One of the biggest problems encountered with the earthquake that occurred in the Pazarcık district of Kahramanmaraş earlier this month was communication. While studies on the subject continue at full speed, an important development has occurred a short time ago. Vodafone CEO Engin Aksoy announced that they have applied to the necessary institutions for Turkey to become a pilot region in satellite-to-mobile communication technology that will eliminate the need for base stations. Here are the details!
Will Turkey be a pilot region for satellite mobile communication?
earthquake then unfortunately communication about serious problems began to arise. In fact, a statement was made recently on the subject and three operators were affected by the earthquake. in 10 provinces located in 8.900 from the base station 2,451 It was stated that some of them were disabled due to serious damage. This naturally brought communication to a standstill. Of course, although the situation is intervened with mobile base stations and even Aksungur UAV, work continues on permanent solutions to prevent such a situation from happening again.
Vodafone CEO Engin AksoyIn a statement on its social media accounts in the past few minutes, Vodafone announced that it is the partner of AST, which is launched as the only company that can offer direct connection to the satellite from a mobile phone, and that applications have been made to the necessary institutions for pilot applications to be carried out in Turkey. Aksoy also said that Starlink, Elon Musk’s project that provides internet from space, is connected from a satellite to an above-ground satellite, and from there it serves its users with a separate modem.
This technology to base stations the one which… need directly by removing from satellite It focuses on providing communication and promises uninterrupted experience at points where communication is extremely important, especially in situations such as the earthquake that occurred at the beginning of this month.
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