Author: Kendall Russell

The government of Guangzhou City in Southern China and BlueFocus IFEC Technology announced in Guangzhou on Oct. 9 that they will jointly establish the “Belt and Road” in-flight internet fund with a capital injection...

Intelsat and Gilat Satellite Networks announced they will jointly offer 4G broadband infrastructure to Mobile Network Operators (MNOs). IntelsatOne Mobile Reach Solar 4G bundles connectivity provided by Intelsat’s global network...

The Mohammad Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) announced this week that the United Arab Emirates’ first domestic satellite, KhalifaSat, passed a critical solar panel deployment test. According to the MBRSC, the...

Yahsat, the United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based satellite operator, announced the successful trial of a 50Mbps in-flight connection. The result of a partnership between Yahsat, du, Etihad Airways Engineering, Hughes Network...

DigitalGlobe, now a business unit of Maxar Technologies, announced a multi-year agreement with Orbital Insight to expand the scope of their existing data partnership and fuel global-scale analytic solutions. Orbital...

Speedcast International has won a multi-year, multimillion-dollar contract with an Australian government department conducting world-class scientific and environmental research in Antarctica. Per the contract, the company will support the Australian...

SpaceX successfully relanded yet another Falcon 9 first stage booster after delivering the Koreasat 5A satellite to orbit for South Korean operator KT Sat on Oct. 30. The rocket lifted...

5G Americas President Chris Pearson has operated within the mobile wireless industry for almost 30 years, and has his finger directly on the pulse of 5G development. Here, he shares...

Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) officially announced on Oct. 30 that Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Thomas Choi is transitioning his role to a board director. According to the company, Choi wishes...

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) and OneWeb have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to cooperatively develop solutions to connect 237,000 homes throughout...