In a recent report by Samsung entitled, Mobile Internet from the Heavens, the tech giant proposed numerous satellites, with an estimated number of 4,600, to orbit the earth in order to an impending data crisis. Such proposal is in consonance to the prediction that by 2028, 5 billion Internet users would be using at least 1 zettabyte per month as sciencealert reported. In the report, Samsung stated that;
"We outlined a vision of a Space Internet to make affordable Internet services available to everyone in the world via low-cost micro-satellites. We noted that about 4,600 such satellites operating at data rates in excess of Tb/s in LEO orbit can provide overall capacity of one Zetabyte/ month or 200GB/month for 5 Billion users Worldwide with signal latencies comparable to those offered by ground based systems."
Samsung is not the first tech company who dreamt of a world with satellite based-internet access, for tech giants such as Facebook, Google and SpaceX also share the same sentiments with Samsung. In the said structured report, Samsung pointed out on their abstract that;
"Almost two-thirds of the humankind now does not have access to the Internet, wired or wireless. We present a Space Internet proposal capable of providing Zetabyte/ month capacity which is equivalent to 200GB/month for 5 Billion users Worldwide. Our proposal is based on deploying thousands of low-cost micro-satellites in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), each capable of providing Terabit/s data rates with signal latencies better than or equal to ground based systems."
However such proposal should not immediately raise the hopes and bar of excitement among internet savvies, for it is still a proposal without any definitive roadmap. It is not even clear whether company like Samsung is already working on it or not. But one thing would still remain sure, that more and more companies are dreaming and even starting to build ways in order to make the world more connected than before.
