Service revenue for the entire satellite industry will increase at an average annual rate of more than 11 percent over the coming five years, according to a recent study by Northern Sky Research Ltd., with fastest growth expected for consumer-class satellite broadband Internet access services such as North America’s WildBlue and HughesNet.

Northern Sky’s Broadband Satellite Markets, 6th Edition investigates service and customer premise equipment (CPE) revenue potential in three separate broadband satellite markets: enterprise & SME VSAT networks, single site satellite broadband Internet access services, and satellite IP trunking.