Telecom Troubleshooting | Disaster Recovery with Transcelestial

On this episode of TeleGeography Explains the Internet, Rohit Jha, co-founder of Transcelestial, explains how his company is using laser links to bring fiber-like speeds to places where digging trenches isn't practical, from storm-damaged Taiwanese villages to chronic outage sites in the U.S. He also lays out the vision behind its planned orbital ring, a network of satellites meant to work like an undersea cable in space and to reshape connectivity for island telcos and AI data centers by the end of the decade. This conversation covers: The "internet distribution problem": How Transcelestial aims to fix under-connected regions that have slow speeds, high costs, and high latency to the cloud. Terrestrial laser links as a fiber alternative: The company's first product, Centauri: a shoebox-sized laser terminal that works as "wireless fiber." Telecom and ISP use cases: Including greenfield deployments that relieve RF congestion on 5G towers with 10x to 100x more bandwidth and brownfield deployments that provide spectrum-free backup when fiber is cut by construction, typhoons, or earthquakes. Enterprise applications: Such as on university campuses, smart factories, mining, and government and defense. Disaster recovery and resilience: How Transcelestial’s laser terminals are used to quickly restore critical connectivity following natural disasters. The orbital ring network: The company’s project to build an "undersea cable in space" by creating a ring around the planet to act as a global transporter network for routing laser-based connectivity. 💻 Learn about TeleGeography: https://www2.telegeography.com/ 📊 TeleGeography Resources: https://resources.telegeography.com/ 🎧 About the Podcast: https://www2.telegeography.com/telegeography-explains-the-internet-podcast