Market Share of Mobile Satellite Services Industry
The Mobile Satellite Services market is highly competitive and fragemented consists of several major players. In terms of market share, few of the major players currently dominate the market. These major players with a prominent share of the market are focusing on expanding their customer base across foreign countries. These companies are leveraging strategic collaborative initiatives to increase their market share and increase their profitability. The companies operating in the market are also acquiring start-ups working on Mobile Satellite Services technologies to strengthen their product capabilities.
In May 2023, it was reported that a new 8th generation of Inmarsat spacecraft will be developed by SWISSto12. The three I-8 satellites will provide further network resilience to ensure the continuation of Inmarsat's global L-band safety services for a long time.
In March 2023, Globalstar, Inc., announced that the Kingdom of Thailand's Office of The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has authorized the provision of Globalstar mobile satellite services throughout Thailand, including the authority to operate its new ground station at Thaicom's Teleport Center in Patumthani province north of Bangkok. Its new ground station at Thaicom's Teleport Center joins twenty-seven other stations in seventeen countries to provide the finest mobile satellite services, including critical Emergency SOS communications, to hundreds of millions of people globally.
In July 2022, the Combat Capabilities Development Command of the U.S. Army awarded a contract to Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a leading National Security Solutions provider, to showcase a virtualized SATCOM ground system. The solution, which is based on Kratos' OpenSpace Platform, will allow the government to deploy SATCOM networks in accordance with modernization objectives such as streamlining gateway and remote terminal capabilities supported by multiple vendors, lowering life-cycle costs, and assisting adaptive, dynamic space operations. The Network Command, Control, Communication, and Intelligence Cross-Functional Team (N-CFT), which was created by the Army's Future Command, provided funding for this award.
Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) Market Leaders
Globalstar Inc.
Ericsson Inc.
Inmarsat PLC
EchoStar Mobile Limited
Iridium Communications Inc.
*Disclaimer: Major Players sorted in no particular order
