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Interoperability is a priority for satellite connectivity leaders

According to connectivity experts participating at Satellite 2021 conference on September 8, more industry collaborations will be critical for decreasing costs and providing customers with a terrestrial-like encounter with satellite broadband. “Probably no one will be able to invest enough resources to have the optimal system,” said Steve Collar, CEO of satellite operator SES, who video phoned the panel from Luxembourg due to pandemic-related travel restrictions. And what it implies is that we need to learn from telco and from what happened when mobile operators, together with fiber as well as other telecoms businesses, “went out and started investing money in a large way.