Starlink Terminals are key equipment for Ukrainians. It allows soldiers, but not only, to operate efficiently, among others. Unmanned is communicate in war conditions. They besides enable more efficient functioning of schools, hospitals, social institutions or facilities critical infrastructure.
The situation of Ukrainians became complicated erstwhile Elon Musk, the terminal owner, began to propose that he might halt the aid. ‘If I shut down the Starlink system, the full front will collapse.“ – he wrote on the web recently, after which he got into a discussion with the head of the Polish Ministry of abroad Affairs Radosław Sikorski.
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Now Politico describes that in a certain dimension Ukraine will gotta live with the cognition that Musk will be able to suspend data transmission at any time. Why? ‘Because No alternatives“which could match Starlink’s systems,” we read.
War in Ukraine. They're looking for an alternate to the Elon Musk Starlinks.
One of the options is to be the French-British Eutelsat, but – as she acknowledged in a conversation with Politico the CEO of Eva Berneke, the brand “is not ready to compete with Musk‘.
– If we were to take over the full communications network for Ukraine and the citizens, We wouldn't be able to to do it," she said. She stressed that the company was able to respond to any critical needs of the authorities.
The text underlines that the kind of solution that Muska is offering is ‘exceptional’ and that another tycoons are now falling behind. Starlink had “break the barriers technical” and “fill the void” due to the fact that at that time “there was nothing else”.
The EU is looking for a solution. In the background the dependence of Ukraine on Starlinks Muska
Politico recalls that according to reports in Ukraine there may be over 42,000 Starlink sets. “I don’t think we can get close to that number, but you can think of at least a fewer thousand, as backup devices in delicate locations”, Berneke described.
In her search for an alternate to the Starlinks, she became active European Union. "The discussions at EU level with associate States and manufacture are indeed ongoing," said European Ombudsman Thomas Regnier.
According to journalists, Eutelsat talks with the EU to get additional funds to distribute additional ground devices, as well as launch future satellites to increase network capacity.
The Union is besides to work on system Name IRIS2who in the future would be able to compete with Elon Musk's equipment.
Source: Politico, Interia
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