Focus: 5G

Totum Labs, a satellite Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity company, revealed Monday the completion of a $13 million Series A financing round. Heroic Ventures and Space Capital co-led the investment […]

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has approved Sateliot’s plan to launch a constellation of 100 nanosatellites for Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity. Sateliot announced in November that it is now […]

USSI Global revealed Wednesday that the company will modernize Sinclair Broadcast Group’s satellite network to comply with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) C-Band spectrum transition. USSI Global will upgrade Sinclair’s […]

Exolaunch signed a launch agreement with Omnispace to deliver two satellites into orbit, the companies revealed Nov. 10. Exolaunch will provide launch, mission management, integration, and deployment services for these […]

Gilat Satellite Networks successfully demonstrated carrying 5G traffic over Thaicom’s Geostationary Orbit (GEO) High-Throughput Satellite (HTS), the company revealed last Thursday. Gilat’s cellular backhaul solution is now declared operational and […]

The FCC voted on Tuesday to establish a $9 billion 5G Fund for Rural America to bring 5G wireless broadband connectivity to rural areas of the United States. Phase I of […]

SES’s relationship with Microsoft continues to deepen. Last year, the operator reached a deal with Microsoft to become an ExpressRoute partner and to offer cloud-enabled video playout services. Now, SES is becoming […]

South Korean telecommunications company KT SAT conducted its first public demonstration of a satellite-5G hybrid router transmission technology at the SatelliteAsia 2020 exposition on Thursday. The company said the router is […]

MediaTek reports it has conducted a successful trial of a 5G satellite Internet of Things (IoT) data connection. In a Wednesday release, MediaTek said it established a bi-directional link and […]

Skylo revealed on Tuesday that it is partnering with Sony Semiconductor Israel (formerly known as Altair Semiconductor). Skylo and Sony say they are the first to develop and deploy cellular […]

The White House said Monday it will make a section of military-use mid-band spectrum available to the commercial sector, with plans to begin auctioning it off in December 2021 and […]

The Global Certification Forum (GCF) activated certification of a test plan for Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything Communications (C-V2X). This test plan uses technology from Qualcomm Technologies and Keysight Technologies. The test cases […]

SpaceX and United Launch Alliance (ULA) will launch up to five C-band satellites for global operator SES, which will use the spacecraft for its accelerated C-band clearing plan with the […]

Harmonic will partner with SES for technology upgrades associated with SES’s process to clear C-band spectrum. The companies announced Monday they will work together to fast-track this deployment, by freeing up […]

Hispasat joined the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) — a global association that develops standards for mobile communications —  to work on the integration of satellites into the developing 5G […]

T-Mobile has opened up its T-Mobile Home Internet pilot to residents of three Michigan counties, in a move that aims to put other Internet Service Providers (ISPs) on notice. The […]

DISH signed a multi-year agreement with a U.S.-based cloud services company it hopes will help advance its mission to launch a standalone 5G network. Altiostar is the developer of a […]

Eutelsat has estimated its full cost to clear the C-band and relocate its U.S. customers at $170.9 million. Of that, $150 million is allocated for a single satellite replacement, and […]

An appeals court has denied a request for stay on the FCC’s C-band auction brought by a group of regional satellite operators. On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for […]

Intelsat and SES both filed their C-band spectrum transition plans with the FCC last week on June 19. The operators are working to meet the FCC’s accelerated clearing timeline to […]

SES has selected Northrop Grumman and The Boeing Company, to deliver four new satellites as part of the company’s accelerated C-band clearing plan.  The satellite operator announced Tuesday that Northrop […]

The FCC on Tuesday adopted procedures for Phase I of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund auction, which will award up to $16 billion in support over 10 years for the […]

DISH Network has hired a former T-Mobile executive to oversee the company’s wireless buildout strategy. The company announced Monday that Dave Mayo is now executive vice president of Network Development and […]

The five satellite operators — Eutelsat, Intelsat, SES, Star One, and Telesat — involved in the FCC’s C-band clearing have agreed to vacate their spectrum on the FCC’s accelerated timeline, […]

Ligado Networks has received more than $100 million in new investments for its work to build 5G Internet of Things (IoT) networks, the company announced Thursday. This funding comes after […]

In our recent column, we proposed a golden triangle of competitive differentiation in the satcom industry, comprising advantageous configurations of orbit, spectrum and payload to host a subset of 5G […]

SES and Intelsat both elected on Tuesday to clear a portion of the C-band spectrum in the United States in line with the FCC’s accelerated timeline in order to receive […]

Satellite operator Iridium and manufacturer Lockheed Martin have joined several private industry groups in signing a petition asking the FCC  to reconsider its recent order to allow Ligado Networks to rezone […]

The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) has issued a call-to-action statement urging U.S. government agencies, academic institutions, and industry leaders to collaborate on a plan to ensure U.S. leadership […]

Alga Microwave, a subsidiary of Canadian wireless technology developer Baylin Technologies, has received a $2.5 million C-band 5G filter purchase order from an unnamed U.S.-based satellite network provider, the company […]