Telstra has unveiled a new transportable mobile network base station called a Satellite Cell on Wheels (SatCOW) using satellite transmission to fuel a Next G mobile network connection.

The telco says it can be packed in cases and transported in a station wagon, shipped as air freight, or carried in light aircraft. The telco will use it to provide rapid network recovery (under two hours) when existing towers are damaged, or during natural disasters or for permanent installations in remote areas.

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1. Helen
   Posted 11/03/2010 at 10:29 pm | Permalink | Reply

   Love it! Shiny funky kit, cute funny name, even useful … but will they deploy it?

   • Renai LeMay
     Posted 12/03/2010 at 12:03 am | Permalink | Reply

     I kind of thought the whole point was that they will deploy it! ;)

2. Dan
   Posted 23/04/2010 at 6:22 pm | Permalink | Reply

   And they have deployed it… it was used in the with the recovery of the Chinese ship Shen Neng

   • Renai LeMay
     Posted 23/04/2010 at 11:31 pm | Permalink | Reply

     Interesting Dan — hadn’t heard that. Do you have any more details?