Connectivity

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...