Eutelsat's New Broadband Satellite Unlikely To Satisfy Pent-up Demand

摘要

Satellite fleet operator Eutelsat said its Ka-Sat broadband satellite, which is undergoing in-orbit testing and scheduled to enter service in May, is all but certain to fall short of forecasted consumer demand. The satellite, with about 70 gigabits per second of throughput, offers 2.5 times the combined capacity of Eutelsat's 27 other satellites but was nonetheless designed at a time when consumer expectations for satellite Internet were much lower, said Yves Blanc, Eutelsat's director of international and institutional affairs.