The fight between China and the United States to lead the satellite mobile phone market is becoming increasingly fierce. For years, powers have been working on projects that provide this service anywhere in the world, like oceans and deserts.
Since the emergence of mobile telephony, this has been a goal since, at the moment, the signal operates through antennas installed in metropolises and cities. Now, although, the proposal is to provide the service via satellites and the USA and China are the closest countries to this achievement. This is an innovation that both seek to have total control over..
That's why, the idea is precisely to hinder the opponent's success through regulations that prevent satellites from functioning within their own borders. In the end, each country has the necessary authority to allow the transmission of satellite signals within its territory.
United States projects
This type of new service will work via satellites that orbit around the Earth. In this way, cell phones will be able to connect to the internet without being close to antennas. US United States, Elon Musk, owner of SpaceX, is committed to “eliminating dead zones around the world” through Starlink.
The expansion of this service currently brings together customers from various locations around the world, with the exception of China and Russia. Among those favored are customers from parts of the United States, most of Europe, Japan, Australia and some other countries.
Recently, a company executive claimed that more than four thousand satellites were launched. Although, the challenge of eliminating all dead zones may still take a long time to materialize.
Still on American soil, a startup Link, in Virginia, last year obtained a type of license from the FCC for a project that connects commercial satellites directly with cell phones. All of this, without the need for special software and hardware. Lynk has contracts in more than 40 countries and is testing the service in other places as well.
Chinese projects
Many analysts and experts claim that the United States has a considerable advantage in this “competition” with China.. Although, the Chinese have worked up to the task. Huawei offers a service using the BeiDou satellite network, developed in the country itself.
The equipment is located more than 160 thousand kilometers from the earth and brand users cannot receive text messages. But, the country submitted plans to the International Telecommunications Union to launch almost 13 thousand satellites in low Earth orbit.
The project consists of building a constellation of satellites that are just 144 a 290 kilometers from Earth. Like this, China has shown that it is making significant progress towards becoming a leader in mobile satellite telephony.
