Hey Philley,Coincidentally was doing some reading over the...

Hey Philley,

Coincidentally was doing some reading over the weekend on this subject. Had a post written out but canned it because it got too big. Also thought I might be drawing too long a bow.

Here's a precis:

In May 2020 HTG entered into a partnership with AST Australia. In October this was upgraded to a Global Marketing Alliance for Remote Monitoring Solutions between Inmarsat, AST Group Global) and HTG:
(See ASX Announcement 7 October 2020)

"The alliance will provide the Company access to the satellite communications infrastructure and tools to enable the transmission of high-quality synchronised video and audio over ultra-low bandwidth to provide the services required to remotely monitor assets, coordinate site surveys and conduct maintenance operations across the resources, energy and utilities sectors.

"Inmarsat’s global connectivity services are underpinned by the world’s most reliable satellite communications network, which is the backbone for maritime, aviation and land safety services throughout the world.

"Harvest’s Wearwolf™ is an example of the company’s ingenuity, which harnesses both Inmarsat and AST's expertise to provide organisations across these industries with the real-time communications they need to stay connected and support quicker decision-making.”

Paul Guilfoyle: “This alliance will not only allow for the implementation of existing technology but will further fuel innovation for future cutting-edge communication initiatives.”

From Paul Guilfoyle's recent interview, we know the partnership with Inmarsat has developed much further since the Global Marketing Alliance was signed. Presumably the same can be said for the partnership with AST.

That's without taking into account the recent Cisco WebEx collaboration.

Meanwhile, AST is in partnership with OneWeb.

OneWeb is doing something similar to Starlink - building a Constellation Satellite network initially to cover Britain and Northern Europe.
https://www.theastgroup.com/us/services/oneweb/

"OneWeb’s innovative constellation will provide ground-breaking fibre-like connectivity and AST’s experience and expertise will provide on-site installation, access to the satellite network, and the terrestrial internet – a fully managed service.

"OneWeb Satellites is pioneering new value propositions in space. As OneWeb’s industrial partner, we’re leading the design and manufacturing of its fleet of satellites. This initial production of 900 satellites is planned for launch into low Earth orbit beginning in 2019, to deliver affordable Internet access globally.

"OneWeb Satellites is a joint venture between OneWeb and Airbus, the world’s second largest space company to manufacture low-cost, ultra- high performing satellites at high-volumes."
https://onewebsatellites.com/

Both Starlink's and OneWeb's satellite are Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. LEO satellites are deployed at heights ranging from approx 600 -1,200 KMs from Earth. This is as opposed to traditional Geostationary (GEO) Satellites which are deployed at 30,000 KMs from Earth.

Why is this important? In a word, latency.

Basically, Latency is the time - or delay - it takes for a signal to go from one point to another on a network. In this case from earth to a satellite and back to your computer or phone. The further the satellite is from Earth, the longer the signal takes, the higher the latency, or delay. Latency manifests as bufferrrrrrrrring.

Latency is different to bandwidth. Bandwidth is the 'pipe' the data flows through. Bandwidth measures the amount of data that can be transferred over a network for a definite period of time.

As the Internet Of Things explodes with just about every device imaginable on Earth being connected, and more to come, the amount of data being generated and transmitted grows exponentially. This creates a problem for both Latency and Bandwidth. You can only transmit so much data down the pipe - bandwidth until it becomes congested and suffers latency issues.

HTG's expertise and unique solutions address both latency and bandwidth issues.

Which is why, in my very humble opinion, we are partnered with the likes of Inmarsat and AST.

I have no idea how we are involved, only that we are.

There must be a reason for that.

The Internet of Everything. Industrial Grade Connectivity.