Industry Experts Predict The Future of the Satellite Industry

With rapid development of new technologies and a colossal increase in mobile devices and internet usage, there’s a new pressure on connectivity and a question mark over the future role of satellite.

We ran a survey to take stock of the current industry. Everyone from C-level Satellite operators to end-users from maritime, oil and gas and the aviation industry responded. The results are in, here are your top 7 predictions:

1. Over the next 5 years, the satellite industry will see a huge amount of change

Pressure from new technologies LEO and HTS will change the landscape of the industry a great deal. While many agree that innovation will enable entry into new markets, it’s yet to be seen whether the major players will remain the same, or if new providers will disrupt.

Raising the VSAT Opportunity

These days tremendous buzz surrounds the satellite industry. I’m not talking just about all of global billionaires looking to launch “micro satellites” in the coming years. Excitement exists in the traditional satellite market as well, with opportunity abundant for those that step forward as leaders.

Market demand is high, next generation satellites are being launched and the talk of satellite going mainstream is as hot as ever. Let’s examine each of these further.

An Internet of Things World: Where does Satellite fit in?

We live in the era where organizations and people want 24/7 always-on connectivity. The Internet of Things (IoT) will aim to make this a reality, and readily transform companies along with the way they do business. It is the next generation of internet connectivity, and it could have far reaching consequences for just about everything.-MARK HOLMES

One of the big buzz terms at recent satellite events has been the Internet of Things (IoT), where we live in an uber-connected world full of connected devices which can pretty much track everything man and machine do as billions of devices talk to each other. 

While IoT is great news for the wireless industry, it could also offer some interesting new growth opportunities for satellite companies as they look to secure a role in this hyper-connected state of affairs.

The Mobile Friendly Intranet

A few short years ago it was thought that mobile and tablets would eventually replace desktop and laptop PCs altogether. This may very well happen in coming years, as more productivity-centred tablets appear on the market. For the most part however, at work we tend to use more than one device to access all manner of tasks. And employees expect to be able to do this with little in the way of fuss, especially since BYOD took off.

Designing a Wireless Network for your Business

Wireless networks have become an integral part of any business environment these days, especially due to the increased prominence of all kinds of wireless devices such as laptops, tablets, and smartphones. Wireless networks are now ubiquitous because they provide the expected convenience, portability, and flexibility demanded by any serious business today. Another reason you see such an increase in demand for setup of wireless networks in business environments is due to the fact that wireless networks are now much faster and more reliable than before.

Amazing World - Internet Of Things That Could Change your Life

The “Internet of Things” or IOT-related technologies are booming at an unpredictable pace. There are literally hundreds of thousands of new ideas on how we can benefit from the IOT concept and the list is expanding on an hourly basis.

In this post, I’ve tried to share the  top 5 IOT ideas that can considerably change the way we live in the next few years, noting that the technology for all the ideas is already available:

Analog CCTV vs IP Cameras – What’s the Correct Choice?

If you search on the internet, you can find many disputes about Analog CCTV vs Digital IP Cameras. The main question is this:  Are IP Cameras the sole players in the future of CCTV, or are there still some good reasons for implementing analog cameras?

How to Select the Correct CCTV Camera to Use?

There are literally thousands of camera models from hundreds of approved manufacturers available in the market, and this makes the selection of the most appropriate CCTV camera to use a very confusing issue.

In this article, I will try to explain very simply the different parameters you need to look into when selecting a CCTV camera for your project, as well as the required knowledge to determine if what you are being offered really matches what you expect or not.

Key Factors in Designing a Point to Point Microwave Link

Wireless and microwave point to point links are widely used as a quick-to-deploy and cost effective alternative to fiber optic cabling for interconnecting the network of two sites with distances of few hundred meters and up to 50 km or more.

However like any other solution and probably more than many others, establishing a reliable and high-quality microwave point to point link can be quite challenging, and if it is not properly designed and implemented, it can cause major quality issues such as lower throughputs, link instability, and longer than expected latency.

In this article, I have tried to very briefly explain some key factors that should be considered in a proper point to point microwave link design – so that IT managers and engineers who are not experts in the field would have enough idea to enable them to properly evaluate and control such work.

6 IoT Applications that Improved People’s Lives in Africa – A Story of 6 Countries By Vizocom

As explained in the previous posts, the Internet of Things (IoT)-related technologies are currently booming at an unprecedented pace. There are hundreds of thousands of new ideas on how businesses can benefit from the IoT concept, and this list is expanding every single day.

The last seven years have seen a rise in activities geared towards IoT across the globe among technology practitioners, private businesses and education institutions. Back in 2013, it was estimated that there were about 80 things being connected to the internet per second, and by 2020 it is estimated that about 250 things will be connected to the internet per second, that’s´ about 50 billion things in total all connected the internet.

Nasa reveals plan to get humans living on Mars

Nasa has revealed its plans to try to get humans living on Mars in the next few decades.

The space agency has set out a three part plan, which it hopes will eventually lead to humans living on Mars by the 2030s.

Unlike the Moon, humans have never physically set foot on Mars, we've only ever used robots like the Curiosity Rover.

By exploring Mars with robots for the last 40 years Nasa has found out lots about our neighbouring planet, including the recent discovery that there is flowing icy water under the crust.

They hope that this huge mission will help us to learn even more about not just Mars, but Earth as well.

So, how will they do it?

Could a computer tell you when your time is up?

Date:

March 30, 2016

Source:

University of East Anglia

Summary:

Statisticians, computer scientists and medics are launching a new project to predict how long you will live. They will use 'Big Data' to predict life expectancy -- and particularly how various chronic diseases and their treatments impact longevity.

Statisticians, computer scientists and medics from the University of East Anglia are launching a new project to predict how long you will live.

They will use 'Big Data' to predict life expectancy -- and particularly how various chronic diseases and their treatments impact longevity.

While many people may not want to know how long they have left, the team say the research will bring practical, financial and medical benefits -- such as helping people plan for retirement, and knowing how particular drugs such as statins or beta-blockers affect longevity.

Telecoms: Ntel plans N200bn capital outlay in four years, begins operation April 8, 2016

Natcoms Investments Limited, the parent company of Ntel, which acquired the assets of Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) has restated its commitment to investing $1 billion (N200 billion) in building infrastructure in the nation’s telecoms sector over the next four years.

This is coming as Ntel, Nigeria’s newest entrant into the telecommunications space, has fixed April 8, 2016 as the rollout date for its fourth generation Long Term Evolution (4G LTE) network in Lagos and Abuja.

Chief Executive Officer, Ntel, Mr. Kamar Abass, who disclosed this yesterday, said that all was sent for the commercial launch, following link from completion of agreements with channel partners as well as go-ahead from Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).

'Internet of Everything is 2016's big bang theory'

2016 will be the year of the Internet of Everything, as technology characterising big data, cloud and Artificial Intelligence (AI) will gain maturity.

This is according to Professor Barry Dwolatzky, director of the Johannesburg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE), who anticipates a solid impact from big data and AI as a result of the hype over the past two years.

Gartner says by the year 2020, 25 billion devices will be generating data on a variety of subjects – and while there will be a plethora of data, making sense of it will present a challenge.

And the challenge, according to the Professor, is figuring out how to use the information produced by all the devices and associated technology. "I would like to think that there is an effort to utilise the data from smart devices and sensors companies have started using on a daily basis. This simple data that is collected has to be of more value to a business, especially as it increases and the real meaning of big data becomes evident. It is not just the amount or size of data, but also the different sets of data that has to be integrated."

He refers to the Fitbit device, by Discovery, as an example of the importance of AI and how it facilitates the analysis of information and intelligent use by connecting the different sets of data.