Connectivity

With the highly anticipated Release 17 from 3GPP, narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) is now on a fast track to becoming the first technology to bridge the worlds of telecom and satcom. […]

Globalstar has signed a deal with Argentinian agtech startup Wiagro to supply IoT transmitters to be used to remotely monitor crops stored in silos.   Globalstar announced Wednesday it will provide […]

Astroscale and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are looking to jointly create a new satellite refueling service, the two organizations announced Dec. 7. The activities will be done under […]

Satellite service provider Sencinet signed a five-year deal with Telesat for capacity on the Telstar 19 Vantage satellite to modernize and expand the Petrobras oil and gas connectivity network. Petrobras […]

SpaceX is venturing into Earth observation (EO) and hosted payloads for national security use, with a new business line called Starshield. The company added a section to its website for […]

Arabsat has signed a new capacity deal with Ninetnine that sees the content provider launch its live, linear entertainment TV channel Helwa TV on Arabsat. The two companies announced the […]

The FCC approved part of SpaceX’s application for the second generation of the Starlink constellation, which will allow SpaceX to deploy up to 7,500 satellites. The order was a partial […]

OQ Technology has announced that its ‘MACSAT’ mission supported by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA) will launch in March on a Vega-C rocket. The […]

The latest SES satellite, SES-21, is now in service following its launch in October. SES announced Thursday the satellite is now operational at 131 degrees West.  SES-21, built by Boeing, […]

SiriusXM ordered two more satellites from Maxar Technologies, SXM-11 and -12, the companies announced Tuesday. Maxar is now developing four Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellites for SiriusXM, including SXM-9 and -10 […]

Granite Telecommunications signed a deal to offer satellite internet using Viasat’s satellite network, the companies announced Tuesday. Granite, based in Massachusetts, provides voice, data, internet, wireless, video and secure networks […]

At any given moment around the world, 15 percent of the planet’s 5.2 billion mobile phone users are not connected, according to research conducted by Lynk, the first company to […]

Maxar Technologies will not deliver the Jupiter 3 satellite to EchoStar until the end of April 2023, and Maxar is forgiving EchoStar for future payments to compensate EchoStar for the […]

The FCC released a draft of its new map of U.S. broadband availability, with the option for consumers to challenge the data.  The map shows the fiber, cable, DSL, satellite, […]

The satellite industry is in the midst of major innovations, with over 17,000 satellite launches planned for the next decade. This will add some 200 Tbps of capacity to the […]

ST Engineering iDirect is set for a busy year in 2023 as it aims to bring more of its technology to some of the satellite network business plans developing around […]

Q-KON Africa has joined OneWeb’s distribution partner network and will offer broadband connectivity services in Africa with OneWeb’s Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) capacity. Q-KON Africa sells its satellite broadband service Twoobii […]

OneWeb’s hopes in the Australian broadband market have been boosted by a new distribution deal. OneWeb announced Nov. 17 that Sat One, an Australian technology company based in Perth, will […]

Apple announced Tuesday that its emergency SOS service via satellite is now available with the iPhone 14 in the U.S. and Canada. The service is set to start in France, […]

Intelsat’s newest C-band broadcast satellites, Galaxy 31 and Galaxy 32, are in good health after SpaceX launched the pair in a Falcon 9 mission over the weekend. Manufacturer Maxar Technologies […]

AST SpaceMobile reported Monday that it successfully deployed the massive communications array on its BlueWalker 3 satellite that will test satellite direct to cellular communications.  The 693-square-foot array is now […]

E-Space is a step closer to providing services in Saudi Arabia, one of the Middle East’s biggest markets. The company announced Nov. 9 that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s (KSA) […]

SES has made inroads into the mining sector in Africa. It has teamed up with an African mining company, Shevon on a two-year deal which will see Shevon use SES […]

OneWeb’s Africa ambitions were boosted Wednesday by the news of a new distribution agreement as it looks to bring its satellite Internet connectivity services across Africa. It has appointed Airtel […]

Intelsat has won a key new broadband contract in Africa. MTN, a multinational telecommunication group offering cellular network access and business solutions, will work with Intelsat to deliver broadband in remote […]

Airbus HAPS Connectivity Business has signed a letter of intent with Japan’s Space Compass to serve the Japanese market with mobile connectivity and Earth observation with the Zephyr HAPS platform. […]

Intelsat has ordered Intelsat-45 from Swissto12, based on the HummingSat product line, which is smaller than typical satellites in Geostationary Orbit (GEO).  This deal makes Intelsat the first commercial customer […]

German space company Rivada Space Networks issued a request for proposals to prime contractors interested in building 600 Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites, the associated ground systems, and providing integration for […]

Pacific regional telco Digicel Pacific signed a capacity agreement with SES to utilize the operator’s O3b medium-earth orbit (MEO) satellite system in providing emergency connectivity to customers impacted by a […]

Amazon is ramping up activity on its Project Kuiper constellation, acquiring a new 172,000-square-foot facility in Washington state for satellite production.  The company is moving into the second phase of […]