[Satellite Today 03-19-09] There has been a revival in the satellite broadband market thanks to the falling price of terminals and the emergence of Ka-band satellites, according to the findings of a new broadband via satellite report by French telecoms and satellite consultancy, Idate, released March 17.
    Idate estimates there more than 30 million households in Europe and North Africa remained uncovered by a terrestrial broadband solution in 2008, or 16 percent less than in 2007..
     “Overall, the current price per megabit for the Ka-band is four to 10 times less than for the Ku-band, which has been made possible by a satellite capacity that has increased by a factor of 70 in a matter of years, for the same price. The price of the user terminals, which is also key to the success of high-speed Ka-band satellite access, has dropped by a factor of six in five years,” Idate researcher Maxime Baudry said in a statement.