Connectivity

Viasat continues its opposition against SpaceX’s Starlink constellation on environmental grounds, and said in its latest filing to the FCC that if the commission does not stay its approval of...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) and Telespazio to lead two consortiums to study how to provide telecommunications and navigation services for missions to...

Telesat and Brazilian telco TIM Brasil jointly tested Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) backhaul, reporting successful 4G mobile data traffic performance.  The tests, announced Thursday, were conducted over five days in Rio...

Executive leaders from four regional telco and Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) did not pull any punches when discussing their sometimes frustrating relationship with satellite service providers during SATELLITE 2021’s EMEA...

Viasat has received approval in Nigeria to operate as an Internet Service Provider (ISP), the company announced Tuesday. The satellite operator is now licensed to operate as an ISP, with...

The market for in-orbit satellite servicing received a recent boost with the successful Mission Extension Vehicle-2 (MEV-2) mission last month. Northrop Grumman (NGC) subsidiary SpaceLogistics LLC, successfully completed docking the...

Google Cloud has signed a deal with SpaceX to connect its Starlink internet consetllation to Google’s cloud services. Under the deal Google announced Thursday, SpaceX will locate Starlink ground stations...

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...

Mobile satellite and IoT service provider Globalstar reported some small signs of recovery from COVID-19 during its first fiscal quarter of 2021 (Q121), particularly with commercial IoT equipment sales revenues...

Eutelsat and its partner Facebook Connectivity are expanding the use of the Express Wi-Fi platform to provide broadband services to rural and remote end-users across new regions in Sub-Saharan Africa....