{"id":50825,"date":"2022-08-19T08:30:36","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T00:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=50825"},"modified":"2022-08-19T08:30:39","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T00:30:39","slug":"smart-omnispace-team-up-to-explore-space-based-5g-technologies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2022\/08\/19\/smart-omnispace-team-up-to-explore-space-based-5g-technologies\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart, Omnispace team-up to explore space-based 5G technologies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) is collaborating with U.S.-based Omnispace to explore and demonstrate the capabilities of space-based 5G communications using low earth orbit (LEO) satellites.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This collaboration with Omnispace will allow our companies to work together to define use cases for the Philippine market,&#8221; said Arvin L. Siena, Head of PLDT&#8217;s Technology Strategy and Transformation Office, adding that possible use cases include enabling 5G connectivity in remote areas, incorporating IoT and sensors for use in monitoring weather disturbances and natural calamities, and augmenting network coverage for disaster relief, maritime and telematics for vessels and equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This is also part of PLDT&#8217;s broader initiatives to future-proof our services, including Smart 5G. This includes exploring opportunities to team up with companies like Omnispace, to test the interoperability of our network with their 3GPP-compliant 5G non-terrestrial network (NTN), which will support the 5G ecosystem of the future,&#8221; Siena added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Having launched Omnispace Spark-1 and Spark-2 in April and May, respectively, the company recently completed the deployment phase of \u201cOmnispace Spark.\u201d This program is the initial phase in the company\u2019s development and delivery of the world\u2019s first global 5G-capable satellite network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Omnispace 5G NTN global network will interconnect with terrestrial or land-based mobile networks to serve mobile subscribers utilizing the company\u2019s 2 GHz mobile satellite spectrum allocation and operating in 3GPP band n256.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the world\u2019s first 3GPP-compliant 5G NTN system, the Omnispace network is expected to deliver the power of 5G directly to billions of devices everywhere, extending the reach of mobile connectivity to enable people and assets to communicate in real-time through a single, seamless global service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are excited to announce this collaborative agreement with Smart Communications, which shares our vision of delivering reliable mobile connectivity to consumer, government and enterprise users, everywhere,\u201d said Brian Pemberton, Omnispace. \u201cTogether with Smart, we seek to bridge the digital divide, while also providing the communications infrastructure to power the development of the Filipino economy of the future.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PLDT and Smart\u2019s pioneering foray into satellite-powered communication is part of a broader initiative to deliver world-class customer services across the country, complementing the nationwide rollout of their fiber infrastructure, and wireless networks based on 4G and 5G technologies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Omnispace 5G NTN global network will interconnect with terrestrial or land-based mobile networks to serve mobile subscribers utilizing the company\u2019s 2 GHz mobile satellite spectrum allocation and operating in 3GPP band n256.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":50827,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[379,343,96,2727,1656],"class_list":["post-50825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-pldt","tag-smart-communications","tag-technology","tag-technology-adaption","tag-technology-investment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}