul. Satellite service providers are counting on new lines of business and new markets to create tomorrow's new growth. What will be the most important new geographic, industry or application markets to watch in the next five years? This panel of visionary executives will explain where they are placing thier bets and why you should join them. [more] |
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Satellite Manufacturing: Beyond Survival toward Profitability |
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Despite the global economic recession, commercial satellite orders have stayed strong, and even some traditional players who seemed to have dropped out of the commercial satellite business have introduced new products. What's behind these trends? Is this business really recession-proof ? Will there be more realignments among companies across markets? How are manufacturers addressing the changing nature of government programs? Will ITAR ever be reformed and what does that mean? Chief executives from the major manufacturers face off in a free-wheeling discussion of how they individually and the satellite industry as a whole can best evolve to accommodate the shifting market, add value to customers, and make a profit. Sponsored by Space Systems/Loral [more] |
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The Launch Vehicle Manifesto: New Options for Evolving and Existing Requirements |
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The launch vehicle marketplace enters the new decade facing many of the same issues that have hallmarked its existence since Early Bird made its epochal flight 45 years ago. The reigning paradox of strong demand coupled with razor-thin margins makes this a business not for the faint of heart. Industry developments, bankruptcies, and the potential departure of some familiar faces complicate the planning process for spacecraft manufacturers and satellite operators. Meanwhile, expanded capabilities from some stalwarts, along with the emergence of potential compelling capabilities from new players and the stated intention to return to the world market of others put the once-placid launch services arena into a state of flux. Can customers benefit? What are the best options for launch over the next few years? And how will the launch vehicle providers themselves bring discipline and value to the marketplace? [more] |
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Chief Technology Officers: Defining Innovation at the Top of the Pyramid |
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In this era of tight budgets and cost-justified expenses, hedging on research and development funding could be an easy finesse to a difficult economic environment. These days technology has to drive more than excitement it has to catalyze profitability, customer acquisition and retention, ease of use, extension of services, improvement of availability, and other key business metrics. What are the emerging technologies that have grabbed the attention of chief technology officers in the world satellite-enabled marketplace? How do the top corporate officers charged with seeing into the future hedge their bets, making sound wagers on the longterm future while guaranteeing continuity of customer service and revenue generation in the short term? [more] |
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HD Goes Global: Not Just for Wealthy Countries Anymore |
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HD programming has finally become a fact in North America, Western Europe and a number of other developed countries like Japan. It is no longer a question of when and how; instead HD is an essential cornerstone and competitive enabler in the TV markets in these countries. Of greater note, HD has also begun appearing on TV platforms in countries like Russia, Poland and Turkey in the last 12 to 18 months. This trend is accelerating around the world, and it could well be that the all HD Beijing Olympics will be remembered as the tipping point for making HD a must-have for TV viewers for the rest of the world, not just a fancy dream. This session will look at developments in HD in countries beyond the major, developed nations and seek to find business parallels and differences in what it means to introduce HD services in countries. [more] |
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Mobile TV: The Cross-Platform Interplay |
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As consumer telecom and entertainment applications continue being adopted indistinctively in fixed-mobile contexts, television is considered "the next killer app" in mobile. Satellite broadcast can complement and expand terrestrial mobile TV by distributing entertainment to transmission towers and directly to handsets, media players and navigation systems outside urban areas. However, the audience-building success stories of free terrestrial services in Japan and Korea point to less emphasis on "the mobility premium", challenging subscription offerings and increasing monetization pressures via advertisement and differentiation. This session will explore the latest experiences and trends and evaluate the way forward for the satellite play in this exciting, yet challenging consumer application. [more] |
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Sat Stats: Reading the Tea Leaves |
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This session will present data to show trends for development in satellite communications, including the implications of political shifts and economic disruption. Panel members will present data on the use of transponders, growth of demand for various services, the actual fraction of transponders in revenue producing service and numbers of subscribers to various MSS systems, DARS, DBS, broadband and other applications. New data collected specifically for presentation at SATELLITE 2009 will be interpreted, and forecasts will be discussed. [more] |
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Satellite Telco/Truce: The End of the Platform Wars? |
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The long battle of supremacy between cable, DSL, wireless and satellite platforms appears to have reached an inflection point. Rather than promoting any single technology, coverage is the core principle regardless of the technology utilized. A mixture of all technologies, oftentimes in hybrid configurations, is now the driving force behind service rollouts and supports a mix of current and projected applications. However, this trend raises a few questions: who owns the customer, which applications are driving the market, how does the requirement for broadband play into this trend, and where will satellite players "win"? These questions and more will be answered in this session in order to evaluate the state of play in the increasingly fragmented telecom world. [more] |
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The Big Four: Setting the Pace for Expansion |
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The chief executives at the top of the global satellite-enabled marketplace set the pace for industry innovation, new services, complex orbital architectures, and day-to-day operations. As 2009 approaches, some key bets have to be made. How much will rising spacecraft and launch costs affect the business case? Has HDTV really, finally, arrived, and what does it mean? What are the demand factors for satellite communications as fill rates in many locations and on many spacecraft reach or exceed 80 percent? And is there a danger that the exuberance many in the industry feel will not be sustained in this climate of economic uncertainty and restraint?
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What's Next for Mobile Satellite Industry |
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In the wake of the XM-Sirius merger, attention has now turned to the possibility of consolidation in the MSS sector. At last year's MSS CEO panel, only Robert Brumley of TerreStar was prepared to venture that there might be less CEOs participating in the session next year. However, we have already seen the announcement of a possible attempt to combine SkyTerra and Inmarsat this year, and meanwhile Inmarsat has applied to the FCC for permission to take over Stratos in April 2009. However, MSS operators have continued to raise additional funding through 2008 despite extraordinarily difficult financial market conditions. Will this be enough to see them through the challenges and costs of launching new services, or will additional mergers prove to be the best way forward in 2009 and beyond? Hear from the industry's CEOs as they talk about what's gone right and what hasn't for MSS over the last year and what changes they expect in 2009. [more] |
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WiMAX and Satellite Broadband: Competition or Co-Existence? |
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WiMAX implementations are now hitting the marketplace in full stride. With the WiMAX hype now clearly behind us and actual implementations on the rise, satellite broadband, which has experienced increased market penetration over the past decade, is faced with competitive threats given that WiMAX is positioned in part as the enabler for bridging the digital divide. Yet, hybrid WiMAX/satellite implementations are likewise taking place. This session will examine technical and market issues surrounding the interplay between WiMAX and satellite broadband technologies and determine the criteria for deploying satellite, WiMAX or hybrid configurations to satisfy broadband demand. [more] |
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Wireless Backhaul via Satellite - Enabling the Wireless Revolution |
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Of the globe's 6.7 billion people, at least 3.5 billion (or more than half of the world's population) now have a mobile phone compared to 1.3 billion fixed line phones. In many countries, mobile phones far outnumber landline subscribers, and the gap is expected to widen over time. With urban usage having grown at a blistering pace and as metropolitan markets begin to saturate, it is clear that the market opportunity for wireless backhaul within the next 10 years lies in tapping the other 3 billion people (and growing). However, one significant challenge is in how to implement solutions to enable mobile and wireless usage for populations that reside in rural and more remote locations. [more] |
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Corporate Satellite Networks: Building Value on the Bottom Line |
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Satellite business television has been around for awhile, but it is changing and growing. Let's talk about what real corporate satellite users are doing with their networks. Let's ask them about why it is successful in their company and what they see as the real benefits and reasons to deploy corporate satellite networking technologies. Join us for this open discussion with corporate satellite users and together we can learn from their experiences. [more] |
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Digital Signage: Bringing the Message Out of the Home and Onto the Store Floor |
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Digital signage is a modern means to broadcast messages for consumer information, safety purposes and public services. However, communicating the right message to the right place has proven to be the most important factor for success across retail, banking and entertainment markets. With many recent network deployments delivered via satellite, what is the current state of the business? What are the effectiveness and success metrics for the business, and how does satellite measure up? Are satellite solutions offering returns all along the value chain? What technology mix is best for each market segment? This panel will look at these and other key questions facing the digital signage via satellite market. [more] |
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Non-Stop Telco Networks: The Satellite-Enabled Proposition |
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Interconnecting satellite with terrestrial networks to provide advanced, uninterruptible services for telco customers is the next step in providing risk mitigation in telecom networks. In non-stop telco networks, the satellite fail-over fully complements the terrestrial network, increasing total network availability and mitigating the risk of outages. [more] |
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Satellite Ground Segment CEO Session: The Terrestrial Connection |
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The satellite ground segment sector is unquestionably on a growth path, as technical advances, emerging markets and new applications have all served to generate increasing sales for satellite ground segment providers. Broadband satellite networks, enterprise applications and government demand have all fostered growth for ground segment solutions in all regions. In addition, advanced coding and modulation, DVB-S2, MPEG-4 and mesh networks are only a sampling of the technical features now fostering growth. With the industry becoming more entrenched in the broader telecom landscape, where then will growth come from in the next 2-3 years. What technical requirements are driving the business, and how do satellite ground segment providers position themselves in an increasingly hybrid world? This panel of ground segment CEOs will answer these questions and more in this far-reaching session. [more] |
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Satellite Market Statistics: The Numbers Speak Volumes |
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This session will present data to show trends for development in satellite communications, including use of transponders, growth of demand for various services, the actual fraction of transponders in revenue producing service, and numbers of subscribers to various MSS systems, DARS, DBS, broadband, and other applications. New data collected specifically for presentation at SATELLITE 2008 will be interpreted, and benchmarks will be set. [more] |
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Video Channel Growth: The Outer Limits? |
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Not only is HD the newest wave in content production, but so are ethnic and specialty channels for a wide variety of audiences. But how many channels are enough? Numerous studies have shown that most people watch the same five or ten channels eighty percent of the time. So why do you need packages with 500 or more channels to choose from? This may be the old cliché that variety is the spice of life run amuck, but where do all these channels come from, how does the content get to the TV screen, and just what is the untapped potential for new channels? Is the "variety" limitless or at one point does the industry reach saturation when every sub-sub-niche has its own specific program. And what is the future of the existing channels? Does everything go HD, or is SD sufficient for the majority of channels? And what of the different grades of broadcast quality? When is HD truly HD or just a spruced up SD channel? This panel will help to define the boundaries of channel growth so as to bring greater understanding to this key segment of the satellite industry, assuming such boundaries even exist. [more] |
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WiMAX and Broadband Wireless Networks: Opportunity or Threat for Satellite Communications? |
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WiMAX and other broadband wireless networks present both opportunities and threats to satellite communications. There are competing and complementary aspects; however, the debate and analysis on the interplay of these technologies has largely centered on the controversy on spectrum as a number of countries have reportedly already identified the satellite downlink frequencies in the C- and Extended C-bands for BWA. The Global VSAT Forum (GVF) was likewise quoted as stating that significant in-band and out-of-band interference problems and service interruptions have been identified as having occurred. This session will scrutinize the regulatory and technical issues surrounding these technologies. But equally and just as importantly, the panel will examine demand aspects that present opportunities for satellite platforms to service BWA and WiMAX for services such as backhaul, terrestrial integration and redundancy. [more] |
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SATELLITE 2008 Conference Proceedings CD-Rom |
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The SATELLITE 2008 Conference Proceedings CD-Rom includes the audio and PowerPoint presentations from every session in the conference. It also includes a complete exhibitor list with links so you can contact the 270 exhibitors of SATELLITE 2008 directly.
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SATELLITE 2007 Conference Proceedings CD-Rom |
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The SATELLITE 2007 Conference Proceedings CD-Rom includes the audio and PowerPoint presentations from every session in the conference. It also includes a complete exhibitor list with links so you can contact the 270 exhibitors of SATELLITE 2007 directly. [more] |
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IPTV via Satellite: Identifying the Impact to Satcom Providers |
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As a likely competing platform to Direct-to-Home and cable-TV services, IPTV is touted as a revolutionary delivery system that can incorporate interactivity and other value-added applications on top of an existing broadband IP link. Satellite technology's ability to provide cost-effective broadcast services can be positioned as a natural broadcast enabler and would seem a perfect fit to distribute and deliver TV programming to IPTV providers. However, despite an apparent opportunity for satellites to enable IPTV on a global scale, true demand and opportunity for satellite-delivered IPTV is not entirely clear. This session will examine the critical issues surrounding the satellite IPTV play and discuss if this application is poised for a breakout. [more] |
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Business Continuity via Satellite: How Real is the Opportunity? |
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In the world of business continuity, power outages, network failures, terrorist attacks and line cut-offs are some of the dozens of reasons organizations plan for a back-up solution. Yet, these reasons are weighted against the insurance cost for business losses and avoiding disruption of operations. Executives from satellite operators and service providers will discuss the challenges of this emerging market and offer cases studies of successful deployments. [more] |
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The ATC Opportunity: Differentiating the Players |
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The development of ancillary terrestrial components (ATC) by mobile satellite service providers could deliver a wide range of new applications. With five MSS operators potentially developing ATC solutions and launching new satellites, practical business plans will be a critical element in the move from spectrum-based valuations to partnerships with terrestrial providers and ultimately to operational ATC networks. This session will focus on how the five players intend to differentiate themselves, what the implications are for the partnerships they hope to strike, and what this will mean for wireless consumers in North America and elsewhere. [more] |
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GSM and Wireless Backhaul via Satellite |
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Many industry followers predicted that mobile phone companies would eventually reduce their use of satellite as their networks were built-out, however, the question now raised is, 'Will GSM backhaul actually become a long-term market?'. This session will delve into the latest developments in the GSM backhaul sector and attempt to shed light on when, or if, wireless backhaul via satellite demand will emerge as a key market segment. [more] |
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Corporate Networks: Realizing ROI from Satellite Technology |
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Much of the global business landscape has been linked via satellite. Hear some of the key users of satellite technology as they share success stories of how satellite-enabled networks aid them in saving money and operational time, and what more they need from the satellite sector. [more] |
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Mobile TV: Enabling Rich Video to the Handset |
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Mobile TV is the latest-hyped telecom opportunity, as the new service merges the two most successful consumer electronics products of all time: the TV and the mobile phone. Billed as the next significant revenue generator for carriers and content owners, mobile TV includes television and video content adapted for the small screen of mobile phones, PDAs and any other wireless devices. The satellite play for mobile TV will be explored in this session, as well as new mobile TV technologies, such as DMB, DVB-H and MediaFLO. [more] |
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The Satellite Play in a Changing Video World |
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Until recently, it was the major broadcasters and content owners who essentially decided what, when and where we watch television. Then two years ago, DVRs had become widespread enough that consumers were able to take some control of the content delivery equation. The launch of video downloads for the iPod generation also began to break down barriers. This session will address the fundamental changes occurring within the television industry and speculate on what new roles the satellite industry might play and, just as importantly, when. [more] |
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Advanced Technologies: Hardware And Management For Tomorrow's Applications |
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With advanced services growing in demand, next-generation hardware and management tools are entering the market, making it possible for users to achieve their business goals. From broadcasting and program management to corporate communications and network operations, today's advanced equipment is propelling revenue growth for global users. This panel of hardware service providers will discussed the latest technologies out on the market and the benefits they bring to communications transmissions. [more] |
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Adding Value On The Ground: How Terrestrial Technologies Can Create New Satellite Service Customers |
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The basic bent-pipe satellite circuit is increasingly just one component in a hybrid network in which the majority of value is added through ground-based technologies and connectivity. Forward-looking service providers are responding by rolling out new terrestrial services that actually attract new customers for their satellite and fiber transmission platforms. This session presented new applications on how customers are using the diverse offerings of satellite carriers and teleport operators for exploiting the latest opportunities. [more] |
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Digital Signage: Providing Value; Receiving ROI |
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With satellite transmission, adding in-store advertisements can increase sales and personalize the shopping experience. This panel of digital signage service providers shared the steps involved with implementing digital signage technology for business growth. [more] |
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SATELLITE 2006 Conference Proceedings CD-Rom |
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The SATELLITE 2006 Conference Proceedings CD-Rom includes the audio and PowerPoint presentations from every session in the conference. It also includes a complete exhibitor list with links so you can contact the 240 exhibitors of SATELLITE 2006 directly. [more] |
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