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<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>NEW DELHI: India’s satellite broadband service<\/a> market is expected to be $1.9 billion (by value) by 2030, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 36%, according to a report by Deloitte India.

“The global satellite internet market size stood at US$3 billion in 20202 with India contributing to 3% of the market,” the audit and consulting firm said in the report. It noted that presently, satellite communication service in India is primarily a business-to-business (B2B) market with a focus on applications for rural connectivity, public protection and disaster relief, and machine-to-machine (M2M) connectivity for enterprises, among others.

It said that operators in this segment previously “repurposed satellites (read: geosynchronous or GEO) that were not intended for broadband internet” which resulted in low broadband speeds, high costs, and limited applications.

However, with rising demand,
satcom<\/a> operators have now started focusing on multi-service satellites through low-earth orbit (LEO) and multi-earth orbit (MEO) satellites, and some operators are now also enabling high-throughput satellite (HTS) service through enhanced GEO satellites.

“With the use of LEO and MEO satellites, internet speeds and prices for satellite services are rationalising to become comparable to that of terrestrial broadband services,” Deloitte India said.

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Source: Deloitte’s 2023 TMT Predictions report.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>
At present, Bharti-backed
OneWeb<\/a> and Reliance Jio<\/a> along with Luxembourg’s SES have obtained a Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite (GMPCS) license for LEO, and MEO and GEO satellite service, respectively. Inmarsat and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) have an inflight and maritime communications (IFMC) license.

Deloitte Global, on the other hand, has forecasted that there will be more than 5,000 broadband satellites in LEO by the end of 2023, providing high-speed internet to nearly a million subscribers across the globe.

“...If every organization currently planning to build an LEO constellation succeeds, seven to 10 competing networks could be operational by 2030, with a total of 40,000 to 50,000 satellites serving more than 10 million end users,” as per the report.

Starlink, the satellite internet service operated by Elon Musk’s aerospace company SpaceX, has more than 2,600 satellites in orbit serving almost half a million subscribers, as per the report.

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Samsung unveils standardised 5G modem technology for smartphone-to-satellite communication<\/a><\/h2>

“Samsung plans to integrate this technology into the company’s Exynos modem solutions, accelerating the commercialization of 5G satellite communications and paving the way for the 6G-driven Internet of Everything (IoE) era,” the company said in a statement.<\/p><\/div>

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<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>NEW DELHI: India’s satellite broadband service<\/a> market is expected to be $1.9 billion (by value) by 2030, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 36%, according to a report by Deloitte India.

“The global satellite internet market size stood at US$3 billion in 20202 with India contributing to 3% of the market,” the audit and consulting firm said in the report. It noted that presently, satellite communication service in India is primarily a business-to-business (B2B) market with a focus on applications for rural connectivity, public protection and disaster relief, and machine-to-machine (M2M) connectivity for enterprises, among others.

It said that operators in this segment previously “repurposed satellites (read: geosynchronous or GEO) that were not intended for broadband internet” which resulted in low broadband speeds, high costs, and limited applications.

However, with rising demand,
satcom<\/a> operators have now started focusing on multi-service satellites through low-earth orbit (LEO) and multi-earth orbit (MEO) satellites, and some operators are now also enabling high-throughput satellite (HTS) service through enhanced GEO satellites.

“With the use of LEO and MEO satellites, internet speeds and prices for satellite services are rationalising to become comparable to that of terrestrial broadband services,” Deloitte India said.

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Source: Deloitte’s 2023 TMT Predictions report.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>
At present, Bharti-backed
OneWeb<\/a> and Reliance Jio<\/a> along with Luxembourg’s SES have obtained a Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite (GMPCS) license for LEO, and MEO and GEO satellite service, respectively. Inmarsat and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) have an inflight and maritime communications (IFMC) license.

Deloitte Global, on the other hand, has forecasted that there will be more than 5,000 broadband satellites in LEO by the end of 2023, providing high-speed internet to nearly a million subscribers across the globe.

“...If every organization currently planning to build an LEO constellation succeeds, seven to 10 competing networks could be operational by 2030, with a total of 40,000 to 50,000 satellites serving more than 10 million end users,” as per the report.

Starlink, the satellite internet service operated by Elon Musk’s aerospace company SpaceX, has more than 2,600 satellites in orbit serving almost half a million subscribers, as per the report.

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Samsung unveils standardised 5G modem technology for smartphone-to-satellite communication<\/a><\/h2>

“Samsung plans to integrate this technology into the company’s Exynos modem solutions, accelerating the commercialization of 5G satellite communications and paving the way for the 6G-driven Internet of Everything (IoE) era,” the company said in a statement.<\/p><\/div>