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GigE from Space?

Are the Japanese taking a page from the Eastern European telecom handbook?

After the fall of the Soviet Union and the Berlin Wall, many Eastern European telecom's bypassed landlines and went straight to wireless for voice. It was easier than laying all that copper in a very challenged infrastructure environment.

We have even seen this trend continue in the Middle East and Africa where many received their voice and video services not from a landline, but rather from wireless and satellite respectively.

Now the Japanese are launching a satellite that promises to deliver GigE from space to avoid adding fiber to their infrastructure.

From a business model perspective, I'm guessing that if they are successful and DirecTv is capable of jumping on that bandwagon that Verizon and AT&T will not be so happy with their decision to run all that fiber to the home. Then again, Verizon and AT&T are into their FTTX initiative for more reasons than just data or video.

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  Posted by jmyers on February 25, 2008 8:00 AM |

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