HTS in Asia to Heat-up over Next Decade
September 23, 2015
NSR’s
Global Satellite
Capacity Supply &
Demand, 12th
Edition report,
the industry leading
study on satellite
capacity, projects
High Throughput
Satellites (HTS)
will play a pivotal
role in growth
across Asia.
An increasingly
“wired” Asian
population, the
“Asia Pivot” by Gov
& Mil operations,
and targeted
satellite programs
going after specific
demand are driving
new and innovative
approaches for HTS
capacity in Asia.
“Asia’s need for
connectivity will
increase
exponentially over
the next decade, and
satellite’s role
will be vital to
this expansion.
Applications like
Backhaul and
Enterprise Data will
propel growth in the
future,” stated
Blaine Curcio,
Senior Analyst and
report co-author.
Enterprise Data
demand alone will
grow to near 50 Gbps
of GEO-HTS capacity,
on top of an
additional 375 TPEs
of FSS capacity
demand by 2024. “In
Asia an enormous
demand for
connectivity is
emerging, with a
distinct role for
satellite. When all
summed up, we will
see nearly $900M
in revenues by 2024.
That’s nearly 5% of
all global capacity
leasing revenues in
2024 - just for data
and just in Asia,”
adds Curcio.
In terms of supply,
“GEO-HTS projects
together will bring
about 300
Gbps of HTS supply
to Asia by 2020”,
stated Prashant
Butani, Senior
Analyst and report
co-author. Although
O3b and Thaicom’s
iPSTAR are the only
HTS supply
alternatives over
Asia now, both
targeting distinctly
different markets,
other big names aim
to enter the market
in the coming
decade. Intelsat,
SES, Eutelsat, ABS,
and Kacific have all
announced GEO
missions, all for a
region that has been
slow to adopt HTS
thus far. “What is
unique about Asian
HTS supply is that
Ku-band is
attracting interest
given the precedent
set by iPSTAR. Those
that have the
spectrum will use it
for HTS, as well as,
widebeam FSS
depending on the
target market”,
noted Butani.
Furthermore, NSR’s
report finds that
countries such as
China and
India will look to
follow in the
footsteps of
Australia’s NBN
satellites making
HTS the next “PrideSat”
for Asia. However,
sub-regions like the
Pacific Ocean and
Southeast Asia will
best be served by
commercial projects
providing diverse
coverage for
tailored
applications.
Overall, an
increasingly
connected society
points to strong
growth ahead for
data-centric
satellite
communications
offerings in Asia.
