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With the rapidly developing industry of unmanned flying vehicles on the rise, expensive Geostationary and Low Earth Orbit satellites are no longer the solution to telecom accessibility. Instead, millions of people in remote areas will finally have cost-effective access to high-speed Internet, phone service, and broadcasting thanks to new flying vehicle technology from Avealto, a UK-based technology company. Led by CEO and founder Walt Anderson, Avealto aims to close the digital divide created by expensive satellites and bring telecom services to areas that may have completely lacked them in the past.

Instead of satellites, Anderson is breathing new life into the 100-year-old technology of airships. These high-altitude Wireless Infrastructure Platform vehicles use helium to maintain a stationary position in the stratosphere and provide telecom services to underserved areas around the world. Using readily available materials, these Wireless Infrastructure Platform vehicles operate much closer to the earth than satellites but above airline traffic to provide a better quality connection at a much lower cost. Telecom operators in unserved and underserved regions of the world will be able to lease Avealto's infrastructure capacity to provide reliable communication and Internet at an affordable price.

"In the 'satellite only' regions that we choose to serve, we will be the lowest cost and highest quality provider of telecom capacity," Anderson said.

Part of the groundbreaking technology of Wireless Infrastructure Platform vehicles is not possible due to improvements in the efficiency of Batteries and Solar Panels. The helium-filled vehicle operates in the stratosphere, where moderate winds allow vehicle stability. The vehicles are hundreds of times closer to the Earth than geostationary satellites, which means less transmission power is needed to create higher-quality radio signals. After staying in the air for three to six months, the airship can be brought down to top up helium that slowly leaks out over time and perform any other needed servicing.

Avealto's Wireless Infrastructure Platform vehicles are sustainable and environmentally friendly. The cost of ground terminals is also much lower due to the lower electrical power requirement to transmit to the stratosphere instead of space. Traditional satellites such as Starlink are expensive to build and have a much higher carbon footprint created by initial launch to space and power-hungry steerable beam terminals on the ground. At the end of their 3- to 5-year life, Starlink satellites burn up in the earth's atmosphere, placing more carbon dioxide into high altitudes where it can have a negative effect on global warming.

Avealto's vehicles also cost less to operate once launched due to their innovative use of solar power and batteries. The solar panels on the vehicle's roof charge the batteries all day in

the stratosphere. At night, the battery is used to power the vehicle and the communication links. Avealto's plan to place launch sites around the world near operation areas will also lower the cost of launching and maintaining vehicles since they will not have to travel long distances to land and be serviced. Avealto will have spare vehicles launched and landing sites to provide backup in the event of a failure of one of the operational vehicles.

A large part of the world's population does not have routine access to the Internet, and this transformative technology can bring low-cost and high-quality connections to underserved and unserved regions. Avealto is currently raising funds to set up a factory in the United Kingdom to begin production of the initial group of Wireless Infrastructure Platform vehicles to provide for its telecom customers waiting for service in many parts of the world.

To learn more about Avealto, visit www.avealto.com.