The timing is right for satellite derived broadcast services. There is pent-up demand for data across different verticals and because of the Internet of Things, we are seeing the emergence of fascinating new services across industries and across geographical borders. Some of these new services include connected cars equipped with Internet access; smart city applications including smart parking and road traffic management; and digital agriculture tools that provide real-time information on the happenings on a farm at every moment.
These applications will need ubiquitous broadband connectivity and satellite-derived broadcast services will play a key role. In addition, there is increased efforts by policy makers to ensure that there is access of broadband services to all Americans. From the aerospace industry, we are seeing announcements of new satellites capabilities and constellations to support this endeavor.
Earlier this month, the CompTIA Space Enterprise Council along with media partner Space News hosted “Towards Peaceful Coexistence: The New Future of Satellite Broadband Services in America and National Security.” The webinar featured Bruce Chesley, principal architect at Boeing and Tony Bardo, senior vice president of Hughes Network Systems. Both speakers provided detailed descriptions of how satellite broadband communications can work side-by-side with wireless communications.
Chesley provided a great summary of the company’s state-of -the-art satellite systems and how they can help bridge the digital divide and provide broadband service to rural, urban and suburban populations. He also discussed the creation of a new non-geosynchronous (NGSO) satellite constellation as a result of the demand for bandwidth.
Bardo discussed some of satellite’s key attributes including availability almost anywhere and how new technologies are driving prices down and speed up. One of the broadband capabilities Hughes is developing is the use of satellite as either a secondary or tertiary means of communications to back up public safety answering systems such as 911 and the networks behind these new generation systems. which ultimately provide the ability to reroute calls and keep the caller connected.
Watch the webinar on-demand here.
