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Very high speed from space is the goal of SpaceX. But other players, such as the French Eutelsat, are involved in the battle.
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WLn ratio 1 to 1.000 This is how different mobile Internet access prices are around the world. This large gap is partly explained by domestic competition. Submarine cable access, terrestrial fiber and satellite deployment should also be considered: “The latter plays an increasingly important role,” According to Jean-Luc Vuillemin, director of international networks and services at Orange, which has established partnerships to test its applications. One is intended to establish long-range communication through a laser beam emitted from a ground station, which will bounce off a satellite in orbit around the Earth and then reach another ground station, a distance of the first of several thousand kilometers. .
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