Low-Earth orbit satellites promise to connect every corner of the planet. But could they also threaten mobile operators?
satellite solutions like SpaceX’s Starlink are promising to connect every corner of the planet. But could they also threaten mobile operators such as Vodacom and MTN?
“Terrestrial solutions give you very good performance,” said Vodacom executive head of innovation Jannie van Zyl in an interview with TechCentral. “In South Africa, for example, 99.5% of the population has 4G coverage, which gives you high reliability, performance and capacity. The business case for infrastructure roll-out in areas like the Northern Cape where you only have four people per square kilometre is weak; we would never get our money back. So, what happens when we put the network in the sky? You can cover a larger area that way, but since you won’t have the same capacity, your throughput will be lower.
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