An increase in the demand for better in-flight connectivity is inevitable: people don’t want to be incommunicado anymore when they travel. The in-flight connectivity (IFC) market is transitioning from niche to a relevant revenue vertical for satellite companies. And, lately, satellite operators have been silently — but ferociously — competing for new business.

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Juan Cacace is Access Partnership’s Director of Government Affairs, Space and Connectivity Lead. Juan gains market access for new technologies worldwide by helping companies to comply with regulations as well as obtain licenses and permits for their...