Consumer and Enterprise Broadband via Satellite: Worldwide Trends and Forecasts 2024-2034

"Success in the consumer satellite broadband market for service providers relies on affordable pricing and strong distribution channels, while growth in the enterprise segment depends on offering value added services and seamless terrestrial integration."

The unprecedented growth in the number of non-geostationary (non-GEO) satellite systems is changing the consumer and enterprise broadband markets and leading to significant churn among the GEO incumbents. This shift is compelling traditional GEO players to reassess their business models, pricing strategies and growth plans. The report analyses the changing industry dynamics across different applications and regions.

This is the 24th edition of the Consumer and enterprise broadband via satellite: tends and forecasts report. This report is the space industry's longest-running assessment of the very-small-aperture terminal (VSAT) market. It covers two major verticals: enterprise VSAT and consumer broadband.

Report coverage

• Assessment of the trends that drive growth in each vertical and region
• Analysis of the changing dynamics between incumbents and new entrants
• Assessment of multi-orbit solutions and their potential in the enterprise VSAT market
• Market share analysis in the consumer broadband market
• 10-year forecast of subscribers, capacity requirements and revenue across the segments and regions

Questions answered in this report

• What are the satellite broadband opportunities in the consumer broadband and enterprise VSAT markets?
• How is the competition between GEO and non-GEO players changing and what are the top strategic imperatives?
• How are different players advancing in developing multi-orbit solutions?
• What are the regional market trends at the wholesale and retail levels of the consumer broadband and enterprise VSAT markets?
• What are the regional trends that satellite operators need to adopt to create strong market positioning?

Report coverage

Metrics

• In-service units
• Active subscribers
• Capacity demand
• Capacity revenue
• Service revenue
• Shipments
• Customer premises equipment revenue

Verticals

• Consumer broadband
• Enterprise VSAT

Application or use case

Consumer broadband

• Direct to premises
• Wi-Fi hotspots

Enterprise VSAT

• Retail and hospitality
• Banking
• Social inclusion
• Energy
• Government and military
• Others

Frequency band

Enterprise VSAT

• Retail and hospitality
• Banking
• Social inclusion
• Energy
• Government and military
• Others

Consumer broadband

• Widebeam Ku-band
• GEO HTS
• Non-GEO HTS

Geographical region

• Asia
• Europe
• Latin America (LAM)
• Middle East and Africa (MEA)
• North America (NAM)

Who should read this report

• Satellite operators
• Satellite service providers
• Space agencies
• Industry agencies, innovation agencies and regulators
• Satellite equipment manufacturers
• Investors and financial institutions
• Telecoms operators that are planning on implementing satellite solutions or would like to gain a better understand of their impact