OTTAWA and MAHAPE, India — Global satellite operator Telesat and Nelco, India’s leading satellite communication service provider, announced today they have successfully conducted their first in-orbit demonstration of high-speed broadband connectivity in India using Telesat’s Phase 1 low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite.
“The testing campaign was conducted from April 25th to 29th 2022 at Nelco’s Mahape teleport and leveraged an 85-cm Intellian parabolic antenna to connect to Telesat’s Phase 1 LEO satellite,” explains a press release.
More than 50 representatives from enterprise and telecom companies and government departments participated in the live, proof-of-concept demonstration, “witnessing high-speed, fibre-like performance with 35 millisecond roundtrip latency,” the release says.
Some of the cloud-based applications demonstrated during the tests included real-time video conferencing over Microsoft Teams, and YouTube and live TV video streaming, according to the release.
In partnership with Telesat, Nelco plans to serve existing and new market segments “to enable broadband connectivity for low latency applications with Telesat Lightspeed services,” the release says.
“This is truly an exciting time for the Satcom industry and Nelco,” said P.J. Nath, managing director and CEO of Nelco, in the release. “With this successful test, we are confident of bringing Telesat Lightspeed LEO satellite communication services to India. This will help in addressing the need of the market for fibre-like connectivity in the remotest parts of the country with high reliability and flexibility of satellite communication. Telesat Lightspeed services will deliver significant benefits for applications like 4G/5G backhaul, mobile hotspots, telemedicine, village connectivity and more.”
“Designed for secure, high throughput, low-latency connectivity, Telesat Lightspeed will bring unsurpassed flexibility and capabilities for enterprise applications and extend the reach of terrestrial networks throughout India,” said Glenn Katz, Telesat’s chief commercial officer.
“Telesat Lightspeed will help close the digital divide in remote and challenging locations, accelerate 4G & 5G expansion, and set new levels of performance for enterprise, telecom, mobility and government broadband connectivity on land, air and sea.”
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