Connectivity

To mark the combined company of SES post-Intelsat acquisition, SES debuted a new brand identity with the purpose statement, “Space to Make a Difference.” Via Satellite editor Mark Holmes caught up […]

Karrier One, a company deploying a decentralized telecom network, announced a partnership with Iridium Communications this week to integrate its direct-to-device service into the Karrier One ecosystem.  Karrier One, based […]

IoT provider Soracom said that its non-terrestrial network (NTN) integration with Skylo is now in general availability for North America, Europe, Latin America, and Oceania. This allows Soracom customers to […]

Eutelsat’s Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) connectivity is set to take a more prominent role in Greenland, thanks to a deal between Eutelsat and Tusass, Greenland’s national provider of telecommunications services. The […]

KPN, the Dutch telco, is the latest big name telco to partner with a satellite player. It is forming a strategic roaming partnership with OQ Technology, a 5G non-terrestrial network […]

SpaceX has filed with the FCC asking to launch 15,000 new satellites for direct-to-device service that would use the spectrum SpaceX purchased from EchoStar.  According to the filing SpaceX submitted […]

Satellite operators Viasat and Space42 are pitching a new way to approach the direct-to-device (D2D) market, based on shared spectrum and treating satellites like shared infrastructure of cell towers. The […]

Textron Aviation will offer upgraded high-speed internet connectivity solutions from SpaceX’s Starlink service on its fleet of Cessna Citation Latitude aircraft after receiving certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), […]

PARIS — SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell spoke at World Space Business Week on Tuesday, giving insight into what SpaceX’s recent spectrum buy from EchoStar will mean for Starlink’s […]

Seattle’s satellite Bluetooth startup Hubble Network raised $70 million in Series B financing, bringing its total funding to $100 million in under four years. The funding round was backed by […]

Globalstar filed paperwork with French authorities that announced its intention to bring its planned HIBLEO-XL-1 satellite system, offering enhanced mobile connectivity service, into use. The HIBLEO-XL-1 system includes numerous additional […]

Iridium Communications and Deutsche Telekom are teaming up to deliver global Iridium NTN Direct connectivity service under the terms of a partnership agreement the companies announced September 16. The partnership […]

PARIS — SES will take an agile, iterative approach to building the next-generation of its Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) network, including a new partnership with satellite manufacturing startup K2 Space, CEO Adel […]

PARIS — Global satellite operators continue to see growing demand for satcom from global governments, top CEOs told the opening day of World Space Business Week attendees on Monday. Telesat […]

PARIS — After EchoStar’s spectrum sales under the pressure of an FCC investigation, the company is at a pivot point with its new status of light in assets and heavy […]

GSMA, a group that represents the mobile ecosystem, has released a policy paper for direct-to-device services, recommending priorities for policymakers enacting D2D regulatory frameworks. GSMA has had a spectrum task […]

Space Norway has signed a new broadcast deal in the Nordic region with Allente, a major player in the Nordic pay-TV market, for long-term satellite capacity from the 1 degree […]

Capgemini, Thales and Thales Alenia Space have won a key direct-to-device (D2D) contract in France. The three companies have been selected by the French Space Agency (CNES) as part of […]

The FCC has closed its investigation into EchoStar after EchoStar announced two massive spectrum sales to AT&T and SpaceX. EchoStar disclosed in SEC filings on Sept. 9 that the investigation […]

EchoStar is canceling its plans for the direct-to-device (D2D) satellite constellation announced last month, instead selling spectrum to SpaceX that will be used for Starlink’s own D2D services in a […]

Globalstar began construction on three additional tracking antennas and associated infrastructure at a ground station owned by OTE S.A. in Nemea, Greece. OTE signed a hosting agreement with Globalstar’s European […]

New player in the small GEO space AscendArc has sold its first satellite to KT SAT, the satellite arm of Korea Telecom. AscendArc announced the deal on Thursday, and is […]

Italian satellite IoT company Apogeo Space is looking to enter the Latin American market with a new agreement with Telespazio Brasil. The companies said Wednesday they have a shared goal […]

DE-CIX has announced it will integrate SpaceX’s Starlink into its interconnection ecosystem in India, and it is the first internet exchange operator in India to do so. This comes as […]

SpaceX’s 10th Starship test flight made progress after a string of failures this year, successfully deploying a batch of dummy Starlink payloads before completing a soft splashdown in the Indian […]

Skylo reports it has completed an over-the-air (OTA) voice call over narrowband satellite network (NB-NTN), paving the way to roll out a voice calling feature on its network.  Skylo shared […]

EchoStar has reached a deal to sell 50 MHz of nationwide spectrum to AT&T for $23 billion, the companies announced Tuesday.  Specifically, AT&T will purchase approximately 30 MHz of nationwide […]

A satellite in Geostationary Orbit (GEO) is the picture of stability. It seems to hover motionless above the same spot on Earth, broadcasting to the same region year after year. […]

Google announced the Pixel 10 lineup of phones on Wednesday, continuing its work with Skylo to offer satellite emergency messaging, while T-Mobile also highlighted the T-Satellite service with Starlink on […]

The SiriusXM SXM-10 satellite has completed in-orbit testing and has now entered service, marking the second new satellite to enter service for SiriusXM this year.  Maxar Space Systems built the […]