Connectivity

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 […]

T-Mobile cut the price on its commercial service for “T-Satellite” messaging, and plans to start service in July. T-Mobile is setting the price at $10 per month, and is offering […]

Japanese mobile network operator Rakuten Mobile and AST SpaceMobile completed what they claim is the first-ever broadband video call between unmodified smartphones in Japan using a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite. […]

Orbcomm is launching a new partner program for IoT solution providers and resellers to encourage new applications and reach new IoT partners.  Orbcomm has more than 400 solution providers that […]

French satellite service provider E-Sat signed a distribution agreement to deliver Eutelsat OneWeb broadband services in Europe, the company announced last week.  E-Sat will sell the full suite of Low-Earth […]

AT&T anticipates trials this year between AST SpaceMobile direct-to-cell connectivity and the FirstNet public safety network. This comes after this week, the FCC granted AST SpaceMobile approval to test direct-to-cellular […]

Hughes Network Systems Ltd (Hughes Europe) is bringing a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite connectivity service to enterprise customers across Europe. Using Eutelsat‘s OneWeb LEO satellite broadband services with Hughes ground […]

There’s a growing recognition that governments and large enterprises need alternative paths of connectivity, Rivada Space Networks CEO Declan Ganley says. In a recent conversation with Via Satellite, Ganley says […]

Taiwan’s largest telco, Chunghwa Telecom, is investing in a dedicated MicroGEO satellite built by Astranis, to increase access to satellite capacity. The companies said this will be the first communications […]

Agritech company Carbon Robotics is launching a new autonomy solution called Carbon AutoTractor, enabled by a low-latency satellite link. The Carbon AutoTractor product uses SpaceX‘s Starlink satellite connectivity, Via Satellite […]

Global satellite operators Viasat and Telesat have signed a significant multi-year contract agreement that will see Viasat purchase Low Earth Orbit (LEO) capacity for aviation, maritime, enterprise and defense markets […]

Satellite operator SES signed a new capacity agreement with Brazilian DTH pay-TV provider Mileto Tecnologia. The broadcaster announced the deal on Monday, stating it would use capacity on the SES-6 […]

Reuters exclusively reported on April 4 that Eutelsat has been supplying satellite internet to Ukraine with funding from the German government.  Eutelsat has been providing the connectivity for about a […]

SpinLaunch, the startup developing a steel vacuum chamber to launch satellites to space, is also pursuing a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) broadband constellation.  SpinLaunch, based in Long Beach, California, announced plans […]

Space Norway’s order of THOR 8 satellite last month marked a rare new Geostationary (GEO) satellite order in 2025. Coming almost a decade after THOR 7 was launched, it is […]

Swissto12 released the HummingLink-SOTP, a terminal for Geostationary Orbit (GEO) connectivity that the company says combines a small form factor, high portability, quick deployment, and high-throughput. Swissto12 announced the new […]

Turkcell, one of Turkey’s largest cellular operators, has stepped up its plans in the satellite-direct-to-device (D2D) arena. It is one of a number of mobile operators looking into the potential […]

Telesat and ADN Telecom Limited signed a multi-year partnership on Tuesday, to deliver Telesat Lightspeed Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) connectivity solutions in Bangladesh and South Asia. ADN Telecom is a telecommunications […]

Inmarsat Maritime, a Viasat company, has won a new deal with a major Norwegian shipping company. It will equip Solvang’s fleet with Inmarsat’s NexusWave fully managed bonded connectivity service to […]

Viasat contracted Atlas Space Operations to provide support for ongoing and future NASA missions, Atlas announced on March 18.  Viasat, one of four companies selected for NASA’s near space network […]

Verizon is expanding texting capabilities for Samsung Galaxy S25 and Google Pixel 9 smartphones that allow customers with these phones to send text messages to any other customer device via […]

Intelsat is supplying a multi-layer communication system (MLCS) to the Sheriff’s Office in Cochise County, Arizona to enable border security operations.  The MLCS combines Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite service with […]

Space42 and Viasat signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore ecosystem partnership options for developing a 5G non-terrestrial network (NTN) initiative, Space42 announced on March 11.  Space42 is a […]

Bharti Airtel agreed to bring SpaceX’s Starlink internet services to customers in India, Airtel announced on March 11.  Airtel said this is the first agreement SpaceX has signed to receive […]

Telesat signed new capacity agreements with Orange and Space Norway for Telesat Lightspeed Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) connectivity services, Telesat announced on March 11. Space Norway will incorporate a multi-Gbps capacity […]

The Mobile Satellite Services Association (MSSA) and the European Space Agency (ESA) agreed to work together on 5G and 6G open architecture, standards-based satellite non-terrestrial networks (NTNs). The collaboration aims […]

Verizon Business added Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity services from Skylo to its suite of global IoT offerings, Verizon announced on March 5. Verizon’s IoT customers can access wireless services […]

Orange Africa and Middle East (Orange) and Eutelsat Group partnered to connect isolated areas in Africa and the Middle East with broadband access through satellite connectivity, Eutelsat announced on March […]

Aalto HAPS has conducted a successful connectivity test on the behalf of customer Space Compass and its partner NTT Docomo. The test saw Aalto conduct a stratospheric connectivity test in […]

Telesat awarded Intellian a contract to design and manufacture Ka-band flat panel user terminals for the Lightspeed Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation, Telesat announced on Feb. 27. The contract aims to […]