Connectivity

Savi has launched its new Ocean ETA capability, bringing live streaming tracking and Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) for land-to-sea shipments. The service combines mobile and satellite communications to deliver […]

Nearly a month after Hurricane Maria decimated Puerto Rico’s already frail infrastructure, 76 percent of total cell sites still remain out of service, according to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). […]

Hughes Network Systems announced that it will offer its telecommunications products and services under the General Service Administration’s (GSA) Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) contract to Level 3 Communications. As a […]

Startup CubeSat developer EnduroSat, headquartered in Sofia, Bulgaria, has placed an initial order for Orbit’s 4.5-meter Gaia 100 system to serve as the foundation for its satellite-tracking ground stations. Orbit […]

Chris Childers, founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Defense Group, is in a good position to talk about cybersecurity. His firm supports Department of Defense (DOD) prime […]

CompuDyne is partnering with SES Networks to bring expand its cellular backhaul services to both East and West Malaysia and its surrounding islands. SES announced that CompuDyne signed a multi-year, […]

Mitsubishi Electric announced it has been conducting expressway-based field testing of its xAuto vehicle and related autonomous-driving technologies for self-sensing and network-based driving since May 2016. Mitsubishi Electric branded its […]

Flyht Aerospace Solutions announced the sale of its Automated Flight Information Reporting System (AFIRS) and FlyhtLog services to Azur Havacilik (Azur Aviation), based in Antalya, Turkey. The contract is valued […]

Over the weekend, SpaceX Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and lead designer Elon Musk shared in an Ask Me Anything (AMA) thread on Reddit some additional details related to the company’s […]

Sprint announced it has expanded its contract with Gilat Satellite Networks to include a three-year managed service project. This multi-million-dollar project includes services and technology to enable Sprint to expand […]

Eurochannel, an international channel dedicated to European films and series, announced it is upgrading from standard to High Definition (HD) with Eutelsat. Already a direct customer of Eutelsat for the […]

Eutelsat Communications has acquired Noorsat, a satellite service provider in the Middle East, from Bahrain’s Orbit Holding Group for $75 million, debt free and cash free. Established in 2004, Noorsat […]

Globecomm has unveiled its new Vector product, a virtualized video headend system able to support hundreds of channels and deliver content across multiple platforms. According to Globecomm, Vector’s IP-centric platform simplifies […]

Speedcast International announced that the company has been selected to provide Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) Ka-band managed communications services to a production asset owned and operated by a major U.S.-based […]

Peter Pitsch, Intel’s executive director of federal relations and associate general counsel, refuses to get in a war of words. The company’s announcement last week, in partnership with Intelsat, about […]

In a presentation delivered at the end of this week’s DC5G 2017 Summit, Intelsat Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing Kurt Riegelman asserted that satellite operators will continue to […]

Blue Sky Network announced it has formed a strategic partnership with RocketRoute, a European-based aviation services company, to integrate the satellite tracking and real-time communication capabilities of Blue Sky’s SkyRouter […]

Intelsat announced that Globecast will continue to distribute two France 24 channels and also broadcast a brand-new, Spanish-speaking High Definition (HD) channel via Intelsat 21. Under the new, multi-year expanded agreement, […]

The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA) is one of the most influential organizations across the telecommunications sphere, advocating for laws and regulations that support more efficient use of spectrum. DSA President […]

To help customers and emergency responders stay connected, AT&T’s Network Disaster Recovery (NDR) team is deploying numerous mobile cell sites, or Cells on Light Trucks (COLTs) and equipment to areas […]

Asia Satellite Telecommunications (AsiaSat) announced it will add LaLiga TV to its sports channel lineup on the AsiaSat 5 satellite. LaLiga First Division Spanish football will reach viewers across the […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted Google parent company Alphabet an experimental license to deploy a new balloon-based connectivity service in Puerto Rico. Nearly three weeks after Hurricane Maria […]

During a panel focusing on regulatory issues at the DC5G 2017 Summit yesterday, speakers from different industry markets stated that the only way to fund 5G deployment is to incentivize […]

“Simply ludicrous and ridiculous” — Tom Choi, CEO of ABS and one of the most outspoken CEOs in the satellite industry, did not hold back when assessing Intelsat’s announcement last week […]

SES announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, SES Government Solutions, has won several key contracts to provide managed network services leveraging SES’ high throughput, low latency Medium Earth Orbit […]

Thuraya Telecommunications announced it has signed a partnership with satellite communications company Gulfsat at the ongoing Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) event in Kuwait. According to Gulfsat, the strategic alliance will enable […]

Bentley Walker has launched a live Digital Video Broadcasting-Satellite-Second Generation Extension (DVB-S2X) satellite service leveraging iDirect’s iQ Desktop and iDX 4.0 software. Bentley Walker will deploy the new service in […]

L3 Technologies has won a contract to provide Hawkeye 3 Lite Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) satellite communications terminals and on-site training to the U.S. Air National Guard’s Joint Incident Site […]

Sky Perfect JSAT has become the first Asia-based satellite operator to deploy Kymeta’s flat panel, electronically steered mTenna Antenna Subsystem Module (ASM) to provide connectivity where terrestrial networks are unavailable. […]

Astrapi Corporation announced it has received National Science Foundation (NSF) Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant related to Spiral Polynomial Division Multiplexing (SPDM). SPDM provides a structured way […]