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Source:https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/06\/26\/lynk-connects-palaus-off-grid-islands-with-satellite-texting\/<\/a><\/br>
\nLynk connects Palau\u2019s off-grid islands with satellite texting<\/br>
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Satellite-to-phone connectivity provider Lynk has made its debut in Palau<\/a>, where the nation\u2019s hundreds of islands make traditional cell coverage difficult to achieve. The company\u2019s \u201ccell towers in space\u201d now cover the entire country \u2014 intermittently, but that\u2019s a lot better than nothing, and service will improve as more satellites are added to the constellation.<\/p>\n

Lynk is among the first of a new wave of direct satellite-to-phone providers<\/a>, replacing the bulky, dedicated satphones of yore by connecting ordinary mobile devices to low Earth orbit. It\u2019s difficult to engineer for many reasons, as you can imagine.<\/p>\n

Apple\u2019s SOS has the most high-profile use case, with the distinguishing characteristic of having to actually point your phone at an unseen satellite, but Lynk\u2019s service<\/a> requires no special behavior by the user \u2014 it just works like a roving cell tower, connecting when it passes overhead.<\/p>\n

Of course that means connectivity comes and goes regularly, so depending on the number of satellites up there and their orbits, it may be as little as 30 minutes or as much as a few hours until you can reach out. That may sound inconvenient, but this isn\u2019t meant to be an alternative to ordinary service \u2014 it\u2019s for places where you couldn\u2019t get service for love or money. Out in the back country, for instance, or on a remote island.<\/p>\n

You can imagine how this could be useful, then, for nation made up entirely of remote islands! It\u2019s partnering with the Palau National Communications Corporation to \u201censure its mobile phone subscribers have connectivity across their whole country, no matter what happens,\u201d as CEO and founder Charles Miller put it in their press release.<\/p>\n

\u201cLynk\u2019s initial Sat2Phone service for Palau will start as a beta service in the Southwest Islands and will be extended across the country to include all remote areas, and Palau\u2019s Maritime Economic Zone. Lynk will also be used to provide back-up services, when natural disasters hit and knock out the ground network, to enhance network resilience in this archipelago nation,\u201d Miller continued.<\/p>\n

Lynk\u2019s limited presence in orbit currently means that Palau will see 3 connectivity windows per day now, doubling to 6 in the fall, then 12 in early 2024. The goal is to get most of the world covered to the point where you can expect to get signal every half hour no matter where you are. Getting signal 3 times a day may not sound like much to many readers, but \u201csomething is infinitely better than nothing,\u201d Miller pointed out.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s one of many nascent agreements with mobile providers around the world (which happen to be under the orbits of the initial handful of satellites), though big countries with lots of regulatory hurdles like the U.S. are still in the works. Miller called starting with places like Palau and moving up over time as the constellation expands the company\u2019s \u201ccrawl, walk, run\u201d strategy.<\/p>\n

Of course with satellites services rolling out in various segments, you might ask, why not Starlink? Well, a stationary (or semi-stationary) receiver is great for wi-fi in one spot, but getting the signal to dozens of small islands at various distances and orientations requires considerable infrastructure. Starting with reliable (if not continuous) cell coverage improves safety and enables other services, like regional announcements and timely weather reports (of more than passing interest depending on the size of island you\u2019re on).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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