E-letter: Briefs

Australian airline Qantas Airways plans to retrofit its fleet of international aircraft with Viasat’s in-flight connectivity (IFC) system, the company announced last week. Qantas’ Airbus A330, Boeing 787, and Airbus...

Intelsat is working with longtime partner Openserve to modernize more than 900 network sites to advance satellite connectivity throughout South Africa. Openserve is Africa’s largest telecommunications infrastructure provider and a...

Unseenlabs, a France-based detection and geolocation company that specializes in maritime surveillance, closed on its latest financing round of 85 million euros ($92 million), the company announced Tuesday. New investors...

    LeoLabs announced today that the company has appointed longtime Maxar executive Tony Frazier as the company’s new CEO. Frazier plans to lead LeoLabs to become a critical mission...

  Eutelsat OneWeb is launching a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) mobility service to provide high-speed connectivity on the move for land-based customers.  Eutelsat OneWeb’s land mobility service will provide comms on-the-move...

GSMA and the European Space Agency (ESA) are starting a 15 million euro ($16 million) million challenge, Non-Terrestrial Network (TN-NTN) Community, and other initiatives to foster innovation between terrestrial and...

Virgin Voyages will be the first cruise operator to deploy an integrated SES Cruise mPOWERED + Starlink PRO offering to its customers. Combining Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) and Low-Earth Orbit (LEO)...

Thuraya has unveiled a new consumer and business device – the Skyphone, a direct-to-device (D2D) Android smartphone with satellite voice and SMS capability. The phone will be on display during...

The FCC released a draft of the final order for a new regulatory framework for satellite-to-cell coverage, ahead of the Commission’s March meeting.  The FCC said that if approved, the...

The Luxembourg Directorate of Defence (DoD) procured two ground stations from SES and HITEC Luxembourg to support military satellite communications. SES and HITEC announced the award on Feb. 22.  These...