The Russian market of private satellite broadband is growing, but is still very small

The Russian market of private satellite broadband is growing, but is still very small

The Russian segment of satellite broadband (SSHPD) for individuals going through a phase of active growth of the subscriber base. Results of the study ComNews Research shows that during January - June 2013 the number of Russian individuals who have activated SSHPD increased by 60.7% to 4,671 people.

Research company ComNews Research summed up the development of the Russian segment SSHPD for individuals in the first half of 2013 in the course of it were investigated subscriber base SSHPD operators AltegroSky, GXSat, HeliosNet, StarBlazer, Viscom, «KA-Internet" KB "Spark", " Raduga-Internet "," RuSat "and" Teleport-Service ".

Results of the study indicate that the main role in increasing the customer base of bilateral SSHPD for individuals played only three operators - AltegroSky, HeliosNet and "RuSat":

The main incentive for the growth of interest in the bilateral SSHPD from individuals in the first half of 2013 was the launch of the project Kite Net "RuSat" which established a new benchmark in cost of subscriber equipment bilateral SSHPD, which was comparable to the price set receiving satellite TV .