{"id":5338,"date":"2024-09-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=5338"},"modified":"2024-09-15T21:21:53","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T13:21:53","slug":"daily-markup-1077-transcelestial-aims-to-address-the-digital-divide-around-the-world-and-in-space-with-plans-to-build-data-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=5338","title":{"rendered":"Daily Markup #1077: Transcelestial aims to address the digital divide around the world and in space, with plans to build data centers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXdWVB7LZ4b_VZvs9UrjuvARk162TWaEi6QT54Nit8iWiLl2GYaYuBBv4hns-C3M6YJn4zdSyGZxUAbSbAcMzp_tsqD1nG-ZnT822qK0TWezvkC6NB9wCD2xBVCVOO9l_-VWav4Fo5rlb_ugEmjB7HVSNbr1?key=haiu9kSvxLoBOLHgHrfF0g\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo credit: Midjourney for Fierce Network<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cutting the cord<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Imagine fiber-like Internet speed, but without the fiber cables. This means skipping the mega effort needed to lay undersea hardware. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rohitrj\/\">Rohit Jha<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/modanesh\/\">Mohammad Danesh<\/a> dreamed it, and they\u2019re hard at work to make it a reality around the world.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>500-backed superfast Internet company <a href=\"https:\/\/transcelestial.com\/\">Transcelestial<\/a>\u2019s shoebox-sized device, the CENTAURI, which comes in 10G and 25G speeds, can stabilize laser beams over long distances without being hampered by weather conditions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cSuddenly the question about affordable, high-bandwidth connectivity becomes easier to answer,&#8221; shared Co-founder &amp; CEO Rohit Jha.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For their recent rollout at Coachella, the devices took only a day to set up, and they delivered around 150 Mbps to a single phone. \u201cThis is 25 times faster than some of the telco networks,\u201d he added.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Beyond the U.S. and their home base Singapore, Transcelestial is deploying lasercomms in Indonesia, India, Malaysia, the Philippines, and across the Pacific islands.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>But that\u2019s not all. The team wants to take their laser technology to outer space. In low earth orbit, to be precise, where data can be picked up from data center-rich or cable-rich places and then distributed into cities, towns and villages.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201c[Transcelestial\u2019s tech] has capability to go from tens of gigabits to hundreds of gigabits to eventually terabits per second from orbit,\u201d Rohit shared.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Testing for this network, dubbed \u201cThe Ring,\u201d is currently underway, with the team planning to launch beta service sometime in 2026.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They are also planning to build data centers in space, because routing data is not enough.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Read the full story <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4cYMp4F\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cutting the cord<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5339,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[322],"tags":[397],"class_list":["post-5338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily","tag-transcelestial"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Daily Markup #1077: Transcelestial aims to address the digital divide around the world and in space, with plans to build data centers - Markup<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=5338\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Daily Markup #1077: Transcelestial aims to address the digital divide around the world and in space, with plans to build data centers - Markup\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cutting the cord\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=5338\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Markup\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/500southeastasia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-18T16:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-15T13:21:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-12-at-10.59.43\u202fPM.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"678\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ching Yee Ho\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/\",\"name\":\"Markup\",\"description\":\"Serving bite-sized news on 500 Southeast Asia&#039;s portfolio companies and insights to fuel your momentum in life and business.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=5338#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-12-at-10.59.43\u202fPM.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-12-at-10.59.43\u202fPM.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":678},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=5338#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=5338\",\"name\":\"Daily Markup #1077: Transcelestial aims to address the digital divide around the world and in space, with plans to build data centers - Markup\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=5338#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-18T16:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-15T13:21:53+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/#\/schema\/person\/519b865263ce8210988e9676b536923f\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=5338#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=5338\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=5338#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Daily Markup #1077: Transcelestial aims to address the digital divide around the world and in space, with plans to build data centers\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/#\/schema\/person\/519b865263ce8210988e9676b536923f\",\"name\":\"Ching Yee Ho\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2a65dd4b61125a19ff989c4d621a9a0a8f9e7d34b0118d60e00ecec7fd41e330?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2a65dd4b61125a19ff989c4d621a9a0a8f9e7d34b0118d60e00ecec7fd41e330?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ching Yee Ho\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?author=5\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Daily Markup #1077: Transcelestial aims to address the digital divide around the world and in space, with plans to build data centers - Markup","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=5338","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Daily Markup #1077: Transcelestial aims to address the digital divide around the world and in space, with plans to build data centers - Markup","og_description":"Cutting the cord","og_url":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=5338","og_site_name":"Markup","article_publisher":"http:\/\/facebook.com\/500southeastasia","article_published_time":"2024-09-18T16:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-09-15T13:21:53+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":678,"url":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-12-at-10.59.43\u202fPM.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ching Yee Ho","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/","name":"Markup","description":"Serving bite-sized news on 500 Southeast Asia&#039;s portfolio companies and insights to fuel your momentum in life and business.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=5338#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-12-at-10.59.43\u202fPM.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-12-at-10.59.43\u202fPM.jpg","width":1200,"height":678},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=5338#webpage","url":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=5338","name":"Daily Markup #1077: Transcelestial aims to address the digital divide around the world and in space, with plans to build data centers - Markup","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=5338#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2024-09-18T16:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-09-15T13:21:53+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/#\/schema\/person\/519b865263ce8210988e9676b536923f"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=5338#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=5338"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=5338#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Daily Markup #1077: Transcelestial aims to address the digital divide around the world and in space, with plans to build data centers"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/#\/schema\/person\/519b865263ce8210988e9676b536923f","name":"Ching Yee Ho","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2a65dd4b61125a19ff989c4d621a9a0a8f9e7d34b0118d60e00ecec7fd41e330?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2a65dd4b61125a19ff989c4d621a9a0a8f9e7d34b0118d60e00ecec7fd41e330?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ching Yee Ho"},"url":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?author=5"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5338"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5340,"href":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5338\/revisions\/5340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}