Research and Markets: Australia Telecoms 2011 - High-Speed Satellite Services

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/8f7301/australia_teleco) has announced the addition of the "Australia - Telecoms - High-speed satellite services" report to their offering.

There are around 30 companies in Australia providing hybrid satellite-based Internet access and related data distribution services using the same technology. It was not until the late 1990s that large-scale satellite TV started to arrive, thanks to AUSTAR, but as that is only based on pay TV it certainly is nowhere near a superhighway.

The previous Federal Government broadband subsidy scheme Australian Broadband Guarantee commenced a surge in broadband connections in regional and rural Australia. The current Labor government is continuing this initiative as well as rolling out the National Broadband Network (NBN) which aims to provide high-speed satellite services to the 3% of Australian premises that will be unable to connect to the Fibre-to-the-Home rollout.

Providing high-speed satellite services at speeds of 12Mb/s to the 200,000 premises unable to connect to the NBN will require new generation KA-band satellites. While the NBN Co had many satellite (domestic and international) operators putting up their services for contention it is believed that only a couple are in the final tender. The release of interim satellite providers was announced in May 2011 with services available from July 2011, (see chapter 5.2). Optus intends to launch a new satellite Optus 10, but it is planned to be use the Ku-band service when it is launched in 2014/15.

While services such as WiFi, mobile broadband, increased ADSL coverage and fibre services are penetrating further into the market the need for satellite remains. In mid-2010 the Australian Broadband Guarantee scheme had changes to the eligibility criteria as a result of the further reach of metro-comparable' services over the past few years.

In this report we provide an overview of the high-speed satellite services market providing background information on the major players. We also provide information and updates on the trends and developments in the market.

Key Topics Covered:

1. Synopsis

2. Historic overview

3. Satellite remains niche business

4. Broadband is threatening satellite TV

5. National Broadband Network (NBN) satellite services

5.1 Background information

5.2 Deployment of interim regional and remote satellite services

6. Australian Broadband Guarantee (ABG)

6.1 Overview

6.2 Scheme changed - mid-2010

6.3 ABG providers

7. Market forecasts

8. Satellite services from Telstra

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Iterra Satellite Service - mobile satellite communications

8.3 Telstra BigPond Satellite Broadband

9. BorderNET Internet

10. SES New Skies

11. Optus Satellite Services

11.1 Overview

11.2 Optus faster broadband satellite service 6MB/s - 2010

11.3 The satellites

11.4 The Optus satellites

11.4.1 Optus B3

11.4.2 Optus C1

11.4.3 Optus D1

11.4.4 Optus D2

11.4.5 Optus D3

11.4.6 Optus 10

11.5 The Earth stations

11.6 Brief satellite history to 2009

11.7 Wireless broadband communities

11.8 Pay TV services

12. NewSat Ltd

12.1 Overview

12.2 Major features

13. iPSTAR - Shin Satellite

13.1 Background information

13.2 ETT - national provider of IPSTAR satellite

14. Inmarsat

15. Orion Satellite Systems Pty Ltd

16. Related reports

16.1 Market reports

16.2 Technology reports

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KEYWORDS:   Australia  Australia/Oceania

INDUSTRY KEYWORDS:   Technology  Internet  Telecommunications  Satellite  Professional Services  Other Professional Services

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