Currently, competition for satellite business in the Asia-Pacific region is increasing. Asia- Pacific region, especially Southeast Asia region, still needs satellites as telecommunications and broadcasting infrastructure (broadcasting). It caused by several factors: the high demand for services among others cellular backhaul, broadband backhaul, enterprise network, OUTV (Occasional Usage TV), military and government network, DTH television, flight communication, and recovery solution at the time of natural disasters (disaster recovery).
The usage of satellite transponder in Indonesia is growing rapidly for banking, military, and government agencies. Satellites are required for communications, data transfer, broadband internet, and video. This condition become harder as the fact Indonesia is an archipelago country that it find still challenging to reach terrestrial infrastructure network using fiber optic and microwave links.
Currently, Indonesia required 220 - 230 transponders while there are only 130 - 140 transponders which provided by local operators with USD 1 million per channel each year.