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Leading figures in the Asia Pacific satellite industry have urged their peers to maintain the fight on protecting satellite spectrum usage rights against the challenge posed by the mobile cellular and wireless broadband sectors.
The recent worldwide predilection for consolidation in the satellite industry is unlikely to make much of a mark in Asia Pacific, largely because so many operators there are “national champions” who would be unlikely to cede ownership or control to foreign operators.
High definition television presents a tremendous demand opportunity for satellite operators-but not quite yet. That was the majority view of satellite industry executives discussing the topic across two industry panels at PTC ’08 in Honolulu yesterday.
The emerging new internet protocol IPv6 is set to bring science fiction into reality, according to a panelist at PTC ’08 in Hawaii who claims the futuristic home of the Jetsons cartoon is within reach today.
Satellite operators are seeking to lend their broadcasting experience to traditional telcos trying to get into the TV arena, alleviating them of prohibitive start-up costs and allowing them to deliver extra services.
Thuraya’s Asia Pacific satellite was successfully launched yesterday allowing the United Arab Emirates’ operator to launch services across the region by the end of the first quarter.
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