Connectivity

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr further criticized the agency’s recent decision to strike funding for SpaceX’s Starlink constellation as part of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF), saying the decision “plainly...

Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation operator Globalstar and Pan–American mobile satellite service provider Globalsat Group confirmed Tuesday that they finished development on a satellite IoT solution designed to monitor remote renewable...

Intelsat has lost the ability to command its Galaxy 15 satellite after an anomaly caused by a space weather event. The anomaly caused the loss of commanding links, which is...

R3-IoT has changed its name to Krucial, the company announced Aug. 18. The company will be launching a flagship product – Krucial Connect, which aims to connect smart devices anywhere...

Omnispace inked a partnership with Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart), a wireless subsidiary of Philippine telco PLDT. The partnership announced Wednesday will see the companies demonstrate the capabilities of space-based 5G...

The FCC rejected SpaceX’s application for the Starlink constellation to receive funding through its Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF), saying the constellation “failed to demonstrate” that it could deliver the...

Viasat reported a small increase in overall revenues, but a net loss for the company’s first quarter 2023 results, released Aug. 8. Revenues for the three months was $678 million,...

SpaceX could potentially roll out new products for Starlink and Swarm in the coming years that could capitalize on the synergies between their respective broadband and IoT businesses. Sara Spangelo,...

Funding for Telesat’s Lightspeed constellation is hitting some speed bumps as the Canadian operator reported delays in financing discussions with export credit agencies (ECA), and that it will likely need...

Launch for Hughes Network Systems Jupiter-3 satellite is now expected to launch in the first half of 2023. The satellite has been delayed multiple times, and was most recently expected...