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and efficiency with the help of our state- also help study the impact of weather and the efficiency and effectiveness of its
of-the-art infrastructure and advanced climate change on energy infrastructure planning and operations, and enhance
technologies. Through innovation and and supply,” explained Al Tayer. DEWA’s preventive maintenance at its production,
sound scientific planning, we seek to Space-D project includes the launch of a transmission, distribution divisions as
contribute to making the UAE the world’s satellite constellation to support its main well as its smart grids, and electric vehicle
leading nation by its centennial in 2071,” satellite. These will be manufactured by charging stations. Multi-spectrum, high-
added Al Tayer. "The program supports Emiratis at the Research and Development resolution thermal imaging devices
the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy’s target (R&D) Centre of the Mohammed bin Rashid such as those used on board spacecraft,
of obtaining 75% of Dubai's total power Al Maktoum Solar Park. The system specifically designed for use in electricity
capacity from clean energy sources by features a ground station at the solar and water networks, will be deployed to
2050. The performance and efficiency park as well as IoT and AI technologies detect thermal fingerprints in high voltage
of the photovoltaic solar panels at the to support ground communication transmission lines, substations, buildings
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar transmission stations in electricity and solar power stations.
Park will be monitored using special and water networks. By deploying this
cameras on the main satellite, which will infrastructure, DEWA seeks to increase

Nepal To Open Ka-Band Range for Use in Rural Areas

Singapore-based Kacific Broadband beams and simple easy-to-install onsite areas, reports Nepalitelecom.com. The
Satellites Group has announced that the 1.2m antennas. This technology, although government has expressed concern over
Nepal Telecommunications Authority new in Nepal, has been successfully used delays to the deployment of NT’s LTE
(NTA) plans to open the Ka-band frequency in other countries in Asia, including ones wireless network and the installation
range (19.7GHz-21.2GHz downlink, paired with similar mountainous geographies. of fibre-optic cabling along the route
with 29.5GHz-31GHz uplink) for use in The company highlights that around 80% of the Mid-Hill Highway connecting the
Nepal. The recommendation will allow of Nepal’s population lives in rural areas country’s seven provinces. Aware that
businesses, communities and government that are not easily served by cable-based expanding mobile and internet services
agencies to access services delivered by technologies. Meanwhile, the Minister to mountainous regions might not provide
the company’s Kacific 1 satellite, which for Communication and Information a sufficient return on investment, the
uses Ka-band technology designed Technology, Parbat Gurung, has urged minister has reportedly instructed NT to
specifically to provide reliable, high-speed state-owned telecoms provider Nepal focus on service quality rather than profits.
broadband internet to rural and remote Telecom (NT) to focus on expanding
populations through concentrated spot services in remote mountainous

FCC Issues Final Call for Incumbent C-Band Earth Stations

Attention incumbent C-Band Earth station 200 MHz of the band, where Earth stations presuming that both categories have
operators, the FCC's International Bureau are being relocated. Those include cable ceased operations, a status, or lack of
said that any Earth stations that don't and broadcast earth stations that receive it, that means they "will not be entitled
appear operational or haven't gotten back network programming or programming to protection from interference from the
to the FCC or satellite operators on their from the field. While the FCC said the network deployments of new wireless
operational status if it is in question will be vast majority of Earth station operators licenses or be eligible for reimbursement
terminated and lose their incumbent status are accounted for, a "limited number" of any transition costs, including the cost
as of April 19. That status is important remain unclaimed, either because satellite of any filters, that those earth stations
as the FCC relocates incumbent Earth operators or Earth station operators may decide to incur. “The FCC said they
stations following the C-Band spectrum have confirmed them to be no longer will need a notification by April 19 if any
auction. RSM, the C-band relocation operational or because their operators of those are operational and intend to
coordinator, is required by the FCC to make have been unresponsive to "multiple and participate in the transition.
sure that all incumbent earth stations are varied" efforts--e-mail, certified mail,
accounted for in the transition to the upper phone--to contact them. The FCC is now

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