Mobility

COVID-19 has had a particularly devastating impact on the aviation industry, with travel restrictions and stay-at-home orders resulting in the widespread grounding of aircraft around the world. Airlines have lost...

In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) and mobility service provider Global Eagle has rebranded post-bankruptcy as Anuvu, the company announced May 25. The company filed for bankruptcy in July 2020, and exited the process...

More joint thinking is needed between the satellite industry and its mobility customers, aviation and maritime experts said in a mobility panel on Wednesday, May 19 during the SATELLITE 2021:...

Viasat has signed a multi-year In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) content partnership with the National Basketball Association (NBA) to make its live game subscription service NBA League Pass available to airline passengers....

Engineers at California-based Global Eagle Entertainment recently completed network simulations evaluating the efficiency of their In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) terminal’s ability to operate over Telesat’s Lightspeed Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) network. According...

Inmarsat has signed a maritime deal with Japan Radio Company (JRC), which has joined Inmarsat’s group of certified application providers (CAP) offering applications via Inmarsat’s dedicated Fleet Connect bandwidth. Inmarsat’s...

Eutelsat has signed a multi-year deal with Global Eagle for additional Ku-band transponders adding large amounts of capacity for Global Eagle’s aviation customers. Financial terms of the deal were not...

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is bringing Viasat connectivity to part of its fleet for European routes. This year, KLM is outfitting 181 of its Boeing 737-800 fleet with Viasat In-Flight...

Speedcast has secured a five-year contract with Stena Drilling to expand its communications service with a new solution designed to maximize operational effectiveness and support the digital transformation of Stena’s...

Inmarsat is teaming up with OneOcean to bring navigation digital services to maritime industry, the U.K. satellite operator announced April 15. Under the terms of a new multi-phase agreement between...