Connectivity

SES has announced a new multi-year capacity deal with UKTV. The deal was announced Sept. 12. The two companies have extended their capacity agreement at SES’s key TV neighborhood at...

Intelsat is teaming up with Aalyria as it looks to advance multi-orbit connectivity. Intelsat announced the deal, Sept. 12. The deal aims to advance the development of a new optical...

PARIS — Direct-to-device, satellite-to-cell, NTN/non-terrestrial networks — the satellite industry hasn’t come to a consensus on what to call this type of connectivity, but players are making bold projections for its...

Yahsat has signed a contract that it hopes will improve its broadband prospects in Sub-Saharan Africa, specifically Nigeria. It announced Sept. 11 that its subsidiary, YahClick, will partner with Nigerian...

Low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite operator OneWeb launched a new “person-portable” lightweight user terminal (UT) for military operations and emergency response teams working in areas beyond the reach of terrestrial...

Fleet Space Technologies is investing $250,000 into Thor Energy Plc, a mineral exploration company, as part of a collaboration at a site in South Australia.  Fleet Space and Thor will...

SES has connected 400 remote villages and communities across Mexico with voice and data services via mobile backhaul. SES announced Thursday the mobile backhaul service via the SES-17 satellite will...

Verizon has a new private network solution that is a mobile trailer equipped with 4G, 5G, satellite, and edge computing capabilities. The company announced its Mobile Onsite Network-as-a-Service on Thursday,...

Amazon’s Project Kuiper landed a deal with multinational telco Vodafone to expand 4G and 5G services to Vodafone’s customers in Europe and Africa.  The companies announced the deal Tuesday, with...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded SES Space & Defense a multi-year contract to conduct tests of broadband service across a multi-orbit satellite network.  The award announced Tuesday...