E-letter: Briefs

Omantel Wholesale has selected NorthTelecom to grow its satellite footprint with additional transponders to enhance its Ku-band satellite capacity. The agreement increases Omantel Wholesale’s satellite capabilities and gives its customers...

CGIAR (formerly the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research) will leverage DigitalGlobe’s Geospatial Big Data platform (GBDX) to answer agricultural questions across the globe by using machine learning at scale....

Planet and Airbus have signed an agreement that will see the two companies developing a suite of new geospatial solutions.  The two companies will provide customers with a comprehensive range...

UPDATED 06/28/2018 — Rocket Lab will no longer pursue its first commercial launch, “It’s Business Time,” within the current launch window, which closes on July 6, following identification of an issue...

Australian Internet of Things (IOT) startups Cog and Fleet have partnered to advance satellite-connected IOT device security. Fleet will use Cog’s D4 Secure platform on trial projects globally. Cog’s D4...

Cloud Constellation Corporation and Arabsat have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop a go-to-market strategy for enterprise and government customers in the Middle East, Europe, Africa and...

Iridium has announced that COMSAT, Gilat Telecom, Globecomm, MetOcean Telematics, NSSLGlobal, Trace Systems and Wireless Innovation, have officially been added as Iridium Certus service providers for land-mobile applications. Designed for...

Northrop Grumman has contributed to an advanced weather satellite that enables improved weather prediction capabilities, leading to more accurate and timely forecasts, watches and warnings. The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite...

A satellite communications gateway managed by DataPath and the U.S. Air Force was selected for a U.S. Defense Information System Agency’s (DISA) Facility of the Year award. The facility, located...

Oceaniac regional operator Our Telekom expanded its partnership with SES Networks to improve mobile and internet services within the Solomon Islands archipelago. The agreement includes contracted capacity on SES’ Geostationary...