SES revealed Tuesday that Southern Cross Cables Limited (SCCL) will use SES Networks’ connectivity services to upgrade its undersea Southern Cross cable network. This project will help improve communications between Nukunonu in Tokelau, Kiritimati Island in Kiribati, and the rest of the world. The Southern Cross cable network was introduced in 2000, and is an…

Globe Telecom awarded Gilat Satellite Networks a multi-million dollar managed service contract for cellular backhaul over satellite, as part of a significant project expansion between the two companies. The exact dollar value of the contract was not disclosed. Globe is the largest Mobile Network Operator (MNO) in the Philippines, and the company chose Gilat's solution to…

Azercosmos revealed Monday that it has formed a partnership agreement with Belgian satellite service provider SatADSL. Under the new agreement, SatADSL will provide internet access using its cloud-based Service Delivery Platform (C-SDP) and the Central Asian beam of the Azerspace-1 satellite. SatADSL's internet offering will be made accessible to its Central Asian customers through Azerspace-1, but…

AST SpaceMobile rolled out two major announcements on Wednesday — the company is planning to go public through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), and plans to launch the first phase of a space-based commercial mobile communications service with Vodafone Group in 2023. New Providence Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, has…