{"id":30173,"date":"2022-02-17T11:42:02","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T11:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=30173"},"modified":"2022-02-17T11:50:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T11:50:22","slug":"oneweb-sign-new-uk-distributor-deal-for-satellite-broadband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/02\/oneweb-sign-new-uk-distributor-deal-for-satellite-broadband.html","title":{"rendered":"OneWeb Sign New UK Distributor Deal for Satellite Broadband"},"content":{"rendered":"

Space firm OneWeb<\/a>, which is owned by a consortium that includes the UK Government and others, has signed a new deal with the Clarus Networks Group<\/a> to deliver their ultrafast low-latency broadband service – delivered via satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) – across the UK and Northern Europe.<\/p>\n

At present OneWeb<\/a> has already launched a total of 428 small c.150kg Low Earth Orbit<\/strong> (LEO) satellites into space – orbiting at an altitude of around 1,200km – and their initial plan is to build a constellation of 648 (588 are needed for coverage – the rest are for redundancy), which is enough for a reasonable level of global coverage by around June 2022.<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> OneWeb<\/a>’s commercial service will initially serve parts of the UK, Alaska, Canada, Northern Europe, Greenland, Iceland, and the Arctic seas – albeit focused more on government, maritime, aviation and enterprise. Community connectivity for homes will come later, via partner ISPs like BT<\/a> (here<\/a>) and Eutelsat<\/a> (KONNECT).<\/div>\n

The new partnership with Clarus will, they claim, enable a “fibre-like experience to benefit end-users, offering high-speed, low-latency internet access no matter how remotely located<\/em>.” But before everybody gets excited, the focus of this deal is more about expanding bandwidth for a variety of industries such as Construction, Utilities and Energy.<\/p>\n

“This will bring a range of benefits including improving productivity, health and safety, asset tracking, environmental monitoring, and crew scheduling, while also helping remote employees stay connected. Clarus also aims to extend its work with healthcare providers and first responders, supporting emergency operations in hard-to-reach areas and challenging weather conditions<\/em>,” said the announcement.<\/p>\n

Eric Gillenwater, OneWeb VP & Business Head for Global Carrier and Enterprise, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“We are thrilled to be partnering with Clarus. OneWeb\u2019s aim is to help our partners meet their customers needs and by integrating our network\u2019s high-speed, low latency capabilities into their offering, we hope we can have a meaningful impact connecting multiple industries and audiences together.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Meanwhile, the wait goes on to see if OneWeb’s partners are able to launch viable ultrafast broadband solutions to help connect homes in rural areas. However, Clarus’ new OneWeb based service, which is to be called CLEO<\/strong>, does mention connectivity for home workers and remote communities in their somewhat text loving presentation video.<\/p>\n