The Telecom industry is going through its greatest and most innovative period. Most companies are addressing space as their new frontier and coming up with projects and plans to open new levels of communication. The French initiative, Constellation Technologies & Operations, a telecom startup has also come up with their new groundbreaking project. According to this initiative, the company will develop constellations of satellites to enhance the telecom industry. Through this project, this French company will be able to bring high-speed, low-latency connectivity all over the globe. As this project aims to work with terrestrial telecom operators to provide 5G tech through the constellation of satellites, high-speed connectivity will be received by people all over the globe, regardless of terrain.
According to recent information, Constellation Technologies & Operations have received massive funding of about €9.3 million to develop high-speed and low-latency internet access from space. The major source of this investment comes from a program called Expansion, funding dedicated to New Space and New Air Mobility, and the French Tech Seed. managed by Bpifrance, this funding is a French government initiative on behalf of the France 2030 plan. Along with this government funding, the Constellation also received investment from its historical investors. According to the company’s founder and CEO, Charles Delfieux, this initiative is a turning point in the history of space and telecommunication as it is the first time terrestrial and space connectivity is linked together for performance and price. He suggests that this idea will aid in making connectivity, a cost-effective solution achievable for all people across the globe.
Charles Delfieux suggests that the funding by the French government will cover the expenses required for the end-to-end testing of this space-based internet service. With the funding, the company will also include orbiting payload and ground station prototypes in this testing. Moreover, with such massive funding, the Constellation Company will be able to complete the engineering studies of the first two satellites in the constellation. The company is thinking of launching these satellites after completing their engineering works by the end of 2026. However, as a long-term goal, the Constellation Technologies & Operations team plans to industrialize and enter into the mass production of satellites, user terminals, and the whole system by the end of this decade. The team believes that by achieving this goal, they will be able to offer global coverage of high-speed internet connectivity to customers through telecom operators, where the customers will continue as today, but with improved connectivity.
Constellation Technologies & Operations, 2022 French startup works intending to provide high-speed, sustainable, and cost-effective internet connectivity for its customers through telecom operators. The same goal makes this company unique from similar startups as others work against telecom operators. Charles acknowledges that the so far best in this industry is Starlink, which improves their performance and price to match those offered by terrestrial solution providers. However, he suggests that he identified that by converging with the telecom operators they can take it to the next level, which became the foundation of this new 5G tech repurposing initiative.
