Connectivity

Reuters exclusively reported on April 4 that Eutelsat has been supplying satellite internet to Ukraine with funding from the German government.  Eutelsat has been providing the connectivity for about a...

SpinLaunch, the startup developing a steel vacuum chamber to launch satellites to space, is also pursuing a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) broadband constellation.  SpinLaunch, based in Long Beach, California, announced plans...

Space Norway’s order of THOR 8 satellite last month marked a rare new Geostationary (GEO) satellite order in 2025. Coming almost a decade after THOR 7 was launched, it is...

Swissto12 released the HummingLink-SOTP, a terminal for Geostationary Orbit (GEO) connectivity that the company says combines a small form factor, high portability, quick deployment, and high-throughput. Swissto12 announced the new...

Turkcell, one of Turkey’s largest cellular operators, has stepped up its plans in the satellite-direct-to-device (D2D) arena. It is one of a number of mobile operators looking into the potential...

Telesat and ADN Telecom Limited signed a multi-year partnership on Tuesday, to deliver Telesat Lightspeed Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) connectivity solutions in Bangladesh and South Asia. ADN Telecom is a telecommunications...

Inmarsat Maritime, a Viasat company, has won a new deal with a major Norwegian shipping company. It will equip Solvang’s fleet with Inmarsat’s NexusWave fully managed bonded connectivity service to...

Viasat contracted Atlas Space Operations to provide support for ongoing and future NASA missions, Atlas announced on March 18.  Viasat, one of four companies selected for NASA’s near space network...

Verizon is expanding texting capabilities for Samsung Galaxy S25 and Google Pixel 9 smartphones that allow customers with these phones to send text messages to any other customer device via...

Intelsat is supplying a multi-layer communication system (MLCS) to the Sheriff’s Office in Cochise County, Arizona to enable border security operations.  The MLCS combines Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite service with...