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Criteria
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Starlink
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Avealto
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|---|---|---|
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Bulk rate Price per GB of Capacity Used
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$0.25 per GB
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$0.05 per GB
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Peak Time Blockage or Contention from Share Capacity
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Peak time blockage is possible due to shared user architecture
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Fully dedicated capacity carrier grade no contention possible
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Latency
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30 ms - 60 ms
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<2 ms
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Terminal Cost CAPEX
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$500
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$500
|
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Terminal Electric Power Requirements
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Up to 100 watts due to power hungry tracking antenna
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<10 watts
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Top Transmission Speed for Each Ground Site
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25 to 225 MB
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1.5 GB (continuous)
|
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Speed Reduction Due to Bad Weather
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Frequent
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Almost never
|
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Type of Customers Served
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Mostly B2C
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B2B (Wholesale Only)
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Company Competes with Telecom Operator Customers
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Always
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Never
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Criteria
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O3b/SES (MEO satellites)
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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)
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Cost of user terminals
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$140m+
|
$6.5m
|
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Cost to consumer (cost per Mb)
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$138
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$44 to $80
|
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Cost of user terminals
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High
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$0 (can use the existing user terminals)
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Capacity
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15 MHz to 2.5GHz
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400MHz to 4GHz
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Satellite frequency band
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Ka-band
(High chances of disturbance due to rains)
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Ku-band
(Less vulnerable to rain)
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Latency
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150ms
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4ms
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Interruptions
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Frequent
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Almost never
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Payload Structure
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Steerable beam antenna with movable motors
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Fixed antenna with stabilisation
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Ground terminal
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Dual terminal with 2 steerable beam antennas
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Low per terminal -fixed beam antenna
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Ground terminal power requirement
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High
|
Low
|
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Ground terminal limitations
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Difficult to install in remote regions due to high payload power requirement
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Suitable for all regions due to low payload power requirement
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Interference with existing frequencies
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High
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Low
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