Korea's leading satellite communications operator, KT SAT, and Japan's premier satellite services provider, SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly develop and test 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) technologies.
The partnership aims to advance the technical validation of GEO-based NTN ground and user equipment, with the goal of establishing a reference architecture for GEO transparent 5G NTN operations using Ka and Ku-band frequencies.
KT SAT and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation announced the MoU to prepare for future commercialization of GEO-based 5G NTN services.
Author's summary: KT SAT and SKY Perfect JSAT partner for 5G NTN technologies research.