Connectivity

OrbComm is bringing its latest IoT innovation to the agriculture market. It announced July 20 that it had launched a wireless Tractor ID sensor, which aims to enable trailer pairing […]

Forsway and KenCast are looking to boost their position in the broadcast market thanks to a new combination of the two companies’ products and technology. Under the terms of a […]

Avanti Communications continues to make progress in Africa’s connectivity market after signing a partnership agreement that could help connect 400 million people in rural sub-Saharan Africa with mobile broadband services. […]

SES has signed a three-year capacity deal with iSAT Africa to provide 4G mobile service in East Africa via the O3b mPOWER satellite constellation. Financial terms of the deal were […]

The Russian government is inching closer to its goal of offering a global satellite connectivity service after state-operated Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) signed a cooperative agreement on Wednesday with […]

Satellite executives highlighted the importance of working with global governments to bridge the digital divide and provide connectivity to remote areas. Satellite connectivity is known to be an attractive option […]

Amazon has acquired a team of wireless internet experts from Facebook’s satellite connectivity group in recent months. The news was first reported by The Information, and a Facebook company spokesperson […]

A record number of satellites were launched into orbit in 2020, according to the Satellite Industry Association’s (SIA) State of the Satellite Industry Report. By the end of 2020, there […]

Spacecom has signed an extension deal worth $14 million with D.B.S. Satellite Services, which operates Yes DTH in Israel. Yes will continue to lease capacity from the AMOS-7 and AMOS-3 […]

John Deere, the U.S. agricultural farming giant, is likely to deepen its relationship with the satellite sector over the next few years. The company has a history with satellite and […]

Hellas Sat has successfully completed a live demonstration of 5G satellite backhauling capabilities in Greece. The demonstration was organised in partnership with KT-SAT, ST Engineering iDirect, Thales Alenia Space, and […]

Hughes Network Systems has joined the FCC’s Emergency Broadband Benefit Program that provides financial assistance for broadband service during the COVID-19 pandemic. At this point, Hughes is the only nationwide […]

AST SpaceMobile, Inc. has signed an MoU with Smart Communications to bring the space-based cellular broadband network the company is developing to customers in the Philippines.  AST SpaceMobile is developing […]

Spacecom has an extension capacity deal in Hungary worth close to $9 million. The company announced July 5 that T-Home DTH, a Direct-to-Home (DTH) provider in Hungary and a brand […]

London-based Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation operator OneWeb sent a critical batch of 36 new satellites into space early Thursday morning, following a successful launch on an Arianespace Soyuz rocket. The […]

Speedcast has completed testing on Telesat’s phase one Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite for Brazilian petroleum company Petrobras.  Over nine tests, Speedcast measured throughput, latency, packet loss, and jitter across applications […]

Gilat Satellite Networks has won more business in the Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) arena, the company announced June 28. The company has received orders of $9 million for support of gateways […]

OneWeb is about to get more involved in the broadband space in the United Kingdom. The operator signed an MoU with BT, to explore the provision of improved digital communication […]

AXESS Networks has deployed two new ST Engineering iDirect hubs into operation, the company announced June 24. This will aim to support increased demand of several clients in the Americas and EMEA. […]

SES has signed a new capacity deal with a German media/music broadcaster, the company announced June 24. High View, an independent Munich-based media company, has extended its partnership with SES in a […]

Eutelsat is launching a new end-to-end managed connectivity service called Advance, tailored to maritime, aviation, enterprise, government, and telecom markets. Advance, announced June 24, includes network interconnection, terrestrial connectivity, Ku- […]

Eutelsat has signed a new capacity deal in South Africa. The company announced June 22 that it had reached a multi-year deal with Vox, an end-to-end integrated infrastructure and telecoms […]

Iridium’s L-band broadband Iridium Certus 200 service is now available for maritime, land mobile, and government markets, the operator announced June 22. This service is designed to offer uncompressed transmission […]

The ST Engineering iDirect Evolution platform is being deployed in the Philippines with Intelsat’s Horizons 3e satellite to expand broadband service across the archipelago. This deployment is through a long-term […]

Ligado Networks said it has received approvals from wireless standard organization Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) to deploy its L-band spectrum in 5G networks.  The company is developing a 5G […]

SES has been certified as an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Direct Connect Partner, which the satellite operator said is an advantage to enterprises and government users working in remote locations. […]

Satellite service provider Overon has expanded its capacity contract at Eutelsat’s 10 degrees East orbital position. This capacity will support EUMETSAT, the European agency for monitoring weather, climate, and the […]

Blue Sky Network has debuted a new dual-mode data management solution called SkyLink for land, air, sea, and Internet of Things (IoT) applications. It offers both Iridium‘s Certus service and […]

Dish Network secured a significant and extensive partnership that it hopes will advance the roll-out of its U.S.-based, next-generation 5G network. On Friday, the company entered into a strategic agreement […]

ST Engineering iDirect and AXESS Networks are joining forces to bring better connectivity to remote parts of Mexico. The two companies announced a new deal June 15, in which ST […]