Telefónica tests Telesat’s LEO phase one

MADRID and OTTAWA – Major Spanish telecom Telefónica, one of the world’s largest wired and wireless operators, and Canadian satellite company Telesat today announced they have completed live in-orbit testing of Telesat’s low earth orbit phase one satellite. Telefónica’s international wholesale services division partnered with Telesat on a testing campaign to explore the performance and feasibility of leveraging LEO satellites for high-end services, says the press release. “Testing demonstrated that Telesat LEO could be a viable option for wireless backhaul and presents a substantial improvement in performance over geostationary orbit (GEO) links, without the use of compression or TCP acceleration...