Join the community of 2M+ industry professionals Subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights & analysis. Download ETTelecom App Get Realtime updatesSave your favourite articles Scan to download AppNEW DELHI: Satellite communications ( satcom ) company Intelsat and California-based Aalyria have signed a commercial agreement to develop a new optical technology to transfer swathes of data between the ground and space.California-based Aalyria is a provider of advanced software-defined and optical networking communications.“The Intelsat-Aalyria collaboration will enable enhanced mobile broadband connections and represents another step forward towards our Next Generation Unifying Network vision enabled by software-defined networking, 5G and multi-orbit operations,” said Bruno Fromont, Intelsat Chief Technology Officer.The companies, however, did not disclose the financial terms of their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).Intelsat said Tuesday that the pact creates a framework for the two companies to cooperatively deploy Aalyria’s technologies, a software and hardware platform that can orchestrate bi-directional optical ground and space connectivity for satellites at speeds of “hundreds of gigabits per second”.When operational in 2024, Aalyria will deliver massive data files in real-time, as well as backup networks that are running short of capacity or compromised, the satcom company said,“The advancements from this collaboration will do for space-based connectivity what the transition from copper to fiber optics did for terrestrial connectivity,” said Chris Taylor, CEO of Aalyria. "Aalyria’s new multi-orbit network-as-a-service is set to make history by offering secure all-optical, hundreds-of-gigabits-per-second connectivity with an eye toward multi-terabit connectivity for a diverse range of platforms and environments, including spacecraft, aircraft, maritime, and remote field operations.”

Source: Economic Times September 12, 2023 11:21 UTC