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The May 2012 issue of the Satellite Executive Briefing magazine sponsored by Newtecis now available. The issue provides industry news, updates, executive moves, analysis and market developments.The issue also includes a preview to the Satcom Africa 2012 Conference and Exhibition to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa from May 21-24, 2012. Click here to read or download the issue.
London, UK, May 17, 2012--Mobile is both Facebook’s Achilles heel and future says Guillermo Escofet, Senior Analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media.
Facebook has been at the forefront of the big growth in mobile data usage in recent years. It is indisputably one of the big stars of mobile; one that most operators have wanted to ally themselves with to drive the sale of data plans on their networks.
Cambridge, Mass., May 15, 2012--NSR’s Global Satellite Manufacturing and Launch Markets, 2nd Edition, finds the satellite manufacturing and launch markets facing both softening demand and increasing competition until 2016. However, in the second half of the next decade the manufacturing market will be back on an upward track, while the launch services market will see more years of stagnant growth.
London, UK, May 15, 2012--Mobile phone users will, in 2016, on average consume 6.5 times as much video, over eight times as much music and social media, and nearly 10 times as much games as in 2011 according to the latest forecasts from Informa Telecoms & Media. There will be a big upsurge in traffic for most mobile data services over the next five years, largely driven by the spread of smartphones and a 23% increase in the number of mobile users.
Singapore, May 11, 2012--Five years ago, network operators were still hesitant to outsource operations and entrust their business to someone else, so the amount that they spent on network managed services totaled just US$5 billion in 2007. Today, almost every network operator depends on managed services for at least part of their operations and network managed services totaled US$12 billion in 2011, according to a new report by ABI Research.
Washington, D.C., April 6, 2012--At the Satellite 2012 show in Washington, Bill Tillson, President and Chief Operating Officer of Encompass Digital Media in the United States was named the teleport industry’s 2012 Executive of the Year by World Teleport Association. In a ceremony in Washington, D.C., hosted by SES, Tillson was honored by his peers, including most of the world’s leading teleport operators, satellite companies and technology providers.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 17, 2012--Broadband-IP&TV Asia 2012 has been hailed a success, with well over 1,000 visitors attending the event in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia this week. With a focus on delivering growth in an evolving ecosystem and enhancing the customer experience for the connected consumer, Broadband-IP&TV Asia affirmed its position as one of the most comprehensive events ever delivered in the region.
Singapore, May 4, 2012--For the first time, the CommunicAsia2012 Summit will see two visionary speakers and over 180 distinguished international speakers at the region’s largest gathering of ICT professionals and industry experts. Ms. Aliza Knox, Managing Director of Commerce for Google Asia Pacific and Ambassador David A. Gross, Partner at Wiley Rein LLP, will deliver Visionary Addresses on Wednesday, 20 June at Marina Bay Sands.
