Author: Hayley Spillane
March 9, 2017
SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation announced that JSAT and Kymeta signed a strategic partnership agreement to provide new mobile satellite communications technology to the Japanese market, and also announced that the company has recently invested in Kymeta. Kymeta has developed a satellite antenna technology that harnesses the traits of metamaterials. This electronic beamforming mTenna technology enables…
March 9, 2017
Hughes Network Systems has announced HughesNet Gen5, which according to the company is the first and only U.S. satellite internet service to offer Federal Communications Commission (FCC) defined broadband speeds — 25 Mbps download and 3 Mbps uploads — from coast-to-coast. The company also announced that it will expand its network offerings for large businesses…
March 9, 2017
Eutelsat Communications and STMicroelectronics have developed a new-generation chip that will power Eutelsat's SmartLNB interactive terminal. ST's low-power System-on-Chip (SoC) STiD337 represents a step down in the overall cost of interactive satellite terminals. Eutelsat's SmartLNB is the first to adopt the STiD337, lowering cost, upgrading service and reducing power consumption. The SmartLNB is an electronic…
March 9, 2017
Carnegie Technologies announced the launch of SatBridge, an enterprise-grade satellite hotspot that turns any smartphone into a satellite phone for reliable connectivity in remote locations or emergency situations. SatBridge boasts a satellite phone antenna with 8 times the signal strength and performance of other handheld satellite phones, measuring about the size of a paperback book…