Patrick French is Head of Business Development, Asia Pacific at INTELSAT. Prior to joining INTELSAT in early 2014, Patrick was the lead author for NSR’s annual studies Global Assessment of Satellite Demand and Broadband Satellite Markets. He has sought to expand NSR’s coverage of the satellite industry into areas such commercial satellite supply and demand modeling, video distribution and contribution, DTH, telephony and narrowband VSAT networks. In addition, he has undertaken client specific projects in diverse satellite applications and intends to broaden NSR coverage of the European satellite industry. From 1990 to 1999, Mr. French was a staff member of the International Space University (ISU), first in Cambridge, Massachusetts and then 6½ years at ISU’s Central Campus located in Strasbourg, France. Mr. French held numerous positions within ISU organizing conferences, short courses, and workshops. In parallel, he was responsible for managing the development of the new ISU Central Campus facilities that were completed in mid-2003. Following his work at ISU, Mr. French joined Frost & Sullivan where he rapidly advanced to the position of Strategic Analyst for the Satellite Communications group. While at Frost & Sullivan, Mr. French authored eight studies, led numerous consulting projects, and tracked other diverse markets such as satellite television, launch services, emerging satellite applications and content delivery networks. Mr. French holds a Bachelors of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Boston University and attended the 1999 ISU Summer Session in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. He is fluent in French.
Спутниковая промышленность пытается представить, как и насколько быстро наступит удивительное будущее, в котором через емкость спутниковых транспондеров передаются огромные потоки ТВ каналов. В связи с этим, в последние месяцы большое внимание привлекают UltraHDTV и HEVC кодирование. Это действительно заслуживает внимания, не смотря на то, что по мнению NSR индустрия нуждается в проверке в реальных условиях […]
La TV de ultra-alta definición, o UltraHD y la codificación HEVC han recibido mucha atención en los últimos meses en la medida que la industria satelital trata de comprender cómo y cuan rápido llegaremos a este excitante futuro de transportar gordos canales a través de transpondedores satelitales. Es sin duda un tema digno de prestarle […]
UltraHD TV and HEVC encoding have been getting a lot of attention in recent months as the satellite industry tries to understand how, and how fast, we will get to this exciting new future of carrying big fat channels over satellite transponder capacity. It is indeed a subject worthy of attention, nevertheless it is NSR’s […]
Los resultados del 2012 están disponibles, y resulta ser que, a pesar de (por momentos) excesivas expectativas de la industria, el mercado de banda ancha satelital comienza a ver los frutos de moverse hacia plataformas HTS de alta capacidad. Al final del año pasado las tres servicios más conocidos impulsados por servicios de banda ancha […]
The end of year 2012 results are in, and it turns out that despite some excessive industry expectations at times, the satellite broadband access market is beginning to see the payoff of moving to the next generation of very high capacity HTS. As of the end of last year, all three of the best known […]
El foco de la industria en servicios de banda ancha satelital ha progresivamente cambiado en los últimos años. Norteamérica, Europa Occidental, Asia, Australia, Latinoamérica, Medio Oriente y Africa han todos sido en algún momento clasificados como “la próxima gran apuesta” para banda ancha satelital y satélites de alto throughput (HTS). Y ahora, la industria está […]
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Cliff Anders, Chairman & Founder at LeoSat, LLC
SP: Please provide a summary of your professional background and current responsibilities at LeoSat. What drove you and Phil Marlar to fund LeoSat? Anders: Phil and I spent many years working with Schlumberger in several different capacities. I was in R&D and then senior management of technology teams. Most projects I worked on involved data […]
Eloy Mendez – Regional Sales Director, Hughes
SP: Please provide an overview of the role that Hughes plays in Latin America and Mexico, in particular. How many Hughes VSATs and hubs have so far been shipped to Mexico and Latin America? Mendez: Hughes has been a leading provider of VSAT systems in Mexico and Latin America for over 40 years. To the entire region […]
Survey Analysis: ‘Near Future of Satellite Communications’
What people working in the industry think Although there are lots of facts and figures based research reports available, predicting and analyzing what the dawns of coming years look like for our industry. These reports can be pinpointed accurate in their forecasts, but what our colleagues working in the industry think can differ, totally based […]
Ericsson released its 2013 Mobility Report with new insight and forecasts about the mobile wireless sector. The technology vendor regularly performs measurements and forecasts to support internal decisions and planning as well as market communication. Data and forecasts are generated using historical information from various sources and regional trend analysis; but one interesting aspect about […]
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