Mobility

Another major European airline selects SpaceX and Starlink for in-flight connectivity (IFC) services. Scandinavian Airlines, SAS, is introducing a new free, high-speed Wi-Fi service through a new partnership with Starlink....

Gilat Satellite Networks (Gilat) has completed the acquisition of Stellar Blu Solutions (Stellar Blu), a U.S.-based provider of satellite communications terminals in a bid to strengthen its position in the...

Air Canada plans to make its onboard Wi-Fi free for its loyalty members with a sponsorship from Canadian telco Bell, the airline announced Thursday. Air Canada’s onboard Wi-Fi is powered...

Containership company Seaspan Corporation has signed a deal with KVH Industries to equip its fleet with OneWeb’s Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) connectivity, Seaspan announced Tuesday. Seaspan is an early adopter of...

Gogo completed its acquisition of Satcom Direct to form a multi-orbit, multi-band, in-flight connectivity (IFC) provider for the business aviation and military/government mobility markets. One analyst noted that the combined...

It’s been a busy period for SpaceX’s Starlink program, proving it can disrupt the in-flight connectivity (IFC) market. In September, Starlink signed a head-turning deal with United Airlines and another...

With conversations in the satellite connectivity space focused on Low Earth Orbit (LEO) offerings such as Starlink and how incumbent Geostationary (GEO) very small aperture terminal (VSAT) offerings will fare...

Airbus signed two new airline deals for its HBCplus program for in-flight connectivity (IFC), along with a new MoU to add Telesat Lightspeed to the program, the company announced Monday...

The Gogo Galileo HDX antenna built by Hughes Network Systems completed a test flight on a Bombardier Challenger 300 aircraft connected to satellites in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO). Hughes announced the...

Japanese transport company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd., known as “K’’ Line, will trial the new Inmarsat Maritime network service NexusWave on its fleet of ships. Implementation of the trails will...