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INTERVIEW: KDDI Aims to Use Direct Satellite Link for Drones

INTERVIEW: KDDI Aims to Use Direct Satellite Link for Drones

KDDI President and CEO Hiromichi Matsuda speaks in an interview in Tokyo on Friday.
KDDI President and CEO Hiromichi Matsuda speaks in an interview in Tokyo on Friday.

   Tokyo, April 24 (Jiji Press)--KDDI Corp. plans to utilize its new service connecting smartphones directly with Space X's Starlink satellite communication network for operating drones, President and CEO Hiromichi Matsuda said.
   A direct link with satellites will make it easier to operate drones in mountainous and other areas where radio waves are hard to reach, Matsuda said in a recent interview with Jiji Press.

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