LAGOS – Chief Executive Officer of Asia Broadcast Satellite, ABS, Limited, Mr Thomas Choi, has said Africa and the Middle-East lose at least $1.4 billion annually in local market share due to spectrum colonisation.
This loss, however, goes to Europe and American markets.
Choi said this, weekend, in a paper, entitled: Spearheading Connectivity and Diversifying Revenue Streams, at the ongoing SATCOM Africa event in Johannesburg, South Africa.
He revealed that currently, the global revenue around the world, for all satellite services including the Direct to Home, DTH TV operations, was about $65 billion with the over 200 satellites in the orbit.
The revenue stream, however, favours Europe which has about 90 per cent market share, North and South America which have 90 per cent market share and Asia which has 70 per cent market share. It leaves Africa and the Middle-East which have 17 per cent market share in the lurch.
He, however, noted that in North and South America and Europe, Asia, there are local satellite operators who have their own spectrum licences that are providing services to their own local customers in their markets.
For him, all the money generated in this activity, remain in their markets. He said even worse for Africa was that about 90 per cent of available satellite spectrum belong to countries other than Africa and Middle-East, allowing such countries to put satellite over and above Africa.
He said: “Because the available spectrum right have been taken up by Europe, America and Asia, these countries serve over 80 per cent of the total satellite demand and even those coming from the African and the Middle- East regions.”
This loss, however, goes to Europe and American markets.
Choi said this, weekend, in a paper, entitled: Spearheading Connectivity and Diversifying Revenue Streams, at the ongoing SATCOM Africa event in Johannesburg, South Africa.
He revealed that currently, the global revenue around the world, for all satellite services including the Direct to Home, DTH TV operations, was about $65 billion with the over 200 satellites in the orbit.
The revenue stream, however, favours Europe which has about 90 per cent market share, North and South America which have 90 per cent market share and Asia which has 70 per cent market share. It leaves Africa and the Middle-East which have 17 per cent market share in the lurch.
He, however, noted that in North and South America and Europe, Asia, there are local satellite operators who have their own spectrum licences that are providing services to their own local customers in their markets.
For him, all the money generated in this activity, remain in their markets. He said even worse for Africa was that about 90 per cent of available satellite spectrum belong to countries other than Africa and Middle-East, allowing such countries to put satellite over and above Africa.
He said: “Because the available spectrum right have been taken up by Europe, America and Asia, these countries serve over 80 per cent of the total satellite demand and even those coming from the African and the Middle- East regions.”