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Sanal Kamal, Founder & CEO of Photon-IV
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In this episode of Behind the Vision, Tom Sloan speaks with Sanal Kamal, Founder & CEO of Photon-IV, about the future of global connectivity and the growing convergence between satellite and terrestrial networks. Sanal shares how his journey from engineering roles in defence and photonics led him to uncover a critical gap in how modern systems stay connected.
The conversation explores how space is rapidly becoming core infrastructure for industries like telecoms, defence, and autonomous systems. Sanal explains why the next generation of networks will rely on seamless handovers between satellites and cell towers, and how Photon-IV is building the orchestration layer to make that possible in an increasingly complex, contested, and connected world.
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