Omnispace is working with British independent technology company TTP to lead the development of the Omnispace 5G NTN environment and emulation lab. The companies announced an agreement Wednesday to develop prototype products and demonstrate use on what they called the world’s first 3GPP compliant 5G NTN network, to validate various vendor platforms, applications and devices. …

Telesat will work on 5G technology and demonstrations in partnership with Canadian program ENCQOR 5G. Under the agreement announced Tuesday, Telesat plans to conduct demonstrations, trials and pilots of 5G connectivity, using the ENCQOR testbed, satellite assets, and national and international 5G infrastructures. ENCQOR 5G is a program between Québec and Ontario working to establish…

Ligado Networks and Nokia have reached a commercial agreement to work together on private networks for enterprise customers. They plan to offer enterprise customers the Nokia Digital Automation Cloud private networks solution and Ligado's licensed spectrum.  Nokia DAC is an application platform that provides edge computing capabilities and private wireless connectivity uses both unlicensed and…

Kymeta and Intelsat have participated in early testing of 5G standards over satellite, and reported Tuesday that the companies demonstrated satellite-enabled 5G service using Kymetas u8 antenna. Kymeta and Inteslat said this was the first test of its kind in a mobile environment.  The demonstration was done by applied research organization Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated…