Mobility

For those in the In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) value chain, one of the first priorities related to dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic is how to deal with existing contracts that in […]

Danish satellite operator Sternula is leading a consortium that plans to develop a network for Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites delivering ice chart data to ships at sea. According to a […]

Startup Lynk Global recently hit a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) milestone by sending a message from a satellite directly to a cell phone on Earth — and one of the company’s co-founders […]

Satcom Global’s Aura VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) solution now includes Ku-band hardware from the Intellian NX series of maritime VSAT antennas, including the v85NX, v100NX, and v130NX models, the […]

O3b mPOWER reaches new thresholds of system flexibility, performance, and scale, allowing you the freedom to create and differentiate new services, integrate and extend your networks seamlessly, optimise network resources […]

Hughes Network Systems and Telecomunicaciones de México (TELECOMM) will deploy Express Wi-Fi Hotspots in as many as 4,000 rural communities in Mexico, the operator announced Feb. 28. TELECOMM, a decentralized […]

Iridium Communications has announced that its Iridium Certus 700 service is commercially available. The company said that when Iridium Certus was first launched in early 2019, it provided L-band upload […]

Spacecom, which operates the AMOS satellite fleet, and Get SAT report that using AMOS-17’s steerable Ka-band High Throughput Satellite (HTS) beams and Get SAT’s miniaturized Micro-SAT satcom terminals, they have […]

Flyht Aerospace Solutions has received a $1.77 million purchase order for Software as a Service (SaaS) features FLYHTHealth and FLYHTMail from the airline Azur Havacilik A.S. (Azur), which is based […]

Comtech Xicom Technology has received a contract valued at more than $8.8 million for Ka-band Solid-State amplifiers for an In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) satcom application. Comtech Xicom Technology is a California-based […]

Intelsat has debuted FlexMove, an end-terminal managed service that it said allows people to connect to the Internet, private data networks, and cloud services from virtually anywhere in the world, […]

Gilat Satellite Networks said its first-to-flight Electronically Steered Antenna (ESA) terminal has achieved what it calls an industry-first with In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) over Non-Geostationary (NGSO) satellites. The company said the […]

The Seamless Air Alliance has published what it is caling the first-ever standard for In-Flight Connectivity (IFC). The standard – Seamless Release 1.0 – establishes a Modular Platform Architecture for […]

As Inmarsat constantly seeks to serve the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) with the most resilient, flexible, secure, and capable mobile satellite communications, we have arrived at a time of […]

Comtech EF Data, a subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications that is based in Tempe, Arizona, was selected by Bansat S.A. to supply satellite communications ground equipment to support the Aeronautica Civil […]

Aerkomm subsidiary Aircom Pacific has agreed to provide Hong Kong Airlines with both its AirCinema and AERKOMM K++ In-Flight Entertainment and Connectivity (IFEC) solutions. Hong Kong Airlines plans to install […]

Princess Cruises, a brand of the Carnival Corporation, will become the first global cruise ship fleet with early access to SES‘s O3b mPOWER network, offered for its Princess MedallionClass, the […]

JourneyApps, a low-code app platform for industrial companies, has deployed a feature to transfer data between end-user devices without any connectivity — whether cellular, WiFi/LAN, or Bluetooth. The company created […]

KVH Industries has launched digital content service called KVH Link that provides news and entertainment content for crew wellbeing, along with operations data to optimize vessel performance. KVH Link provides […]

 Keeping cargo crew and cruise passengers connected has become a given, not a luxury. Whether considering the welfare of officers out at sea for months and months, or holidaymakers […]

 LEO, MEO, GEO and soon O3b mPOWER… In this episode of SES’ Satellite Stories, Morten Hansen, VP of Commercial Maritime & Energy Sales at SES, looks at how connectivity […]

Gogo has signed an agreement with Hispasat for capacity on Amazonas Nexus satellite in order to meet the growing demand for high-speed in-flight connectivity services. Gogo, a provider of in-flight […]

BridgeComm and Boeing HorizonX are working together to pioneer the development of applications of One-to-Many (OTM) technology, calling it a breakthrough in optical wireless communications (OWC) that provides bi-directional, ultra-high-speed […]

  Iridium Communications is now authorized to provide satellite Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) service.The International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO) presented Iridum with a Letter of Compliance on […]

Hisdesat and ExactEarth and have been selected in partnership by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) to provide satellite Automatic Identification System (AIS) data services for a four-year period. Hisdesat, […]

Samsung Electronics has completed an agreement to acquire TeleWorld Solutions (TWS), a network services provider headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia. TWS provides network design, testing and optimization services to mobile service […]

BW Group is upgrading is upgrading 102 vessels to utilize KVH Industries’ mini-VSAT BroadbandSM HTS network for advanced satellite communications as part of a new contract to continue KVH VSAT […]

SmartSky Networks has received an additional $25 million from funds managed by the Global Credit Opportunities team at BlackRock, the company announced on Monday. Funds managed by the Global Credit […]

Get SAT and Inmarsat have demonstrated and deployed a Dual SAT terminal solution for U.S. government agencies, the companies announced on Monday. The solution employs Get SAT’s micronized Milli SAT LM […]

In 2018, natural disasters claimed 10,400 lives and caused $160 billion worth of damage, according to German reinsurer Munich Re. That’s down from $350 billion and 13,000 lives lost in […]