Japanese Agency Picks 4 Companies for High-Altitude Platform Communications
Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) selected four companies to develop direct-to-device (D2D) mobile services using high-altitude platform stations: NTT, NTT Docomo, Space Compass and SKY Perfect JSAT, said a Thursday news release from the companies. The…
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initiative is part of NICT’s “Beyond 5G,” project, “which envisions a society where connectivity is assured over the air, sea, and space regardless of user location,” the companies said: “The four participating companies aim to solve various technical issues and demonstrate a communication service using HAPS positioned in the stratosphere over Japan, with the goal of accelerating the commercialization of HAPS D2D communication services.”