Satellite Broadband Services: Opportunities and Challenges

Panel Session
PSG1: Satellite Broadband Services: Opportunities and Challenges
Thursday, 21 November 2013, 09:00 - 10:15, Jupiter 8
Broadband and Ultra-Broadband Satellite Services are experiencing high growth worldwide. Important milestones in North America and Europe are accompanied by interesting initiatives in developing regions such as Asia and Latin America. In particular the Asian region, with its large digital divide, is seeing broadband by satellite services playing an increasingly important role in bridging this divide.

But although service offerings are increasing, growth in demand remains low. This panel will address the two sides of the coin faced by the different stakeholders involved: high market potential, with a large volume of the population not reached by terrestrial networks, but also the challenge of reaching these underserved market niches.

Moderator
Mr Pacome Revillon, CEO and Managing Director, Euroconsult, France
Panellists
Mr Tom Choi, Chief Executive Officer, Asia Broadcast Satellite, Hong Kong, China
Mr Osamu Inoue, Director of the Board and Senior Executive Vice President, Sky Perfect JSAT, Japan
Dr Nongluck Phinainitisart, Chief Commercial Officer, Thaicom, Thailand
Mr Shola Taylor, CEO, Kemilinks International & former Chairman, ITU Regulations Board, Kemilinks International, Nigeria
Mr Roger Tong, Vice President, Engineering and Operation, AsiaSat, Hong Kong, China

Source: ITU Telecom World 2013, Bangkok, Thailand