Fleet Space Technologies has completed a successful Series C funding round, raising a further $50 million Australian dollars ($33.14 million), the company announced May 24. The new funding has been led by Australasian venture capital firm and existing investor Blackbird. Grok Ventures, Alumni Ventures and Hostplus have also participated in the round. New investors including…

Measat has made a significant broadband commitment to Malaysia’s military personnel. The company announced May 17 that it will be providing its CONNECTme NOW satellite broadband services for free under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program to frontline Malaysian Armed Forces personnel serving at selected remote border checkpoint posts located across Malaysia. CONNECTme NOW is…

OneWeb has signed a new deal to bring broadband connectivity to the Philippines, one of Asia’s biggest markets. It announced May 3 that it will partner with NOW Corporation, a publicly listed firm in the Philippine Stock Exchange with investments in telecom to bring broadband services to enterprise, government, and other customers in the country.…

Imagery startup Synspective and regional operator Thaicom are partnering to jointly offer synthetic aperture radar (SAR) for disaster response in Thailand.  The two companies announced Tuesday they plan to offer a solution to government, defense, agriculture, and finance sectors in Thailand, with Synspective’s SAR technology  and Thaicom’s knowledge of the satellite and space sector in…