{"id":49477,"date":"2025-03-26T17:00:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T09:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/turkcell-trials-satellite-direct-to-device-tech-in-turkey-with-lynk\/"},"modified":"2025-03-26T17:00:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T09:00:35","slug":"turkcell-trials-satellite-direct-to-device-tech-in-turkey-with-lynk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/turkcell-trials-satellite-direct-to-device-tech-in-turkey-with-lynk\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkcell Trials Satellite Direct-to-Device Tech in Turkey With Lynk"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><strong>Turkcell<\/strong>, one of Turkey\u2019s largest cellular operators, has stepped up its plans in the satellite-direct-to-device (D2D) arena. It is one of a number of mobile operators looking into the potential of D2D and how it could fit into its overall roadmap. It has conducted a successful test using <strong>Lynk Global<\/strong>\u2019s technology, the two companies announced March 25.<\/p>\n<p>In collaboration with Lynk, Turkcell conducted what is claimed to be Turkey\u2019s first field tests of D2D technology, which enables mobile services \u2014 including SMS, voice, and mobile data \u2014 directly to standard mobile phones via Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. The tests conducted in a rural area near Konya, Turkey, utilized Turkcell\u2019s mobile frequencies and Lynk\u2019s satellites to provide SMS exchanges and voice calls using commercial cell phones.<\/p>\n<p>Lynk and Turkcell previously announced an agreement to complement network resiliency and mobile coverage with D2D in February 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to add Turkey to the growing list of countries where Lynk has showcased its patented and proven technology. Along with Turkcell, Lynk is committed to enhancing connectivity across rural areas in T\u00fcrkiye, including in emergencies when terrestrial networks are temporarily inoperable,\u201d Ramu Potarazu, CEO of Lynk, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, SES announced a strategic investment in Lynk to become a channel partner to allow government, mobile network operator (MNO) and automotive customers to access Lynk\u2019s D2D network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turkcell, one of Turkey\u2019s largest cellular operators, has stepped up its plans in the satellite-direct-to-device (D2D) arena. It is one of a number of mobile operators looking into the potential of D2D and how it could fit into its overall roadmap. It has conducted a successful test using Lynk Global\u2019s technology, the two companies announced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48876,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49477"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}