{"id":362468,"date":"2025-10-09T14:45:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T09:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/?p=362468"},"modified":"2025-10-09T14:45:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T09:15:23","slug":"omdia-sovereign-verticals-set-to-spend-15-billion-on-low-earth-orbit-economy-connectivity-by-2030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/omdia-sovereign-verticals-set-to-spend-15-billion-on-low-earth-orbit-economy-connectivity-by-2030\/","title":{"rendered":"Omdia: Sovereign verticals set to spend $15 billion on low-earth orbit economy connectivity by 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Enterprises with fail-safe, mission-critical connectivity needs will spend $15.3 billion on low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite connectivity by 2030, according to\u00a0Omdia\u2019s Enterprise LEO Forecast 2025-30. Broadband connectivity will account for 94% of LEO enterprise revenues, with direct-to-device (D2D) subscriptions making up the remaining 6%.<\/p>\n<p>Figure 1: Enterprise LEO satellite revenues by type<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-exhibit article-exhibit--pull-left\"><a class=\"enlarge\" title=\"Enterprise LEO satellite revenues by type\" href=\"https:\/\/omdia.tech.informa.com\/-\/media\/tech\/omdia\/marketing\/pr\/2025\/oct\/enterprise-leo-satellite-revenues-by-type.jpg?rev=0cbce3da6b704d8bb693fd03adbe1c29&amp;hash=968D7D8D06DBB856BBA5BCA80420A860\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/omdia.tech.informa.com\/-\/media\/tech\/omdia\/marketing\/pr\/2025\/oct\/enterprise-leo-satellite-revenues-by-type.jpg?rev=0cbce3da6b704d8bb693fd03adbe1c29&amp;hash=968D7D8D06DBB856BBA5BCA80420A860\" alt=\"Enterprise LEO satellite revenues by type\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe heartland of LEO opportunity lies among public and private enterprises with isolated operations and high-performance requirements spanning network security and data sovereignty,\u201d said\u00a0<strong>Pablo Tomasi, Principal Analyst, Future Wireless at Omdia.<\/strong> \u201cUsing satellite to bridge the digital divide will not pay all the bills.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Key report findings include:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul class=\"article-list--ul\">\n<li>\n<div><strong>The enterprise target market is growing:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cSovereign verticals\u201d is Omdia\u2019s term for enterprises with geographically vast, high-dependency networks. This includes critical industries like public safety and defense, as well as transportation and energy.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><strong>Satellite is now a make-or-break service for telcos:<\/strong>\u00a0 Enterprises want convergent \u2018anywhere\u2019 connectivity \u2013 dependable service irrespective of technology. This is forcing telecom operators to sell on a promised service experience using multiple connectivity types.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><strong>North America dominates:<\/strong>\u00a0The region, led by the United States, will remain the largest enterprise satellite market through 2030, representing 37% of the market opportunity. Oceania, Eastern and Southeastern Asia, led by China, will grow from 9% of revenue share in 2025 to 33% by 2030.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><strong>LEO D2D will struggle to grow revenues.<\/strong>\u00a0Direct to device services do not match the experience of cellular, and unique use cases are limited. Most D2D will be bundled with premium offerings, and therefore not directly monetized.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Figure 2: Regional revenue share of enterprise LEO satellite revenue<\/strong><\/div>\n<p class=\"article-exhibit article-exhibit--pull-left\"><a class=\"enlarge\" title=\"Regional revenue share of enterprise LEO satellite revenue\" href=\"https:\/\/omdia.tech.informa.com\/-\/media\/tech\/omdia\/marketing\/pr\/2025\/oct\/regional-revenue-share-of-enterprise-leo-satellite-revenue.jpg?rev=a6729f3a769e4ee9aeae38fd9d4c31f8&amp;hash=06B57E38D867E21C9387A8BD3AF859D9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/omdia.tech.informa.com\/-\/media\/tech\/omdia\/marketing\/pr\/2025\/oct\/regional-revenue-share-of-enterprise-leo-satellite-revenue.jpg?rev=a6729f3a769e4ee9aeae38fd9d4c31f8&amp;hash=06B57E38D867E21C9387A8BD3AF859D9\" alt=\"Regional revenue share of enterprise LEO satellite revenue\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enterprises with fail-safe, mission-critical connectivity needs will spend $15.3 billion on low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite connectivity by 2030, according to\u00a0Omdia\u2019s Enterprise LEO Forecast 2025-30. Broadband connectivity will account for 94% of LEO enterprise revenues, with direct-to-device (D2D) subscriptions making up the remaining 6%. Figure 1: Enterprise LEO satellite revenues by type \u201cThe heartland of LEO [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14083],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-362468","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-technology-industry-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362468\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}