Swedish startup unveils Starlink alternative — that Musk can’t switch off
thenextweb.com
The RU1 offers sovereign communications for military operations. It also can’t be remotely disabled by external operators — unlike Starlink.

Here is the original (and technical) article published by company. …

The system, named the RU1, was unveiled today by Swedish startup TERASi. It’s billed as the world’s smallest and lightest mm-Wave radio, a form of communications that offers blazing-fast speeds and huge bandwidth.

James Campion, the CEO and co-founder of TERASi, describes the portable device as “the GoPro of backhaul radios.”

“RU1 can be deployed in minutes to keep units connected in fast-changing environments,” Campion told TNW. The devices, he continued, can be installed on tripods or drones. Multiple RU1s can then link into a resilient mesh, providing bandwidth for mission-critical applications such as live drone video, autonomous fleet control, and sensor data fusion.

…

  • fubarx@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    20 days ago

    3km range-extending mesh. Good if your application can stay inside the bubble. If you need to go outside, though, you’ll need some other way.

    • IsoKiero@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      0·
      20 days ago

      With >60GHz frequency and very narrow beams from antennas. If you have suitable conditions that seems like pretty decent piece of technology, but that’s not going to penetrate anything, so line-of-sight is practically required.

      And that’s very fundamentally different than starlink. Unifi Device Bridge or Mikrotik Cube are similar devices. Think your home wifi router on stereoids instead of internet connectivity from the sky.

    • cron@feddit.orgEnglish
      0·
      20 days ago

      Seems a bit like small cell towers on drones. With few dozen drones, you can likely get a pretty decent range.

      It probably only makes sense in military and in desaster relief (e.g. after an earthquake when power and cell towers are interrupted).