London-based firm OneWeb and the Gujarat Authorities’s Science and Know-how Division have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at present for the institution of a ‘Satellite tv for pc Community Portal Web site’ in Gujarat.
The portal website goals to offer reasonably priced connectivity to varied sectors, together with the federal government, providing steady and safe satellite tv for pc web entry at reasonably priced charges nationwide.
“OneWeb will arrange one of many non-public ‘satellite tv for pc community portal websites’ in Mehsana district of Gujarat. The satellite tv for pc community portal website, which will likely be positioned in Jotana taluka of Mehsana district, plans to offer high-speed, low-latency, and reasonably priced connectivity to the federal government, companies, shoppers, faculties, and extra,” a authorities assertion stated.
The satellite tv for pc community portal in Katosan and Tejpura, Jotana taluka, Gujarat, is scheduled to launch in 2023 with an estimated value of over Rs. 100 crores for its Part-1.
The venture can also be anticipated to generate roughly 500 direct and oblique employment alternatives within the state.
OneWeb is a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite tv for pc firm with 648 satellites, aiming to determine a worldwide communication community. By using LEO satellites as a substitute of conventional geostationary satellites, OneWeb gives broadband Web entry with decrease latency of lower than 100 ms, in comparison with GEO-based networks with latencies of 500-700 ms, offering environment friendly community providers.
This know-how is already operational in Europe and Canada. In India, OneWeb goals to offer cost-effective satellite tv for pc connectivity providers to cellular community operators and Web service suppliers.
— IANS