Stargroup has selected Hughes Network Systems’ Jupiter system to extend LTE service in rural Mexico, the companies announced Wednesday. Stargroup is connecting hundreds of remote cell towers to the network core using Hughes Jupiter System terminals and Hughes Jupiter 2 high-throughput satellite capacity. This is part of an initiative by Mexican government agency Comisión Federal…

SatixFy has landed a deal to supply chips to Astrome, in a move the company says takes its business into the terrestrial 5G market and establishes a foothold in India. Astrome is a tech startup based in Bengaluru, India, developing a “Gigamesh” terrestrial backhaul technology.  GigaMesh is a multi-gigabit wireless X-haul radio that Astrome is…

SES has completed a 5G backhaul demonstration in the Middle East, the company announced, Jan. 16. It has been working with and du from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), a telecom operator in the United Arab Emirates. It has successfully demoed what it claims is the first satellite-enabled 5G backhaul in the Middle East utilising…

Satellite operator Spacecom completed its testing campaign on Telesat’s demonstration LEO satellite, reporting an average latency below 30 milliseconds and data rates over 50 Mbps.  The tests were conducted from Spacecom’s Teleport and labs facility located in the Judean Hills outside of Jerusalem. In one case study, the companies tested backhauling for Wi-Fi hotspots which…