Research And Markets: Do We Need To Reassessing The Viability Of Satellite Standards?

DUBLIN, Ireland -- The debate over viability of standards-based broadband satellite solutions appears to still be a central issue in the satellite industry today. Since NSR's first edition DVB-RCS and DOCSIS report in February of 2003, a number of positive trends have occurred. The increasing use of the DVB-RCS standard, in addition to increasing numbers of satellite operators and service providers offering DVB-RCS-based service, would appear to point to future success for standards-based satellite equipment vendors. A wide range of DVB-RCS equipment is currently available today, and standards-based compliance is increasingly a requisite in many RFPs distributed to the VSAT community. With close to 70 hubs and over 16,750 DVB-RCS sites online as of late 2004, it is clear that DVB-RCS based platforms are no longer a niche in the broader broadband satellite landscape.

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c11032) has announced the addition of DVB-RCS and DOCSIS:2nd Edition Reassessing the Viability of Satellite Standards to their offering.

DOCSIS over satellite deployment has also started through high profile contracts in the Middle East and North America. WildBlue appears ready for launch in 2005 with the promise of targeting 25+ million households in the U.S. that have no access to cable modem or DSL service.

Another encouraging trend is the increasing acceptance of standards in the satellite market. In fact, an increasing number of technology and service providers accept the merits of an open standard air interface protocol specification. This acceptance is likely the primary reason why the leading legacy VSAT players (HNS, ViaSat and Gilat) have reacted to market demand and either offer or plan to offer a standards-based satellite platform.

This report offers a concise update of the standards-based satellite market, which includes DVB-RCS, DOCSIS and the IPoS standard. While it is unquestionable that competition is high between proprietary and standards-based vendors, this report succinctly analyzes the state of the standards-based satellite market and where it fits in the current and future broadband satellite market. Key questions and elements of analysis for this report include:

-- What are the predominant trends affecting the selling and distribution of standards-based satellite platforms?

-- Which equipment vendors, satellite operators, and service providers currently offer standards-based satellite service?

-- How many terminals and hubs are deployed today? How many hubs are terminals are projected for deployment over the next five years?

-- Which regions and market segments represent the largest current/future opportunity?

-- What is the market share for DVB-RCS vendors, for both hubs and terminals?

-- When should we expect true interoperability of DVB-RCS equipment from multiple vendors?

-- Is DOCSIS over satellite technology really a standard, and why haven't more VSAT vendors built a platform based on this specification?

-- Is IPoS from HNS truly considered a standard, and if so, how will it develop over the next several years?

-- What types of price reductions are needed for DVB-RCS and DOCSIS over satellite technology to become competitively-priced technologies?

-- How important is solutions development to the standards-based satellite industry?

-- How accurate was NSR in February, 2003 during forecasting of the standards-based satellite market?

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