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Objectives
- To gain an understanding of the satellite communication ground segment industry and its evolution
- To identify the European and Canadian players who could potentially participate in ARTES 3-4 and ARTES 5 programmes
- To examine the competiveness of these players and make recommendations for how it could be improved through the ARTES R&D programmes
Challenges
The satellite communication ground segment industry is diverse yet the participants have a number of things in common which enable them to benefit from the ARTES programme. Identifying all the different activities and players is expected to be the main challenge since it is an industry which is not well represented as a single body
Plan
- Satellite Communication Ground Segment Industry Characterisation.
- Preparation of a directory of the European and Canadian ground segment industry.
- Examination of the competitiveness of the European and Canadian ground segment industry
Preparation of recommendations for improving the competitiveness of European and Canadian ground segment industry within the scope of the ARTES programme
Current Status
All work on the survey has now been completed.
The survey has found that the satcom ground segment industry covers a broad spread of activities with twelve vertical market segments having been identified. European and Canadian companies are generally well represented in the vertical markets with 352 companies found to have some involvement. A number of these companies are in a competitive position which is as good as or better than that of the best companies in the rest of the world. The greatest number of opportunities at present are Ka-band related. Fragmentation remains an issue but in many markets it is not an issue specific to Europe or Canada. Horizontal expansion into other markets such as terrestrial communication appears to be the preferred growth path rather than vertical integration within satcom ground segment markets.
Companies
