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A TV signal was first transmitted via a Telstar satellite in July 1962. But it was not until the early 90s that commonly available satellite communications services started to develop fast. At present, a few thousand satellites orbit the Earth. In many cases, satellite communications is the best and often also the only solution.

Satellite communications is thought to be the cheapest solution wherever terrestrial network is not developed enough. Satellite communications has other advantages. They can reach every place regardless of the lay of the land. Installing necessary equipment and starting the transmission does not take long – only a day, for example. Companies sometimes choose this solution because they take into account data transfer safety and guaranteed transmission continuity.

Satellite communications turns out to be useful in companies with numerous agencies and branches, e.g. in government offices, banks, insurance companies, petrol station chains, shop chains, credit card and cheque authorisation systems, device monitoring systems, or radio and TV stations. ISPs should also find satellite platform interesting.

I intend to build a network of 500 VSAT satellite terminals within 4 years from the company’s foundation (07.2004). The enterprise plan has been prepared on the basis of my own experience of several years’ work as a manager in satellite and Internet companies. It contains analyses based on real sales results in the Polish market and on the specialist forecasts for the next few years. Next steps take into account the development of satellite telecommunications for business, including such services as combining corporate networks (e.g. for banks, petrol station chains, ATM networks, credit card authorisation points), or multimedia picture and sound transmission. I am not denying that I am still looking for a suitable financial investor willing to invest into next stages of the company’s development.

Analyses show that Poland is a huge potential market for one-way satellite Internet access. This might be due to the fact that as many as 30% of Poles cannot use a traditional broadband connection because of a poor telecommunications infrastructure. They could be interested in satellite telecommunications. There are currently around 2.5 million users of satellite TV, who can be interested in the offer and would not have to face a high cost of hardware upgrade.

According to experts, satellite Internet access usage will increase over fivefold in the years 2003-2008, to reach 11% market share of all broadband connections in 2008. 

World broadband services market is forecast to reach a value of $399bn. in 2005 (according to research ordered by Intelsat) Basic broadband services which should count at that time in the market are cable connections, optical fibre connections, radio connections, and satellite connections. $11bn will go to the last type mentioned.

I will be glad to answer any questions and to familiarise the interested with the business plan of the enterprise. 

Sincerely,
Marcin Frąckiewicz

marcin@thuraya.pl
+48 601 284795
+48 22 784 35 61  

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