Inadequate satellite capacity for telecommunications

The explosive worldwide growth in telecommunications has triggered a crisis. Most governments and multinational corporations now transmit their communications via satellite, as do most long-distance telephone lines and most television networks. Demand for new cable television programmes alone is still growing so fast it will outstrip capacity for years to come. Lower satellite transmission costs have triggered dramatic increases in video-conferencing networks. Lower costs for Earth stations are having an even more dramatic effect in the explosive growth of telecommunications.

1. Inadequate structures for communication

1. Vulnerability of telephone systems
2. Inadequate early warning of disasters
3. Inadequacy of national telecommunication facilities

1. Misuse of satellite surveillance by governments
2. Limited number of geostationary satellite orbits

1. Interference between communications satellites

1. Improving satellite capacity for telecommunications
2. Improving global communications

1. Undercapacity
2. Overcapacity
3. Inadequacy
4. Capacity