N-GEN Communications Web-based Seminars ©NGCS

Seminar - An Overview of Communications Technologies

Module 9 - Wireless Systems and Technologies                                                                                 Slide 70 of 80                                                                                                    ________________

    Potential Markets

                                    Projected Market in $ Billions (U.S.)

                                    Applications

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The potential market is estimated in billions of dollars. Services offered by the satellite systems include  weather services, high resolution digital photography, voice, videoconferencing, entertainment, data, phone services to remote regions, mobile voice and data etc. 

Applications:

Transport and Shipping Industry - Mobile messaging, locating trucks, rails, barges and containers
Business Communications - Communications for mobile business people, mobile computing
                                          Utilities, the Environment and Agriculture Industry - Data acquisition, monitoring 
                                          control of plant facilities
Commercial and Residential - Recovery of stolen property, location of lost hikers and skiers, accident alert,
                                           alarm messages, emergency notification, location messages.
Transactional Services - Retail Point-of-Sale reporting, credit card verification, Direct-to-Home TV shopping,
                                    Pay-per-view TV service, orders, queries, billing information and confirmation.