Connectivity

EchoStar reached a milestone with some of its 2 GHz band spectrum, announcing Friday it secured highest priority spectrum rights in the 2 GHz band for a non-geostationary orbit (NGSO)...

To mark the combined company of SES post-Intelsat acquisition, SES debuted a new brand identity with the purpose statement, “Space to Make a Difference.” Via Satellite editor Mark Holmes caught up...

Karrier One, a company deploying a decentralized telecom network, announced a partnership with Iridium Communications this week to integrate its direct-to-device service into the Karrier One ecosystem.  Karrier One, based...

IoT provider Soracom said that its non-terrestrial network (NTN) integration with Skylo is now in general availability for North America, Europe, Latin America, and Oceania. This allows Soracom customers to...

Eutelsat’s Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) connectivity is set to take a more prominent role in Greenland, thanks to a deal between Eutelsat and Tusass, Greenland’s national provider of telecommunications services. The...

KPN, the Dutch telco, is the latest big name telco to partner with a satellite player. It is forming a strategic roaming partnership with OQ Technology, a 5G non-terrestrial network...

SpaceX has filed with the FCC asking to launch 15,000 new satellites for direct-to-device service that would use the spectrum SpaceX purchased from EchoStar.  According to the filing SpaceX submitted...

Satellite operators Viasat and Space42 are pitching a new way to approach the direct-to-device (D2D) market, based on shared spectrum and treating satellites like shared infrastructure of cell towers. The...

Textron Aviation will offer upgraded high-speed internet connectivity solutions from SpaceX’s Starlink service on its fleet of Cessna Citation Latitude aircraft after receiving certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),...

PARIS — SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell spoke at World Space Business Week on Tuesday, giving insight into what SpaceX’s recent spectrum buy from EchoStar will mean for Starlink’s...