This file photo provided by KT Sat Co. on June 18, 2020, shows workers checking satellite antennas at the company’s Geumsan Satellite Center in Geumsan, 165 kilometers south of Seoul.
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Sat Co., the satellite service arm of telecom giant KT Corp., said Friday it launched a satellite service for fishing vessels 100 or more kilometers away from land.
The service covers waters off the Korean Peninsula, Taiwan and the Russian island of Sakhalin in the Pacific Ocean by using its Moogoonghwa Satellite network, it said.
KT Sat said the service provides fishing vessels with sound and reliable connectivity in a wider area than existing satellite phones offer to ensure their safety in emergency.
On top of the communication service, it also offers real-time broadcasting of terrestrial and national networks KBS TV and rolling news channel YTN.
The service was well-received by fishing boats that weigh 40 tons or more during the test run period from February to April in the East Sea, the company added.
Meanwhile, U.S. space firm SpaceX set up a subsidiary in Seoul in March to launch satellite internet services using Starlink.
Starlink uses a range of radio frequencies known as the 28 GHz band to provide high-speed broadband to remote and rural areas.
It said on its website it will start its internet service in the country sometime during the second quarter of this year.
(Yonhap)
