Epic Entry

摘要

As emerging and established satellite fleet operators bank on the promise of Ka-band broadband to deliver fast, cheap Internet service, Intelsat has remained largely unconvinced. But with demand for smartphone and tablets growing at an astonishing pace, the world's largest operator of fixed-satellite services is taking aim at the mobile broadband market nonetheless. Intelsat says it is about to order the first of a new line of satellites, dubbed Epic, that will feature characteristics associated with the K_a-band portion of the radio frequency spectrum: High throughput, frequency reuse and the ability to utilize multiple spot beams.