Connectivity

T-Mobile will be launching its new nationwide satellite service to subscribers in late July. T-Mobile’s satellite-to-mobile service, T-Satellite with Starlink, will be commercially available on July 23 and will include […]

Nigeria has an ambitious goal to increase its broadband penetration rate from 50% to more than 70% by end of 2027. Nigerian satellite operator Nigcomsat has a role to play […]

The French government is increasing its stake in Eutelsat Group as part of capital raise, and the French armed forces ministry, DGA, reached a framework agreement for satellite services from […]

Intelsat is expanding its work with iKO Media Group (iKOMG) to support the company’s new offering for faith-based broadcasters. iKOMG, a company that provides teleport and cloud services for broadcasters, […]

Logos Space Services, which emerged from stealth mode last year with plans for a new satellite constellation for enterprise services, raised $50 million in a Series A round, the company […]

Ligado Networks, Viasat, and AST SpaceMobile have reached a deal over Ligado’s debt to Viasat, and mid-band spectrum for AST SpaceMobile.  Under the deal AST SpaceMobile detailed on Monday, AST […]

Intelsat has signed a new broadcast deal in sub-Saharan Africa. ViewMedia, a global media service provider providing a Free-to-Air (FTA) TV platform for Sub-Saharan Africa, has inked a new deal […]

Telesat has teamed up with Vocus, an Australian digital infrastructure provider, that will see Vocus build Australia’s first Telesat Lightspeed landing station. Telesat announced the deal, June. 10. Telesat is […]

Orange has signed a multi-year agreement with Eutelsat Group for Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) connectivity solutions.  Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed in the June 5 announcement, but the […]

SpaceX scored a major victory for its Starlink constellation business by winning a long sought-after license from India’s Department of Telecommunications to launch commercial operations in the country, according to […]

Kuwaiti multinational firm Alghanim Industries is launching an authorized SpaceX Starlink global reseller venture called “Sama X.” One of the Middle East’s largest privately-owned companies, Alghanim said the Sama X […]

Mobile satellite communications and IT services provider Speedcast entered into a strategic partnership agreement with cloud-based network management solutions company Antamedia, the companies announced Tuesday. As a result, Speedcast will […]

Israeli satellite network technology company Gilat Satellite Networks received a $40 million contract from an unnamed customer for its virtualized, 5G-NTN-ready SkyEdge IV platform, the company announced Tuesday. Gilat expects […]

Omnispace reported it has demonstrated a 5G narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) connectivity over the company’s Omnispace F2 satellite. The demonstration took place with partners Gatehouse Satcom and Nordic Semiconductor, Omnispace announced […]

United Launch Alliance (ULA) is targeting June 13 to launch the second batch of satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper constellation.  This would mark a less than two-month turnaround time from […]

Iridium Communications is partnering with Syniverse on the rollout of its Iridium NTN Direct service. Iridium plans to integrate with Syniverse’s global platform to contribute to mobile network operator (MNO) […]

EchoStar responded to the FCC this week after the Commission opened an inquiry into the operator’s spectrum. In new filings, EchoStar argued the FCC’s inquiry threatens its business, 5G progress […]

Intelsat has received approval from the Indian government to provide satellite coverage directly to India’s broadcast media companies.  Intelsat announced the approval from the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation […]

Satellite operator ABS and ground equipment company SpaceBridge plan to collaborate on managed data services in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, the companies announced Wednesday.  The companies aim to […]

Arabsat has signed a term sheet with Telesat for a Gbps capacity pool of Telesat Lightspeed connectivity services. Arabsat plans to integrate Telesat Lightspeed Low-Earth Orbit (services) into its multi-orbit […]

The FCC is questioning EchoStar about the status of its mobile satellite services (MSS) operations in the 2 GHz band after SpaceX accused EchoStar of “barely” using the band.  The […]

Skylo is targeting the vehicle connectivity market, announcing a series of partnerships on Tuesday in its automotive roadmap. Skylo is collaborating with partners BMW Group and Deutsche Telekom to bring […]

Viasat’s GX10A and GX10B satellite payloads onboard a pair of Arctic satellites in a shared satellite mission are now available, Viasat announced Monday.  GX10A and GX10B are housed on Space […]

EchoStar CEO Hamid Akhavan teased plans for a direct-to-device satellite constellation during EchoStar’s investor call on May 8, saying that while EchoStar hasn’t made many announcements, it is getting plans […]

Space42 has made a new move into the Direct-to-Device (D2D) arena. Its mobile satellite services subsidiary Thuraya has teamed up with Gatehouse Satcom, a Danish-based software company on a project […]

Airtel Africa signed an agreement with SpaceX to bring Starlink internet to its customers in Africa, the companies announced Tuesday. Airtel African plans to use Starlink satellite connectivity to augment […]

The FCC granted Lynk Global approval to provide satellite direct-to-device services in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.  Lynk is working with mobile network operator (MNO) partner Docomo Pacific, subsidiary […]

Myriota is expanding its space services deal with Spire Global to add 16 more satellites for IoT connectivity.  Myriota has worked with Spire to deploy its constellation since 2021. Earlier […]

United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched the first full-scale mission for Amazon’s Project Kuiper constellation on Monday evening, starting the deployment phase of Amazon’s competitor to Starlink and OneWeb.  ULA launched […]

Skylo Technologies is bringing two-way SMS messaging over satellite to Verizon customers thanks to a partnership with Syniverse. Skylo has extended the Syniverse Evolved Mobility solution as a method for […]