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S3M demonstrates low-cost Internet access via satellite

Small SMATV systems are considered a strategic sector due to its high penetration in several European countries. The sharing of equipment among a group of users living in a building (10-20 users per building in small systems) is the key to a very low cost interactive service provision in this environment.

Two specific service scenarios are addressed by S3M:

• Interactive TV applications,
• Internet multimedia services for Small Office Home Office and Professional Consumer (Prosumer) applications.

The European Space Agency will contribute to the work of S3M by sponsoring complementary activities oriented to the pre- commercialization of the developed equipment. S3M will provide input to relevant European and International standardization bodies, such as DVB, ETSI, ITU-R, and DAVIC.

For more information, see the ECMAST 99 Demonstrations Programme and the HISPASAT SA.

¹ Source: DIGISMATV

By Enrique Vázquez Gallo, DIT-UPM, 15.05.1999