“ Access to satellite services needs to be easier and cheaper than what ’ s on the market now ”
OMAR QAISE FOUNDER AND CEO ,
OQ TECHNOLOGY
OneWeb - which actually sends up its satellites aboard Soyuz rockets from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Far East of Russia - has been steadily building up its LEO satellite network over the past year . The latest launch of another 36 at the beginning of July brought its network to 254 . However fast OneWeb is launching satellites , Borgklint is confident that demand is growing even faster . “ In industries such as maritime , for example , data demands are doubling each year , and lack of high speed , low latency access to enterprisegrade connectivity services is limiting the effectiveness and uptake of IIoT-related innovation ,” he explains . “ We believe that fibre-like connectivity should be as accessible at sea as it is in the home , so that shipping fleets , floating communities , and offshore operations can become more efficient , sustainable , and profitable .”
Regardless of the scale of deployment - whether it ’ s a single nanosatellite or a constellation tens of thousands strong - space is filling up fast in the race to make internet connectivity a truly global affair . The result , both Qaise and Borgklint are sure , will be a new level of IoT ubiquity delivered to remote , underserved , and inaccessible parts of the world . The potential impact is breathtaking . mobile-magazine . com 77