Author: Anne-Wainscott Sargent
March 26, 2024
Ensuring the world’s 8.5 billion mobile phones never lose coverage isn’t a new idea, but it’s becoming increasingly viable, thanks to more powerful antennas and the arrival of Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellations. But before the satellite-to-device market can truly take off, experts say the industry must align around proprietary versus open standards, address the…
April 24, 2023
Long before the first Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites began launching by the likes of SpaceX and OneWeb, a crop of innovative smallsat manufacturers began building a new type of factory. Balancing quality with cost, and embracing automation and AI, these innovators hoped to capitalize on future volume demand for the new LEO economy. Their thinking…
March 14, 2023
Established satellite operators, SES and Eutelsat, joined panelists from SpaceX, emerging constellation provider Mangata Networks and network orchestration player Aalyria, in a lively debate on the viability of constellations businesses, the state of competition, the merits of vertical integration and the role of cloud infrastructure in changing the face of the market. Moderator Christopher Baugh,…
November 28, 2022
At any given moment around the world, 15 percent of the planet’s 5.2 billion mobile phone users are not connected, according to research conducted by Lynk, the first company to demonstrate a satellite-to-mobile-phone satellite constellation. What if those disconnections – from being in a remote area far from terrestrial signals or cut off from cell…