Defence and Government Use
How are militaries and governments using direct-to-device, and what security issues does it raise?
Chapter summary
Armed forces and governments want D2D for three reasons: resilient communications that do not depend on terrestrial networks, coverage for personnel in remote or contested areas using ordinary devices, and emergency and civil-protection services.
Key takeaways
- 1
The war in Ukraine showed both the value of commercial satellite communications and the risks of dependence on a single commercial provider.
- 2
Governments are responding by buying capacity from commercial providers, reserving spectrum for governmental use (the EU's 2 GHz proposal) and building sovereign systems.
- 3
The security issues are jamming, spoofing, location exposure and control: a provider can switch service on or off by region.
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