Global mobile personal communications by satellite (GMPCS), how will developing countries benefit?

Author

Westerveld, Rudi

Author_Institution

Sch. of Syst. Eng., Policy Anal. & Manage., Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands

fYear

1997

fDate

17-19 Dec 1997

Firstpage

270

Lastpage

274

Abstract

Now that at least one of the proposed satellite systems for mobile personal communication has almost become a reality (e.g. Iridium has launched almost half of its planned satellites and others are to follow), the high potential of these systems for the developing world is stressed in many places. This paper gives an overview of developments in broadband satellite proposals. It also elaborates on some technical issues and regulatory problems involved with the introduction of these systems in the practical reality of the developing world

Keywords

broadband networks; legislation; mobile satellite communication; personal communication networks; GMPCS; Iridium; LEO systems; World Telecommunication Policy Forum; broadband satellites; developing countries benefit?; global mobile personal communications by satellite; regulatory problems; satellite systems; technical issues; Artificial satellites; Bridges; Engineering management; Frequency; Global communication; Low earth orbit satellites; Narrowband; Proposals; Systems engineering and theory; Technology management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal Wireless Communications, 1997 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Mumbai

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4298-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICPWC.1997.655523

Filename

655523