Oliver Schafeld<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> already is working on their own system, called <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/IRIS2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRIS2</span></a>. Application focus apparently already broadened from government/corporate use to B2C.</p><p><a href="https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/eu-space/iris2-secure-connectivity_en" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">defence-industry-space.ec.euro</span><span class="invisible">pa.eu/eu-space/iris2-secure-connectivity_en</span></a></p><p>While French <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Eutelsat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eutelsat</span></a> is building a consumer system with Airbus. They recently announced world’s first 5G non-terrestrial network connection (straight to phone, no terminal required), leveraging <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OneWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OneWeb</span></a> LEO satellites.</p><p><a href="https://www.mediatek.com/press-room/eutelsat-mediatek-and-airbus-announce-worlds-first-5g-non-terrestrial-network-connection-leveraging-oneweb-leo-satellites" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mediatek.com/press-room/eutels</span><span class="invisible">at-mediatek-and-airbus-announce-worlds-first-5g-non-terrestrial-network-connection-leveraging-oneweb-leo-satellites</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/eusovereignity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eusovereignity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/telecommunication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telecommunication</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructure</span></a></p>