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MediaTek pings Italy with '5G' Internet-of-Things data beam from geostationary satellite 35,000 kilometres up

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Re: Usefulness

>Probably intended for some very remote devices far from any cellular tower.

Wouldn't you use one of the new LEO meshes of satellites at lower power and better coverage. The antenna for GSO gets large when you get away from the equator

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