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Criteria
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Starlink
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Avealto
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|---|---|---|
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Coverage
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One to one – B2C (Retail)
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One to many – B2B (Wholesale)
|
|
Cost of user terminals
|
$599
|
$0 (can use the existing user terminals)
|
|
Basic home monthly internet service
|
$110/month
|
$30/month
|
|
Basic mobile monthly internet service
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Not available
|
$9/month
|
|
Business service (One-off)
|
$2,500
|
$400
|
|
Business service (Monthly)
|
$500
|
$50
|
|
Maritime service (One-off)
|
$10,000
|
$7,000
|
|
Maritime service (Monthly)
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$5,000
|
$3,500
|
|
Reduced Data Speed
|
7am to 11pm
|
Full speed available 24x7
|
|
Geographic presence
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N America, Europe, Australia, Chile, Brazil
|
Southeast Asia, Caribbean, Africa
|
|
Available in Indonesia
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Latency
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25ms to 50ms
|
4ms
|
|
Speed
|
Download 80 Mbps and upload 15 Mbps
|
Download 250 Mbps and upload 125 Mbps
|
|
Interruptions
|
Frequent
|
Almost never
|
|
Speed reduction due to bad weather
|
Reduced to 20Mbps
|
No significant effect
|
|
Operations
|
Need obstruction-free view
|
No specific obstacles
|
|
Criteria
|
O3b/SES (MEO satellites)
|
Avealto
|
|---|---|---|
|
Coverage
|
One to one – B2C (Retail)
|
One to many – B2B (Wholesale)
|
|
Cost of user terminals
|
$140m+
|
$6.5m
|
|
Cost to consumer (cost per Mb)
|
$138
|
$44 to $80
|
|
Cost of user terminals
|
High
|
$0 (can use the existing user terminals)
|
|
Capacity
|
15 MHz to 2.5GHz
|
400MHz to 4GHz
|
|
Satellite frequency band
|
Ka-band
(High chances of disturbance due to rains)
|
Ku-band
(Less vulnerable to rain)
|
|
Latency
|
150ms
|
4ms
|
|
Interruptions
|
Frequent
|
Almost never
|
|
Payload Structure
|
Steerable beam antenna with movable motors
|
Fixed antenna with stabilisation
|
|
Ground terminal
|
Dual terminal with 2 steerable beam antennas
|
Low per terminal -fixed beam antenna
|
|
Ground terminal power requirement
|
High
|
Low
|
|
Ground terminal limitations
|
Difficult to install in remote regions due to high payload power requirement
|
Suitable for all regions due to low payload power requirement
|
|
Interference with existing frequencies
|
High
|
Low
|
|
Criteria
|
Airbus Zephyr “Aalto”
|
Avealto
|
|---|---|---|
|
Coverage
|
One to one – B2C (Retail)
|
One to many – B2B (Wholesale)
|
|
Cost of user terminals
|
High
|
$0 (can use the existing user terminals)
|
|
Applications
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Defence, civil telecommunications, disaster recovery, earth observations
|
Civil telecommunications, maritime, schools, hospitals, corporates, disaster recovery, critical infrastructure projects
|
|
Geographic presence
|
US and Middle East
|
Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, and Africa
|
|
Available in Indonesia
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Vehicle flight time
|
64 days
|
Six months
|
|
Number of connectivity beams and capacity
|
1 beam and unknown capacity
|
16 beams and 20 Gigabits capacity
|
|
Interruptions
|
Frequent
|
Almost never
|
|
Impact on vehicle due to bad weather
|
Crashes
|
No significant effect
|
|
Payload Structure
|
Steerable beam antenna with movable motors
|
Fixed antenna with stabilisation
|
|
Maximum Payload Capacity
|
12 kg to 22.5 kg
|
55 kg
|
|
Payload Power Requirement
|
High
|
Low
|
|
Interference with existing frequencies
|
High
|
Low
|