Axess Networks signed a multi multi-year, multi-million agreement to serve its mining sector users with SES’s smart mining service via O3b mPOWER.  SES’s smart mining service — Onshore Energy & Mining mPOWERED — is designed to provide high-throughput, carrier-grade networks to customers even in remote locations. The agreement builds on long standing partnership with SES,…

AST SpaceMobile has signed a five-year 5G deal with Nokia to jointly work to expand universal coverage with AST SpaceMobile connectivity and Nokia hardware. The companies have been collaborating for about two years, AST SpaceMobile announced Thursday. Nokia plans to use its AirScale Single RAN equipment to expand connectivity with AST SpaceMobile. This includes connecting…

Sitting on the stage of a crowded Denver Convention Center conference room, Dan Dooley, CCO of Washington D.C. metro-area based mobile connectivity company Lynk, tries to explain that the cell phone he’s holding in his hand will be able to connect directly to a satellite. The audience seems to collectively tilt their heads at this…

Telefónica is collaborating with Sateliot to develop a dual 5G NB-IoT connectivity service, the companies announced July 20.  The Spanish telecommunications company is collaborating with satellite IoT company Sateliot, also based in Spain, through its Telefónica Tech and Telefónica Global Solutions (TGS) divisions. The companies are working to integrate Sateliot’s satellite network with Telefónica Tech's…