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1.1. Introduction

This chapter gives an introduction of the company where internship project were performed. The company's name O3B NETWORKS stands for “Other Three Billion”. There are estimated three billion people on earth who are either unable to reach internet or having very slow internet connectivity with means of terrestrial internet communication services. The O3B NETWORKS is aiming to provide high-speed internet and telecommunications services connectivity to these three billion people by means of satellites. The O3B NETWORKS was founded by Greg Wyler in 2007 and the Company brought up a different approach to provide internet connectivity in the current typical market of GEO satellites.

A traditional GEO satellite is placed in an orbit around a distance of 3600 kilometers from earth whereas O3B NETWORKS’ satellites are only 8063 kilometers. The lesser distance of an O3B NETWORKS satellite constellation from earth compared to the traditional long-distance GEO satellites, leads to a lower latency , lower cost internet service provider solution. The O3B NETWORKS initial constellation consists of eight identical satellites operating in a medium earth orbit, to which additional satellites can be added to increase the capacity of the services. Four satellites have already been launched and tested operationally and the other four are expected to be launched and operational in January 2014.

O3B NETWORKS is a very young company compared to other satellite communication service providers. There are more than 200 people working for O3B NETWORKS and around 50 people are working in The Hague office including engineers and the IT-department, some of them has served more than 20 years in the satellite industry.

1.2. Products

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... Intern in Product Development department. The detail information about the department is discussed below.
1.5.1. Team
The department consists of four employees in total. The employees are highly skilled in the satellite and telecommunication profession with more than 20 years of experience. The head of the department, Mr. Ashok Rao, has been working in various telecommunication projects for two decades after earning his PhD, and it was a great learning opportunity working with a professional like Ashok. The chart given below shows product development employees hierarchy.

Figure 1 - Product Development employees’ hierarchy
1.5.2. Projects
The primary task of Product Development is to focus on the O3B NETWORKS cell product and tasks. The road map given below can help understand the projects of the department.

Figure 2 - Product Development Projects Road Map

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