Asia, the dominant future market for mobile-satellite communications

Author

Hu, Y.F. ; Sheriff, R.E.

Author_Institution

Bradford Univ., UK

fYear

1996

fDate

5-7 May 1996

Firstpage

301

Abstract

An algorithm for predicting the traffic capacity in terms of the number of subscribers for the satellite component of the Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) is presented. This algorithm makes use of worldwide databases for demographic and economic data. It takes into account the take-up characteristics of new products, the growth of gross domestic product (GDP), the projection of population, the tariff of the service and price fall over the forecast period. The predicted results show that Asia has the biggest potential market for satellite communications

Keywords

economics; marketing; mobile satellite communication; telecommunication traffic; Asia; GDP growth; UMTS; Universal Mobile Telecommunication System; algorithm; demographic data; economic data; gross domestic product; mobile satellite communications; new products; population projection; predicted results; satellite communications market; service tariff; take-up characteristics; traffic capacity prediction; worldwide databases; 3G mobile communication; Artificial satellites; Asia; Databases; Demography; Economic forecasting; Economic indicators; Prediction algorithms; Satellite communication; Telecommunication traffic;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communication Technology Proceedings, 1996. ICCT'96., 1996 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2916-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCT.1996.545184

Filename

545184