Nokia’s Bell Labs to use adapted 4G and 5G access technologies for Indian space missions
IEEE ComSoc
JULY 5, 2025
To meet those demands, Bell Labs is adapting commercial-grade 4G and 5G cellular technologies, currently used globally on Earth, for use in space. We think of 5G as both providing surface capabilities as well as orbit-to-surface capabilities,” he said, likening it to non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) on Earth.
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