Media Networks plans to transfer its experience to Argentina as a wholesale broadband provider in Colombia, Peru, Chile, Brazil, Mexico (because the beam of Chile has coverage over the Andean provinces of San Juan and Mendoza). As Mariano Samberib, Manager of Marketing and Strategy of the AMEP Satellite Business Department of Telefónica told Convergencia, the growth of the satellite Internet business will come from a drop in terminal prices - currently around US$300 - and from the possibility of offering self-installable kits.

Initially, the new technology was thought for the residential segment, and then it turned to the corporate. For the next five years, they expect a demand multiplier effect, to connect remote areas, and the positioning of the High Throughput Satellite (HTS) as a central tool for both VPN and residential and backhaul. Media Networks currently has a beam in Colombia (used mainly for the corporate segment), another in Peru (corporate), another in Chile (residential), three in Brazil (corporate and backhaul) and two in Mexico (resold to StarGroup) .

DirecTV emphasizes the user experience achieved in the pilot test of Argentina with 5,000 users of the province of Buenos Aires, held in 2016. With the initiative in HTS through the SpaceWay2 satellite, which has a beam on Buenos Aires, it was sought to open a new market coupled with the provision of services for DTH clients. For Guillermo Vazquez, Engineering senior manager of Directv Internet, the result was positive: it was found that there is a concrete opportunity for the satellite Internet, beyond the rural market, in the periphery of urban areas.

Although the pilot test was not extended - due to lack of capacity and authorization to do so -, it is considered a success for the installation within a period of five months, and subsequently, the reception of about 2,000 calls per month to request the service.

Beam forming and beam hopping. Of the current fleet of satellites of this type worldwide, made up of 17 artefacts, within a decade it will go to 28, in parallel to sustained launches in Ku band and a decline in C band, as anticipated by Bart Van Utterbeck, General Manager for Latin America of Newtec, equipment supplier for the sector.

For Gabriela Marra, Manager of Accounts in Gilat, HTS regional market will be distributed, in ten years, by 50% for residential, 24% for backhaul and 9% for social inclusion. This will force industry leading technology providers, to work on platforms that support multi-satellite and multi-beam environments, with robust management systems to make simple the task of satellite operators.

Van Utterbeck agreed that more work will be needed with the beams and, as a consequence, modify "on-the-ground" decisions such as the location of the gateways, the creation of more compact and dense hubs, and the manufacturing of specific terminals for different verticals.

With regard to technological innovations, the executive of Newtec calls attention to beam forming, to give greater flexibility to the use of beams in new types of satellites (nano satellites and chipsats, for example); and beam hopping, referring to the sharing of energy between different beams (for example, in aviation, it will seek to give greater power to more transited distances, such as the United States-Europe).