S2 Extensions Survey Reveals 51% Will
Switch to New DVB Standard within One Year of Release
23 January 2013
Satellite specialist Newtec has
carried out an extensive industry survey to gauge the
temperature of the sector as DVB makes plans to roll-out
extensions to the existing DVB-S2 standard at the end of the
summer. The combination of technologies incorporated in the new
standard can result in a gain of up to 64% compared to DVB-S2.
The full findings of the survey
will be presented during a free webinar with “take away”
copies of the results to be made available to those in
attendance. The results reveal the importance of the extensions
to the industry, time frame to implementation, and the
required improvement in efficiency before companies commit to
switching and the potential applications for freed up
bandwidth.
Newtec’s contribution to the upcoming
DVB standard has resulted in a number of technology candidates
that are already implemented on Newtec’s newest family member,
the MDM6000 Satellite Modem. The modem integrates all S2
Extensions, from smaller Roll-Offs, advanced filtering,
MODCOD's and FEC upgrades to wideband support.
“The satellite world has changed a
lot since DVB-S2 was first published in 2005. Higher speeds,
more efficient satellite communication technology and wider
transponders are required to support the exchange of large and
increasing volumes in data, video and voice over satellite,”
said Dirk Breynaert, Newtec Founder and CTO of Newtec. ”Our
survey findings are really quite interesting. One of the
findings was that 98% of respondents that regard standards to
be very important, 35% acknowledge that they help the
industry as a whole to reduce costs of both equipment and
bandwidth.”
As well as presenting the findings of
the survey, speakers Koen Willems, Newtec Strategic
Marketing Director Government & IP Trunking, and Thomas Van
den Driessche, Newtec Director of Vertical Markets,
will discuss the new technologies.
For satellite businesses, the
creation and adoption of these extensions will translate to
higher efficiency, higher speed and greater service robustness
to increase business and therefore revenues. This Webinar is a
chance for industry professionals to demystify the S2 Extensions
and find out how they will be beneficial.
There will be two webinar sessions taking place on Monday 28
January to accommodate different time zones at 9AM and 5PM
Central European Time. To register and attend the free session
log on at www.newtec.eu/S2-Extensions-webinar
