Connectivity

Intelsat is expanding its partnership with telco Orange to provide cellular backhaul services in French Guiana. Orange will leverage the Intelsat 10-02 satellite to upgrade and expand its existing 2G...

Another Canadian province is investing into Telesat’s Lightspeed network. The Ontario government announced Friday that it is investing $109 million Canadian dollars ($87 million) for dedicated capacity on the Low-Earth...

Maxar Technologies has completed in-orbit testing for the SXM-8 satellite, and handed the spacecraft over to SiriusXM. The SXM-8 satellite was launched by SpaceX on June 6, 2021.   This satellite...

AST SpaceMobile will launch the prototype satellite BlueWalker 3 for its space-to-cell network on a SpaceX rocket in March 2022. The company announced the launch agreement on July 29.  Describing...

SES has signed a new nine transponder capacity deal on its SES-8 satellite in India. The company announced July 29 it had entered into a multi-transponder agreement with NewSpace India...

Italy’s Telespazio will purchase Ku-band satellite capacity from French operator Eutelsat under the terms of a multi-year contract the two companies announced Wednesday. Telespazio will use capacity from Eutelsat’s 117 West...

Telcos are moving towards digital services as they fight the commoditization of their connectivity services. This is one of the key findings of a new whitepaper “Mobile Carriers Accelerate Digital...

The Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) new Director General Alexey Volin gave some of his first public remarks this week since taking the helm of Russia’s state-owned satellite operator. Volin...

French state-owned news television network France 24 has renewed a multi-year service agreement with Asia Satellite Telecommunications (AsiaSat) for capacity on AsiaSat 5. This agreement will continue distribution of France...

Just over five years ago, Facebook’s connectivity plans took a huge blow when the AMOS-6 satellite was destroyed during a Falcon 9 rocket test fire. The global connectivity giant Facebook...