Connectivity

Telesat has chosen Satixfy for baseband modem equipment for its Lightspeed satellite constellation. The Canadian operator on Wednesday announced a manufacturing agreement for 288 of Satixfy’s Sx3099 landing station modems. ...

OneWeb is working with Kymeta through a joint development agreement to develop a flat panel antenna for land fixed applications, the companies announced Wednesday. The antenna will be based on...

Rakuten Mobile is teaming up with the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Engineering to look at the possibilities of using Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites to help boost IoT coverage...

Kacific Broadband Satellites expects to significantly bring down the costs of deploying satellite broadband in the markets where it operates with a new modem and terminal. The company announced Nov....

Kacific Broadband Satellites is introducing a new backhaul service targeting ISPs and telcos in Asia and the Pacific, the company announced November 22. The Ka-band mobile backhaul service, called ‘Mobile...

SES is bringing high-speed connectivity to remote villages in Kazakhstan via its O3b satellite constellation, the company announced Nov. 19. SES is part of major project which is being implemented...

SES has ordered two new Geostationary Orbit (GEO) Ku-band satellites from Thales Alenia Space to replace aging broadcast satellites in its prime video neighborhood. The new satellites announced Thursday —...

Eutelsat has revealed results of a  collaboration project with Russian state-owned gas company Gazprom that aimed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve energy efficiency of gas pipelines, the company...

Africa Mobile Networks (AMN) has deployed hubs from Gilat Satellite Networks as it expands a cellular backhaul network in Africa. Gilat announced Monday that AMN has deployed Gilat SkyEdge II-c...

Iridium launched the Iridium Certus 100 midband service this week for maritime, land mobile, IoT, aviation, and government customers.  The midband speeds can support email, messaging applications, media sharing, telemetry...