Global Markets - Market Trends
Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM) today reported financial results for the first quarter of 2021 and reiterated its full-year 2021 outlook. Net loss was US$ US 5.2 million, or $0.04 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2021, as compared to net loss of US$ 31.7 million, or $0.24 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2020. This decrease in net loss was primarily the result of the absence of debt extinguishment costs, which were incurred in the year ago period with Iridium’s refinancing of its senior unsecured notes.
A new study sponsored by Inmarsat offers the most comprehensive overview ever of Singapore’s vibrant maritime start-up sector. The Trade 2.0 Singapore Maritime Start-up and Innovation Ecosystem Report, published through the Inmarsat Research Program, is the second country-specific study of start-ups and their impact on maritime digitalisation.
The World Teleport Association (WTA) today released Coming Out of COVID-19, a new research report that explores the widespread impact that COVID-19 had on satellite and teleport operators around the globe. The report examines the similar and disparate ways technology companies addressed the pandemic with new policies for both internal operations and relations with new and existing customers.
Amid the COVID-19 crisis, the global market for Minisatellites estimated at US$12 Billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 25.5% over the analysis period 2020-2027 according to Research and Markets. Communication, one of the segments analyzed in the report, is projected to record a 26% CAGR and reach US$24 Billion by the end of the analysis period. After an early analysis of the business implications of the pandemic and its induced economic crisis, growth in the Remote Sensing segment is readjusted to a revised 28.5% CAGR for the next 7-year period.
NSR’s Wireless Backhaul via Satellite, 15th Edition report, released today, forecasts $25 billion in annual revenue in 2030 for satellite backhaul, propelled by explosive connectivity demand worldwide and post-COVID-19 recovery in the near term.
Satellite continues to remain the strongest mode of content distribution in the region, with 93% total market share, despite the accelerated uptake of IPTV and streaming services in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), according to new market study undertaken by Arabsat in conjunction with Ipsos in 2020.
The MENA region is home to a variety of satellite TV channels offering a mix of genres to cater to the diverse tastes of its viewers, with the most preferred TV-watching languages in the region besides Arabic and local languages, being English, French, and Turkish.
The latest update of “Prospects for the Small Satellite Market” was released this week by Euroconsult, forecasting further growth in the global supply and demand of government, commercial and academic satellites weighing up to 500 kg.
NSR’s latest report, Satellite Capacity Pricing Index, 7th Edition (2021) finds capacity price declines decelerating in 2021, with the global mean price index declining by ~5-6% in Q1 2021, in contrast to ~13% in Q1 2020.
Global 8K TV household adoption will begin to build momentum over the next few years, reaching 72 million households by 2025. Following a slower than expected 2020 when just under 350 thousand 8K TVs were sold globally, Strategy Analytics’ forecasting models indicate sales of more than 1 million 8K TVs in 2021 and around 4 million in 2022. North America will be the leading region for 8K TVs by 2025 with close to 25 million households owning at least one 8K TV set.
CubeSats are miniaturized cubical-shaped small satellites measuring 10x10x10 cm3 - approximately the dimension of the popular Rubik’s cube and weighs around 1 kg. A CubeSat can be used as a single unit (1 U) or in clusters of several units or U’s (1U, 2U, 3U, 6U, 12U, and others). According to Allied Market Research, the global CubeSat market was valued at US$ 184.11 million in 2020, and is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 15.1% during the forecast period (2020-2027).
