At MWC Shanghai 2024, civil satellites began to appear on the stage of communication exhibitions. Netling OneLinQ released the first satellite Internet access machine, which was once unattainable, and the once unattainable satellite Internet access machine directly switched from industrial-grade equipment to civilian scenarios.
Wangling Satellite Internet Access Machine switches from industrial-grade equipment to civilian scenarios
Netling Satellite Internet Access Machine has passed the network access license issued by China Satellite Operator Asia-Pacific Starcom, and all components and technologies are independently developed by China NetLing. The Asia-Pacific 6D satellite was developed by the Fifth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation and successfully launched by the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in July 2020 with a Long March-3B carrier rocket. It is also the civil and commercial communication satellite with the largest communication capacity, the largest beam, the largest output power and the most complex design in the mainland. There is an essential difference in bandwidth and user experience between narrowband communication satellites connected to Tiantong telephone and mobile phone.
The traffic fee of the satellite Internet machine is 320 yuan/GB, which is mainly used to supplement the ground network signal and meet the short-term Internet access needs in uninhabited areas and remote areas without signals. Although the tariff of 320 yuan/GB is still relatively expensive compared with terrestrial broadband, compared with the satellite tariff calculated by the minute on the mobile phone, Netfeather is calculated by traffic, which is much cheaper. And the satellite on the phone is narrowband and can only be used for calls, while NetWing can be used for stable video transmission and file transfer.
"There are no companies in the same form as Netling in the whole market, including companies with similar tariffs and hardware prices. Netling positions itself as a virtual operating company, which will have a wealth of scenarios for terminal combined operation, but it is essentially plug-in and plug-in, not limited to maintaining resources, but more about hardware and serving users. The person in charge of Netling said: "Home users are more suitable for low-orbit satellites, and they will be very sensitive to traffic and tariffs, which are more sensitive than hardware." Satellite tariffs are essentially the pricing of satellite upstream companies, but as more and more resources become more and more expensive, they will become cheaper and cheaper, and now they have begun to distinguish between emergency scenarios and individual markets to separate tariffs. ”
"The main users of Netling are still in the emergency market, such as oil exploration, Xinjiang, Gansu, these places that are not covered by optical fiber, there will be a lot of engineering operations that need to use satellites. In the next two or three years, it will still be dominated by industry users, while the C-end is mainly for high-net-worth users, such as off-road tourism, travelers in special tourism scenarios such as cross-country tourism and crossing no man's land. ”
At present, the price of Netling satellite machine starts at 29,800 yuan, which has reached the consumption level acceptable to high-net-worth users.
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As a civil satellite machine, the Netling satellite machine is very easy to operate. The machine comes with two Type-C ports, the upper Type can be used as a power interface or an extended network port function, and the lower Type-C is the power interface, which can be charged directly with a power bank.
It supports ten people within a radius of 50 meters to receive satellite signals at the same time.
The maximum uplink bandwidth is 20 Mbit/s and the downlink bandwidth is 100 Mbps, which is ten times the bandwidth of narrowband communication satellites. Supports 802.11 b/g/n/, single-band 2.4G Wi-Fi connection.
I specially experienced it outdoors at the Shanghai New International Expo Center, and the storage of the satellite machine is good, you can stand up directly, or you can put the pole away, and it looks a bit like a mopping robot when lying down.
After turning on the Internet machine, the satellite can be locked in about two minutes. This is a satellite terminal for personal use by C-end users, which can be said to be a consumer electronics product, and basically a user who doesn't know anything can get started simply.
You can also look for satellites through the viewfinder on the APP, and the recharge is also carried out on the APP.
After the satellite aircraft is loaded into the box, the overall weight of the box is less than 8.5 kg, and the volume is similar to a 20-inch boarding suitcase, which can be easily boarded. It also comes with two straps, which can be worn as a backpack or a shoulder bag. The host supports IP54 protection, and the protective box supports IP67 protection.
With such a satellite Internet machine, it is not only the communication security guarantee of the exploration industry, but also greatly improves the communication experience of extreme tourism users, and the price has also dropped to the acceptable level of the civilian high-end market, so I want to take it out to try.