| The Global Satellite Industry and COVID-19 - 13/05/2020 |
| GSOA |
| Technical Community and Civil Society | International |
| Providing Direct Connectivity keeping millions online while isolated or at home. Since the start of the pandemic, satellite operators providing broadband connectivity directly to consumers have seen a 15-70% (depending on the country) increase in data traffic across Europe and the Americas and an increase in subscriptions in United States, Mexico and Brazil. Dedicated actions include prioritization of educational and business collaboration applications and making WiFi hotspots available to anyone who needs them. In this webpage there is a detailed description of satellite operators activities during the pandemic. Satellite technology is being used to enable doctors to diagnose and treat patients, communications between essential personnel to one another and their families, remote learning, and teachers to educate their students via distance learning tools. The decisions of governments and regulators to ensure certain and continued access to key satellite bands remain instrumental to the satellite industry’s ability to continue to provide these essential services in support of future crises and as we transition to a new normal. While the satellite sector has always worked relentlessly to connect the unconnected and bring health and learning to isolated communities, the Pandemic has highlighted the need for a cohesive digital ecosystem and the urgency of ensuring connectivity everywhere, to protect, inform, and support people, governments and economies, beyond COVID-19. |
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