Mobile Connectivity

The satellite industry is reaching a tipping point in the business model it uses to sell connectivity to mobile networks. As costs have tumbled, and technological advances have driven up...

Lowering the cost of services seems to be the mantra of satcom providers, but there is one segment that bucks the trend. In luxury yachting, money is not an issue,...

Iridium and OneWeb entered into an MoU to develop a combined service offering from Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) that could potentially include ground equipment that is compatible with both operators’ constellations, the...

MDA, a Maxar company, revealed that it will design and manufacture space-based L-band navigation antennas as part of a hosted payload on the MEASAT-3d satellite, which is currently being built...

Gogo has surpassed 1,500 total commercial aircraft installed and activated with satellite in-flight connectivity (IFC). As of September 1, Gogo announced that it had: 1,262 aircraft installed and activated with 2Ku...

Optus Satellite selected Hughes Network Systems‘ Jupiter System as its satellite platform to offer next generation services to its customers. The companies signed a multi-year master services agreement, under which...

In one of the signature opening panels at World Satellite Business Week (WSBW), CEOs from a number of regional operators debated what is in store for operators in a 5G...

Hughes Communications India, a majority-owned subsidiary of Hughes Network Systems, launched commercial maritime mobility services in India. HCIL was the first to receive a Flight and Maritime Connectivity (FMC) license...

Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) selected Viasat‘s In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) system for its new Airbus fleet additions: the A321LR and the A330-300E. SAS has continued to make investments to modernize its...

Speedcast International won a contract to provide cellular backhaul services to a mobile services operator in Colombia that supports the operator’s mobile operation in the remote Amazon city of Leticia. Speedcast’s...