Connectivity

Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NigComSat) signed a contract with Hughes Network Systems earlier this week to utilize its Jupiter scalable gateway system in support of the operator’s NIGCOMSAT-2A and NIGCOMSAT-2B […]

SiriusXM’s latest satellite, SXM-11, has entered service after launching in June. It is now the satellite radio company’s most powerful satellite in its fleet.  Intuitive Machines built the satellite based […]

PARIS — How important will direct-to-device services be to mobile network operator offerings? The jury is out as European MNO execs disagreed on the value proposition and what they’re willing to […]

Direct-to-device was heralded as a win for mobile network operators as a way to expand their networks without building infrastructure in remote places. Many MNOs have struck partnerships with satellite […]

PARIS – SES is targeting big milestones for 2026 and beyond as its portfolio grows to include manufacturing capabilities, sovereign space in Europe, and a direct-to-device partnership. CEO Adel Al-Saleh […]

Elveo Mobile entered into a strategic partnership with spacecraft manufacturer Apex to establish a dedicated spacecraft factory in the United States for Elveo’s planned Low-Earth Orbit direct-to-device (D2D) constellation. Elveo, […]

PARIS — Satellite operators find themselves at the intersection of sovereign space strategies, capabilities across multiple domains, and integration and collaboration with the tech ecosystem and AI.  These issues drove […]

Saudi Arabia’s top telecommunications provider stc group has ordered a dedicated satellite from Astranis to provide satellite communication services.  Astranis builds smaller Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellites than traditional GEOs. Customer […]

SES is launching a new platform designed for next generating broadcasting. SES CORE will be a content orchestration and hybrid delivery platform, designed to enable broadcasters and media customers to […]

In a new satellite-connected car demonstration, Iridium reports a demo in which a Toyota vehicle sent a voice message using Iridium NTN Direct, working with Deutsche Telekom IoT (DT IoT).  […]

Eutelsat announced major orders of satellites to support service continuity for the OneWeb constellation, and Europe’s IRIS² constellation.  Airbus Defence and Space received authorization to proceed for 229 OneWeb satellites […]

Eclipse Space, a new megaconstellation startup, announced a lineup of satellite platforms on Wednesday geared toward direct-to-device (D2D), broadband, and on-orbit computing.  Eclipse Space was founded by a group of […]

AT&T Business has furthered its agreement with Amazon’s Amazon Leo constellation to offer “converged connectivity solutions” integrating satellite into fiber and 5G networks for business customers.  After announcing an initial […]

Eutelsat is going to help to bring better connectivity to Greenland. Alongside the European Union, the government of Greenland and the government of Denmark, Eutelsat will play a key role […]

SES has signed a new government deal in Latin America, extending its collaboration with the Peruvian Navy (Marina de Guerra del Perú) to deliver sovereign, multi-orbit satellite connectivity. This will […]

KSAT, the company known for downlinking satellite data and operating the largest commercial ground station network, plans to expand its network to space with its upcoming Hyper network of relay […]

Hungarian tech, telecommunications, and defense company 4iG Group will launch SpaceX’s Starlink Mobile in certain European markets. The companies’ Sept. 2 announcement involved three initiatives — the current Starlink Mobile […]

Open Cosmos was selected as a key provider by the U.K. government as the U.K. looks to build better sovereign connectivity architecture. It has been selected by the British Government […]

NASA awarded Blue Origin a contract worth up to $700 million to build the Mars Telecommunications Network, which will provide communications and navigation services for future Mars missions.  Under the […]

Viasat’s third ViaSat-3 satellite (F3) has officially entered service over the Asia-Pacific region, the operator confirmed Monday.  The F3 satellite will add 1 terabit per second of capacity to Viasat’s […]

SES awarded a contract to OHB to manufacture 18 Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites for Europe’s IRIS² constellation in a deal announced Monday. OHB said the contract is worth nearly 1 […]

Astrum Space plans to go public through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger to fund the company’s plans for a “satellite-to-device” (S2D) broadcast network for the Asia-Pacific region. The […]

2026 continues to be a seismic year for news in the satellite sector. On June 29, in one of the biggest, and maybe even surprising stories of the year, Rocket […]

Speedcast has secured another connectivity deal in the energy industry. It has implemented an all-LEO solution across the fleet of TGS, a global provider of data and intelligence to the […]

The era of Elveo Mobile has arrived. This is the new combined company of Lynk and Omnispace after the two companies announced the completion of their merger. Elveo Mobile aims […]

Arabsat has signed a new deal with Libya Telecom and Technology (LTT) as Libya looks to develop its digital communications infrastructure. Libya has a population of around 7.5 million people. […]

Satellite operator SES completed the Rendez-vous 1 (RDV1) milestone on the implementation phase of the Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite (IRIS²) constellation program. The goal of the […]

AccelerCom has completed two engineering engagements with Eclipse Space, a sovereign satellite infrastructure company. AccelerComm supported Eclipse in defining the physical-layer architecture for its next-generation spacecraft, spanning both its Direct-to-Device […]

Hispasat’s Arganda del Rey (Madrid) Teleport in Spain has achieved Tier 4 Full certification from the World Teleport Association (WTA). The Arganda del Rey Teleport certification marks the 80th issued […]

Iridium and Orbcomm company Skywave have a new strategic partnership for industrial IoT to bring Iridium’s Short Burst Data (SBD) services to heavy equipment OEM customers. This is the first […]