Vodafone Plans to Create the First 4G Network on the Moon, Appoints Nokia as Technology Partner

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Vodafone Plans to Create the First 4G Network on the Moon, Appoints Nokia as Technology Partner

By CircleID Reporter
February 28, 2018, 2:34 am PST Views: 7,580 Add Comment

Vodafone is working on a project to create the first 4G network on the Moon to support a mission by PTScientists in 2019. Nokia is chosen as the company’s technology partner, according to a press release issued today. From the annoucement: “Berlin-based company, PTScientists is working with Vodafone Germany and Audi to achieve the first privately-funded Moon landing. Mission to the Moon is due to launch in 2019 from Cape Canaveral on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Vodafone’s network expertise will be used to set up the Moon’s first 4G network, connecting two Audi lunar quattro rovers to a base station in the Autonomous Landing and Navigation Module (ALINA). Nokia, through Nokia Bell Labs, will create a space-grade Ultra Compact Network that will be the lightest ever developed—weighing less than one kilo, the same as a bag of sugar.” Marcus Weldon, Nokia Chief Technology Officer, said the mission will support the development of new space-grade technologies for future data networking, processing, and storage, as well as help advance the communications infrastructure required for academics, industry and educational institutions in conducting lunar research.

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