Ukraine will be directly connected to Starlink via smartphones

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Ukraine will be directly connected to Starlink via smartphones

By admin, Aralık 31, 2024

Ukraine will be directly connected to Starlink via smartphones





Ukraine will be directly connected to Starlink via smartphones



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Ukraine’s leading mobile operator Kyivstarowned by Elon Musk Starlink signed an agreement providing direct mobile phone connection via satellite. Kyivstar’s parent company VEONannounced this collaboration to the public on Monday. This cooperation with Starlink, a subsidiary of SpaceX, is of serious importance for Ukraine’s digital communication infrastructure.

Within the scope of this agreement, Starlink via satellite direct cellular connection (Direct-to-Cell) service, 2025 in the fourth quarter of SMS and OTT messaging functionality will begin to be offered to Kyivstar customers. In the future stages voice communications and data services are planned to be added.

VEON Group CEO’su Kaan Terziogluemphasized that with this partnership, Ukraine will become one of the world’s leading countries in connection resilience. Kyivstar CEO Oleksandr Komarov stated that this technology is an important step towards achieving the company’s “LTE everywhere” goal.




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Starlink, as it is known, is a service that provides satellite-based internet service with a fixed or mobile installation. However, with Starlink DTC-enabled satellites, the number of which currently exceeds 340, without the need for such an installation, It is possible to connect to satellites only with smartphones. These modems act like a base station, transmitting phone signals from space directly to smartphones. Thanks to the new satellite technology, customers will be able to benefit from the power of satellite-supported connection even in regions where terrestrial networks cannot provide service.

Starlink started launching its first satellites that provide direct mobile phone connectivity earlier this year. Starlink, which has made agreements for this service with eight different countries, including the USA, Japan and New Zealand, has determined Ukraine as the first conflict zone where it will offer this technology. Starlink recently rolled out its DTC service in beta in the US and New Zealand.

Starlink’s internet connection provides critical infrastructure for both the population and military of war-torn Ukraine. However, this has led Russia to step up its efforts to block signals between Starlink satellites and ground terminals since 2022.

Although the financial details of the agreement are not disclosed, the strengthening of Starlink’s presence in Ukraine once again reveals Elon Musk’s strategic role in the region. According to Axios, Musk attended a meeting between the new US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in November and stated that he would continue to provide Starlink services to Ukraine.






Source

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/starlink-roll-out-direct-to-cell-services-ukraine-2024-12-30/


https://www.veon.com/newsroom/press-releases/in-a-groundbreaking-agreement-veon-and-starlink-to-bring-starlink-direct-to-cell-satellite-connectivity-to-kyivstar-customers






















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