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Whether these enhancements will represent enough of a return on investment to appeal to SAR crews, compared to traditional sat phones—which are extremely robust, work with existing systems, and primarily require omnidirectional antennas for on-the-move operations—remains an open question.
While download speeds will remain important, carriers are expected to place greater emphasis on upload performance and latency reduction to support emerging applications like augmented reality, mobile gaming, and video calling.
The joint venture, approved by the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) in April and June this year, authorizes Orbit Connect to operate satellites over India.