In this episode, we speak to Andrew Faiola, Director of Mobility Solutions at Intelsat during a busy Shipping2030 conference in Singapore. We asked him first about the perception of connectivity within the shipping industry.

Is it fair to say that for many years ship operators have viewed connectivity as a necessary cost of compliance? Since the introduction of the Maritime Labour Convention or MLC, does that also extend to crew welfare?

The VSAT market really opened up with the introduction of TDMA VSAT solutions, although research still indicated the majority of operators spent less than 1% of their operating budget on connectivity. Has that attitude changed now? Are operators moving from a conversation about cost to a conversation about value as High Throughput Satellite services with lower costs and bigger bandwidth come online?

Is the shift from cost to value reflected in the type and range of applications being scoped and adopted? What do those applications tell us about the priorities of ship operators over the next 3 or so years?

According to the World Economic Forum fear of cyber attacks is beginning to act as a brake on technology adoption which could potentially cost the world economy $3trillion. Is shipping and maritime just waking up to these issues, and how can network operators like Intelsat help to be part of the solution for a resilient industry?

With technology and digital infrastructure moving so quickly how does a company like Intelsat identify the right way to create the physical and digital infrastructure its partners and end-customers need to create scalable, reliable, innovative solutions?

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