Mobile operators have multiple partnerships with satellite service providers to test the various uses of the technology.
satellite broadband service provider, has partnered with MTN Group in an initiative to supplement the mobile operator’s terrestrial mobileThe companies said they will leverage 3GPP standards to provide services to mobile consumers and enterprise internet-of-things customers across MTN’s markets in Africa.
3GPP is an amalgamation of multiple standards organisations whose task is to create connectivity standards for next-generation mobile networks that can interoperate between traditional radio and other forms of digital communication. African mobile operators such as MTN Group and its competitor Vodacom Group are particularly interested in the technology because of the vast geographical expanses that make the cost of infrastructure roll-out to the many remote parts of the continent infeasible.The solutions provided by different satellite service providers vary in scope, with each trying to solve a specific problem related to connectivity.
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