Connectivity

SpaceX has now launched more than 10,000 Starlink satellites after a double-header of Starlink launches on Sunday from Florida and California.  On Oct. 19, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 mission...

Space Norway is teaming up with Media Excel to power a next-generation encoding headend for premium video distribution. The new deployment will extend what is a long-standing relationship and enable...

Tele2 is the latest telco to team up with a satellite player to launch a satellite-based IoT service. The Swedish telco is teaming up with Skylo to launch a new...

Amazon’s Project Kuiper has made inroads into the Central Asian market of Uzbekistan, a country with a population of around 36 million people. Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Digital Technologies has signed...

IoT provider Semtech has integrated Skylo’s satellite network into its platform, to offer a complete device-to-cloud terrestrial and satellite IoT solution from a single provider. The companies announced the integrated...

Orange Business is integrating Eutelsat’s OneWeb satellite service into a mobile, emergency telecommunications unit called SafetyCase, Orange announced Wednesday.  SafetyCase is a compact solution can be deployed in emergency situations...

Verizon has formalized a commercial agreement with AST SpaceMobile to provide its direct-to-cell services to Verizon’s customers starting in 2026, AST SpaceMobile announced Wednesday.  This comes after last year, Verizon...

UltiSat will provide a mobile internet service powered by Starlink to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for wildland firefighters under a new contract announced Monday.  Under the agreement, UltiSat...

EchoStar reached a milestone with some of its 2 GHz band spectrum, announcing Friday it secured highest priority spectrum rights in the 2 GHz band for a non-geostationary orbit (NGSO)...

To mark the combined company of SES post-Intelsat acquisition, SES debuted a new brand identity with the purpose statement, “Space to Make a Difference.” Via Satellite editor Mark Holmes caught up...