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LinkSure Network, founded in Shanghai in 2013, presents itself as an innovative global mobile internet company specializing in free Internet access, content and location services on its official website.
He unveiled Tuesday his first satellite in the constellation plan.
"The satellite will be launched next year from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu Province, in northwestern China, and by 2020 there will be 10 satellites in the space, "said Thursday the Chinese daily China Daily.
The constellation will have 272 satellites by 2026.
People could use their mobile phones to search for Internet services provided by the constellation and browse the Internet, even in areas where telecommunication networks do not cover, the report said.
Wang Jingying, CEO of LinkSure Network, said the company would invest 3 billion yuan (431.4 million USD) in the plan.
She expressed the hope that through different scenarios, applications and fashions, the company could win in the future.
According to United Nations data, at the end of 2017, there were still 3.9 billion people not connected to the Internet.
Due to the diversity and complexity of geomorphology, some telecommunication network infrastructures can not be installed in certain locations and, therefore, satellite constellations could be an alternative.
At the present time, many companies, including Google, SpaceX, OneWeb and Telesat, have already launched satellite use projects that provide free Internet access.
China is also building the BeiDou satellite navigation system (BDS), which would compete with the US Global Positioning System (GPS).
This will be the world's fourth-largest satellite navigation system after the US GPS system, the Russian GLONASS system and the European Galileo system.
India also builds its navigation system called Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), whose operational name is NAVIC.
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