September 2018
Bridging the ‘digital divide’ with nanosatellites
... miss the fact that there are also opportunities for these regions to ‘leap frog’ over legacy communications infrastructure issues that might slow down adoption of new technologies. The Internet of Things is a great example of this. It is currently...
May 2021
Taking quantum into space
... by private companies and start-ups. The implementation of these technologies as well as the dream of a global quantum communication infrastructure surely has challenges along the way that need to be mitigated. The future is uncertain as always, but...
September 2020
Commercial opportunities beyond Earth orbit
...identification of mining opportunities. Once permanent Moon bases are established there will be a need for wider communications infrastructure and commercial companies could become involved in locating resources and landing sites ahead of wider human...
October 2018
Developing wearable technologies for space and Earth
... systems is needed to allow such systems to be applied in multiple environments. Consistent deployment of standardised communications infrastructures will allow more sustained growth of a terrestrial wearable industry. Finally, the integrated network...
March 2015
Supplanting the state: rewards and risks
... more rapidly – thus shortening its lifespan. “If one of these devices is compromised, the entire satellite communications infrastructure could be at risk,” the report noted. “Ships, aircraft, military personnel, emergency services, and industrial...
October 2020
Pandemic impacts - the state of the ground segment
... customers have little appetite for making large capital investments in their own infrastructure when reliable, software-defined ground communications infrastructure as a service is commercially available. In the same way that the industry has grown...
