New Technology Provides 5G Network Coverage from Stratosphere.

INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2022 M2 COMMUNICATIONS

UK company Stratospheric Platforms Limited (SPL), a partner of German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom (DT), has successfully trialed pioneering technology that provides 5G network coverage from the stratosphere, the company said.

Conducted on February 5th at The Red Sea Project site on Saudi Arabia's western coast, the test was the world's first demonstration of the High-Altitude Platform System (HAPS) using aircraft to extend a 5G service, covering a geographical area of 450 km2.

The trial was facilitated by Saudi Arabia's digital regulator, CITC.

HAPS are radio stations located on an object flying or floating in the stratospheric layer. Stratospheric Platforms Limited used a German-made, long-endurance Grob aircraft for the...

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