Connectivity

Satellite Industry Association (SIA) President Tom Stroup testified before Congress on Wednesday, calling for funds and grants to support satellite broadband and IoT projects focused on serving rural areas. Stroup spoke […]

AsiaSat has made a significant acquisition in the media arena. It has fully acquired Lightning International Limited, a content distribution and media solutions company based in the U.K. and Hong […]

OneWeb is partnering with major Australian telco Telstra as the two companies get ready to deliver one of the world’s largest rollouts of OneWeb Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) backhaul for a […]

Eutelsat is exiting the European retail broadband business. The operator is selling its activities here to an unnamed private operator, Eutelsat announced June 15. The divestiture includes affiliate Bigblu Operations […]

Greg Wyler’s new satellite constellation company E-Space announced Thursday that it completed a five-month feasibility study of its space-based IoT solutions and services. The study, commissioned by the French Space […]

Space infrastructure services company Momentus secured a contract with Italy’s Apogeo Space to provide orbital transportation services for nine of Apogeo’s IoT constellation picosatellites. The deal, announced Monday, represents the […]

Satellite startup Hubble Network recently announced a $20 million Series A funding round, along with its plans to launch a satellite constellation for Bluetooth device connectivity. Describing the company as “Starlink […]

Eutelsat has won a new broadcast capacity deal in the U.S. Orby Elevate has selected the Eutelsat 117 West A satellite for the distribution of its first major mainstream English […]

Astranis successfully hit a milestone with its first satellite, completing an end-to-end test of its payload, connecting to remote user terminals in Alaska. The satellite, Arcturus, is the first Astranis […]

Arctic Space Technologies will construct a satellite network portal (SNP) for OneWeb, a hyperscale satellite ground station installation at the Arctic Space Technologies’ Space Center in Piteå in Northern Sweden. […]

Inmarsat has signed a new partnership as it looks to build its presence in the IoT space. FreeWave Technologies, an IoT solutions provider, has become a distribution partner for Inmarsat’s […]

ABS is expanding its presence in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. The company announced May 21 that it has a new teleport partner in Cyprus, Cyta, which […]

This is the second of a two-part series analyzing the value of edge computing in space by the Boston Consulting Group. Read Part One: Size of the Prize: How Will Edge […]

This is the second of a two-part series analyzing the value of edge computing in space by the Boston Consulting Group. Read Part One: Size of the Prize: How Will […]

SSC has a new 10-year contract to build and manage a satellite network portal (SNP) in Northwest Canada for OneWeb. The site is currently under construction and will serve as […]

Speedcast is expanding its presence in Saudi Arabia to meet demand for connectivity from the energy market. The company announced Tuesday it has secured an Internet Service Provider license from […]

OneWeb is expanding its distribution network in Africa with a new deal with service provider iSAT Africa. The service provider signed a distribution partnership agreement with OneWeb and will deliver […]

This is the first of a two-part series analyzing the value of edge computing in space by the Boston Consulting Group. Read Part Two: Size of the Prize: Assessing the […]

AT&T has filed with the FCC to lease spectrum to AST SpaceMobile for satellite direct-to-cell service.  In filings to the FCC on Thursday, AT&T notified the commission it has a […]

SpaceX has signed its first customer agreement for Starlink with a rail line, as Brightline announced Tuesday that it is offering free Starlink connectivity to passengers.  Brightline is an inter-city […]

Measat is partnering with Mont Aero, a technology solutions company that specializes in the oil and gas and maritime industries to provide faster broadband services, the company announced May 8. […]

Axess Networks is helping bringing more connectivity to hard to reach areas in Mexico. The company announced May 4 that it will connect more than 700 new 4G nodes via […]

OneWeb has signed a new deal to bring broadband connectivity to the Philippines, one of Asia’s biggest markets. It announced May 3 that it will partner with NOW Corporation, a […]

Hughes Network Systems is rolling out new satellite internet HughesNet plans geared toward small business. The company said new plans announced this week include business-grade support, quicker repairs, and free […]

Viasat’s long-awaited first ViaSat-3 satellite is on its way to orbit after a Sunday night SpaceX Falcon Heavy mission, kicking off a new era of business for Viasat as it […]

CNT, a telecom provider for the Galapagos Islands, is increasing its capacity agreement with SES from 1.5 gigabits per second to 2.5 gigabits on the O3b constellation, with plans to […]

Canadian wireless provider Rogers Communications is testing Lynk’s satellite-to-cell service ahead of offering the connectivity to expand its network across remote locations in Canada.  Rogers said in a Wednesday announcement […]

AST SpaceMobile successfully made two-way voice calls to unmodified smartphones using the BlueWalker 3 satellite — a critical milestone for the company’s test satellite. AST SpaceMobile announced Tuesday that the first […]

Sidus Space has signed an MoU with SkyServe to deploy the company’s edge computing software on its LizzieSat satellite. The deal will provide on-orbit testing for SkyServe’s edge computing software. Sidus […]

Eutelsat and Hispasat have both signed new broadcast deals in Latin America over the last couple of days. Hispasat has signed a deal with Travelxp, a creator of exclusive specialized […]