The service is the result of a UK-first partnership with SpaceX, using Starlink's low-Earth orbit satellites to deliver connectivity direct to mobile devices using O2's licensed mobile spectrum transmitted from space. The switch-on also follows recent approval by UK regulator Ofcom of the UK's first licence for satellite-to-smartphone services.
Stefanovic found that Starlink carried data more quickly than connections that started on European cellular networks, despite the space broadband service often requiring more network hops and not using Tier 1 networks. She hypothesized that Starlink's performance can be attributed to the satellite-to-satellite laser connections SpaceX employs, which route traffic across the satellite network so it can reach the most appropriate terrestrial egress point. That laser network, she suggested, should perhaps be considered a new routing layer for the internet.
The phones are part of a critical communications upgrade for the Tampa Police Department, supporting the Department's "Connected Officer" initiative. The initiative is designed to help ensure every officer on patrol has a smartphone with key law enforcement applications. According to Verizon Frontline, providing police officers with city-issued phones keeps them from having to use their personal devices for official business, helping enhance efficiency and information security.
As the backbone of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, cloud computing and the internet of things (IoT), datacentres are at the centre of modern business infrastructure, but as businesses become more dispersed, the infrastructure surrounding datacentres has become more critical and complex, with network outages no longer isolated events and their cost to businesses never higher, a study from Opengear has found.