Space is important for lots of economic and strategic reasons. But sometimes, while I've been researching this series, I just had to shake my head in wonder and say, "Wow." Because the technology is so amazing. Omar Qaise had a moment like that. He grew up in Baghdad dreaming of space, and went on to build OQ Technology, a Luxembourg-based company putting 5G directly into space and connecting ordinary smartphones and IoT devices to satellites the size of a shoebox, no special hardware required. In this episode, we visit Omar to hear how a boy from Iraq became the founder of a European company changing what connectivity means for the 80% of the world with no mobile coverage. Backed by the EIB, OQ Technology is now scaling from five satellites to fifty and beyond. The story of how Omar knew it was working is one you won't forget.
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