Hellas Sat has successfully completed a live demonstration of 5G satellite backhauling capabilities in Greece. The demonstration was organised in partnership with KT-SAT, ST Engineering iDirect, Thales Alenia Space, and Vodafone Greece to showcase satellites’ role in the 5G ecosystem to broaden coverage. The operator, which is celebrating its 20 year anniversary this year, announced…

Ligado Networks said it has received approvals from wireless standard organization Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) to deploy its L-band spectrum in 5G networks.  The company is developing a 5G Mobile Private Network Solution for sectors including energy, manufacturing, health care, and transportation. Ligado had sought approval from 3GPP last year after its network deployment…

Dish Network secured a significant and extensive partnership that it hopes will advance the roll-out of its U.S.-based, next-generation 5G network. On Friday, the company entered into a strategic agreement with computer technologies giant Dell Technologies, which has agreed to be Dish's open RAN ecosystem and edge infrastructure solutions provider. Under the terms of the…

Luxembourg-based satellite company OQ Technology selected Lithuania's NanoAvionics to build, integrate, and operate a 6U nanosatellite for its upcoming constellation, OQ announced Monday. This is the second satellite that NanoAvionics will build for OQ, which is developing a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation to provide commercial 5G Internet of Things (IoT) and M2M services in Africa,…