Connectivity

Eutelsat has reached a deal to provide rural broadband to New Zealand’s Chatham Islands, the operator announced April 7. The Rural Connectivity Group — a joint venture between New Zealand’s […]

Dish Network selected Palo Alto Networks as the cloud security services provider for its OpenRAN-based 5G wireless network in the United States. Dish’s 5G network will utilize Palo Alto Networks’ […]

In this regular round-up, Via Satellite looks at recent research reports in the space and telecommunications arena. This installment features a look at Euroconsult‘s first satellite broadband market analysis, a […]

Azercosmos has signed a new capacity deal with Media Holding, a Georgian media company, the company announced April 1. Under the deal, Georgian television channels Rustavi-2, Comedy TV, and Marao […]

BridgeComm reports that it has demonstrated high-speed optical communications of speeds beyond 100 Gb per second in a lab setting. The company announced Thursday that it will hold point-to-point demonstrations […]

Inmarsat has launched an Application and Solution Provider (ASP) program, the company announced April 1. This will be an ecosystem for providers of software, hardware and solutions, as well as […]

CloudOps, a managed services and software company based in Québec, will build the cloud infrastructure for Telesat‘s new Lightspeed Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite network, the companies announced March 30. […]

Inmarsat is seeking an injunction against the Dutch government in a Netherlands civil court to review spectrum allocation changes it made in a recent update to the country’s National Frequency […]

TrustComm, a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) satellite communications application specialist, is now a distribution partner of OneWeb. The companies announced an MoU on March 26 that TrustComm will deliver […]

OneWeb’s latest satellite launch early Thursday morning brings the Low-Earth Orbit constellation to 146 satellites. An Arianespace Soyuz rocket took off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia on 25 March […]

Yahsat has announced a new deal to help disadvantaged students in refugee camps. The company announced March 25 that it is teaming up with Emirates Red Crescent Authority, which will […]

SpaceX continued its rapid launch cadence for Starlink missions, launching the fourth batch of satellites this month in an early morning launch on Wednesday. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 60 […]

Nuvotronics, a subsidiary of Cubic Corporation, has been awarded a contract worth more than $10 million to support the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) “5G to Next G” program, the […]

Globalstar Europe Satellite Services has announced a new partnership with Perth & Kinross Council in Scotland which will see its SPOT Gen4 devices deployed in Scotland to help workers in […]

Omnispace acquired a new strategic partner in its quest to build and operate a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite-powered 5G network. The Washington D.C.-based operator reached a collaborative agreement with Lockheed […]

Satellite operator SES awarded a contract to Israel’s Gilat Satellite Networks to provide broadband connectivity via its SkyEdge II-c platform for a nationwide education program in Brazil. The Gilat SkyEdge […]

In the world of satellite over the last two weeks, there have been relatively few announcements from the big satellite operators. But we will hear from most of the operators […]

SES has been partnering with network automation software company Amartus to develop automation for SES’s O3b mPOWER constellation. The companies began working together in October 2020, and announced the collaboration […]

Novelsat has won a new backhaul contract with one of the largest telcos in India, the company announced March 17. The contract was awarded by System Integrator Precision Electronics (PEL) […]

The FCC voted on Wednesday to reallocate 100 MHz of spectrum in the 3.45 GHz band to facilitate 5G deployment, and to hold an auction for the spectrum. The auction […]

After having been of the biggest critics of Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations like OneWeb, Tom Choi, chairman of the Airspace Internet Exchange, is now putting plans together for his own […]

SpaceX hit a new reusability milestone with its Starlink mission on Sunday, March 14, flying and landing a Falcon 9 booster for the ninth time.  The booster used in the […]

Washington D.C.-based global hybrid network operator Omnispace successfully demonstrated the ability to use satellites to provide 5G services to the National Security Innovation Network (NSIN), the U.S. Navy and the […]

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has taken a significant step to bring the benefits of satellite connectivity to parts of its population. MCMC announced Monday that it is […]

SpaceX launched another batch of 60 Starlink satellites early on Thursday morning as it increases the service area of its Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation. This week, SpaceX launched in beta […]

European satellite operator Telespazio contracted Israel’s Gilat Satellite Networks to supply enterprise connectivity and thousands of VSAT terminals for an organization described as, “Brazil’s largest private sector energy company.” While […]

SES has signed a new broadband deal in Indonesia, the company announced on Tuesday. A partnership agreement with Dwi Tunggal Putra (DTP) will enable residents of 158 villages in remote […]

Dish Network has entered into an agreement to acquire Republic Wireless, a Raleigh, North Carolina-based mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) that sells low-cost mobile service operating on the T-Mobile network. […]

ABS has upgraded Tuvalu Telecommunications Corporation’s (TTC) network to bring about better connectivity to people in the Pacific Islands. The company announced the move March. 4. Due to the geographic […]

Israeli satellite operator Spacecom has signed a multi-year contract to enable internet connectivity and e-learning solutions for schools in Nigeria together with a local partner Intertel, and in partnership with […]