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5G from Space Driving Sateliot and Gatehouse Group Agreement

July 14, 2020

Sateliot has sealed an agreement with the Gatehouse Group to develop the world’s first NB-IoT network, which will enable the company to offer global 5G connectivity once the firm’s LEO smallsat constellation is deployed.

This agreement with Gatehouse is part of the 4.6 million investment plan in R&D of Sateliot and is one of the three projects that the Spanish company will carry out during the next two years.

Specifically, this work will consist of adapting the NB-IoT Slack Protocol and the NB-IoT waveform in order for IoT terminals to be connected to Sateliot’s LEO satellite network whenever land coverage or areas where there is no classic mobile communication infrastructure present communication challenges.

Within this framework, both companies will develop a ‘laboratory environment’ where they will simulate the connection using configurable hardware and test the commercial Sateliot services that are expected to start operating in the third quarter of 2022.

Sateliot’s research and work with Gatehouse will contribute to the implementation of the 5G NB-IoT international standard for small and low altitude satellite networks promoted by the 3GPP association, responsible for the 3G/4G and 5G standard, of which Sateliot is an active member. This standard will also be patentable for Sateliot’s exclusive use.

Nevertheless, and according to these implementations and developments, the company will deploy from the last part of the year a constellation composed of as many as 100 of these devices. The size of a microwave, they will orbit some 500 km from the Earth, acting as telecommunications towers in space that will provide an extension of coverage to traditional operators so that they can connect objects anywhere terrestrial networks do not reach.

Sateliot is the first satellite telecommunications operator that will provide global and continuous connectivity to all the elements that will make up the universe of the Internet of Things (IoT) – such as the car or the house connected – under the 5G protocol. Thanks to a constellation of the latest generation of smallsats, located at low altitude that act as mobile towers, Sateliot complements the large telecommunications companies by providing them with the necessary infrastructure where terrestrial technologies do not reach.

For more than a decade, GateHouse Telecom has provided the satellite communications industry with a range of market-leading software products for commercial, government and military use. GateHouse also offers consultancy services for software, hardware and system integration as well as for the preparation and evaluation of international tenders.

Executive Comments

Michael Bondo Andersen

For Michael Bondo Andersen, CEO of Gatehouse, “considering the potential of the New Space or data as 2.7 million IOT devices are connected today through satellites, it is necessary to develop a solution that moves the NB-IOT protocols into space.”

According to Marco Guadalupi, technical director of Sateliot, “our agreement with Gatehouse is strategic and fundamental for the implementation of our services. And a differentiating step since it will allow us to put our expertise in the main organizations of the sector of which we are members such as 3GPP, GSMA, ETSI or 5G IA.”

Filed Under: Partnerships, SmallSat

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