The role of satellites in the telco battle

A study from bandwidth management company Sandvine says that Over-The-Top (OTT) broadband broadcaster Netflix is currently consuming a massive 15% of the world’s internet traffic.

Add in the other OTT supplies from the likes of Amazon, Hulu, Facebook/Watch, Google/YouTube and the rest and the consumption rises to a massive 58% of downstream global traffic. Drill down into the report and you’ll see that bandwidth demands for streaming services in the US absorbs 40% of the country’s entire internet traffic.

Backing up the Sandvine data is a similar report from Paris-based specialist research company Euroconsult, which adds that the satellite industry will see revenues shift more towards telco and data-based traffic and revenues, and away from video and DTH income.

Based on their latest market projections, wholesale capacity revenues from telecom applications will surpass video applications by 2021.

The growth is largely supported by the influx of…