“Global Satellite Transponder Market” added to ReportBuyer.com

May 23, 2012 - PRLog -- ReportBuyer.com has added a new report http://www.reportbuyer.com/go/FRS02769

Summary of Report  -

This study focuses on the 292 commercial communications satellites in current operation that have transponders in C-Band, Ku-Band, and Ka-Band. Satellite operators have announced plans to launch more than 90 new satellites over the next five years. Because the majority of new satellite launches will be to replace retiring satellites, the number of satellites in orbit will only increase slightly over the forecast period of 2011 to 2017. However, these new satellites have many times more transponders than the satellites they are replacing, so the number of transponders in orbit will nearly triple between 2010 to 2017. The current 292 satellites host 12,014 transponders in C, Ku, and Ka-Bands.
Major Market Applications, User Applications, and Pricing Trends:

Major Market Applications: Consumer Satellite Internet access is the largest driver of capacity use in North America and Europe.
The Middle East: In the Middle East, military and government use continues to drive prices higher across all satellite bands.
Maritime: C-Band and Ku-Band see strong growth in maritime VSAT use around the globe, and particularly in the major shipping lanes and economic centers of Europe and Asia.
Key Customer Groups: Top customers for transponder leasing include the U.S. military and government, other modernized militaries, enterprises, and consumers.
Transponder Lease Pricing Discussion Middle East: Transponder pricing is growing in the Middle East due to lack of supply and strong U.S. government demand.
Transponder Lease Pricing Discussion Europe and North America: In Europe and North America, Ku-Band and C-Band see price stability due to lack of spare capacity.
Transponder Lease Pricing Discussion Ka-Band: Ka-Band will see declining prices globally as new higher power, higher capacity Ka-Band satellites are launched and brought online worldwide.

Disruptive Market Forces and Technologies:

The main disruptive force in the transponder leasing market is high power Ka-Band satellites.
Ka-Band satellites will alleviate the use of Ku-Band for Direct Broadcast Video, as well as consumer satellite Internet access.
Later in the forecast period, Ka-Band equipment will become more available for enterprise and government applications.
Ka-Band will help satellite compete with DSL for consumer Internet in North America and Europe.
Ka-Band will be utilized for consumer applications, early in the forecast period, for Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) and Internet access.
Ka-Band, later in the forecast period, will increasingly be utilized for Military and Enterprise applications.


Global Satellite Transponder Market: Limited Orbital Slots, Strong Demand, and Ka-Band Goes Global, is available at:
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