MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Satellite direct-to-device (D2D) service will succeed globally only if its providers can assure governments that they’ll retain sovereign control of their national telecom infrastructure, and if mobile satellite services providers make their networks compatible not just with 3GPP standards but also with each other’s satellites.
This is the thesis behind the Mobile Satellite Services Association (MSSA), created earlier this year by Viasat; mobile satellite service provider Thuraya owner Yahsat (now Space42); Ligado; Omnispace . . .
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