FSS Industry Continuing Shift From Video to Telecom Service, Euroconsult Says
Fixed satellite service wholesale capacity revenue from telecom applications will surpass those from video applications by 2021 as the FSS industry keeps moving toward the telecom/data markets due to eroding video markets, Euroconsult said Thursday. It said the telecom revenue…
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growth reflects the emergence in coming years of low-cost capacity coming online from high-throughput systems and the development of non-geostationary orbit broadband systems. It said total capacity supply is projected to grow eightfold from 1.3 Tbps in 2017 to close to 10 Tbps by 2022. Meanwhile, legacy services could face "necessary pain" on their businesses, the firm said: 2017's net growth in capacity usage wasn't accompanied by revenue growth since the FSS industry is dealing with capacity pricing issues.