vivo showcased its latest satellite communication prototype at MWC Shanghai 2023 on June 28, 2023. The event served as a venue for cutting-edge businesses and trailblazers to exchange the most recent ideas on the development and future of connectivity.
Based on the vivo X90 Pro+ handset with custom modifications, the prototype is understood to support 3GPP R17 non-terrestrial network (NTN) two-way satellite communications. It uses a radio frequency (RF) baseband integrated solution and internal antenna, supports n255/n256 dual-frequency, and is compatible with the Inmarsat/Tiantong-1 satellite system.
Though mobile network coverage in the country has expanded widely through the years to reach even remote areas, it still remains unavailable in some places, especially in Mindanao.
With this revolutionary satellite communication technology, Filipinos will be able to send and receive information even in areas without terrestrial cellular network coverage such as wilderness, ocean, desert, and forest.
vivo’s satellite communication prototype is equipped with the first satellite communication system-on-a-chip (SoC), V8821, which will be mass-produced soon.
V8821 is capable of communicating via L-band Inmarsat satellite and S-band Tiantong satellite. It can be extended to support other high-orbiting satellite systems to meet communication needs in areas such as the ocean, urban fringe, and remote mountain areas where cellular networks cannot cover.
V8821 is flexible in hardware configuration, enabling customers to reuse hardware resources in existing solutions, improving deployment efficiency, and avoiding high cost and time consumption.
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vivo is a technology company that creates great products based on a design-driven value, with smart devices and intelligent services as its core. The company aims to build a bridge between humans and the digital world. Through unique creativity, vivo provides users with an increasingly convenient mobile and digital life. Following the company’s core values, which include Benfen*, design-driven value, user orientation, continuous learning, and team spirit, vivo has implemented a sustainable development strategy with the vision of developing into a healthier, more sustainable world-class corporation.
While bringing together and developing the best local talents to deliver excellence, vivo is supported by a network of R&D centers in Shenzhen, Dongguan, Nanjing, Beijing, Hangzhou, Shanghai, and Xi’an, focusing on the development of state-of-the-art consumer technologies, including 5G, artificial intelligence, industrial design, imaging system, and other up-and-coming technologies. vivo has also set up an intelligent manufacturing network (including those authorized by vivo), with an annual production capacity of nearly 200 million smartphones. As of now, vivo has branched out its sales network across more than 60 countries and regions and is loved by more than 400 million users worldwide.