HTS Managed Services: A New Era

“Managed Services” is a new buzz-worthy phrase in the satellite industry, primarily driven by massive investment in HTS capacity worldwide. The complexity of HTS systems across a range of diverse applications now requires users to implement more control of network functions and manage services in ways never before done. Via virtualization of food chain functions, from software-defined networks to software-defined satellites, this NSR session will examine how HTS is changing the network paradigm and what new demarcation points are envisioned for satellite operators, satellite service providers, teleport players and B2B users.