Focus: Broadband

DISH Network is providing 20 MHz of AWS-4 and all of its 700 MHz spectrum to AT&T at no cost for 60 days in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Last […]

SatSignature has deployed what it calls the world’s first spectrum analyzer-in-the-cloud service, offering constant global satellite spectrum monitoring, recording, and analysis in web-based subscription packages. The company, which announced the […]

Lynk Global said that it has reached the first-ever milestone of successfully connecting a satellite in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) to a mobile phone on Earth, and has sent a text […]

DISH Network is providing its entire portfolio of 600 MHz spectrum to T-Mobile at no cost for 60 days, the company announced Monday, in response to the spread of COVID-19. […]

Hughes Network Systems has received a Data Link Modernization (DLM) contract by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) to provide advanced satellite communications systems for the U.S. Army‘s MQ-1C Gray Eagle […]

Speedcast International Limited has launched a software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) solution that it said blends satellite, LTE, wireless, and fiber technologies. The solution is designed for onshore and offshore […]

Spacebridge has delivered a solution for 2G/4G mobile cellular backhaul over satellite network to a Mobile Network Operator (MNO) in Africa. The company said the solution will service unserved remote […]

Arabsat is using Atos’ satellite monitoring solution to mitigate interferences in its satellite services, the satellite operator announced Thursday. Atos SkyMon carrier monitoring system (CMS), is operational at Arabsat’s ground […]

5G over satellite is coming. Last December, the satellite and telecoms industries, through the overarching 3rd Generation Partnership Project standards development organization, committed to the future convergence of terrestrial and […]

Hughes Network Systems and Telecomunicaciones de México (TELECOMM) will deploy Express Wi-Fi Hotspots in as many as 4,000 rural communities in Mexico, the operator announced Feb. 28. TELECOMM, a decentralized […]

Thaicom has migrated its customers from the Thaicom 5 satellite to Thaicom 6 and other satellites, the company announced Thursday. The company said the migration and service restoration were completed […]

African multi-service telecommunications operator Orange said it will be the first telco to adopt O3b mPOWER, SES’s Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellite communications system. The operator, which is present in […]

Iridium Communications has announced that its Iridium Certus 700 service is commercially available. The company said that when Iridium Certus was first launched in early 2019, it provided L-band upload […]

Spacecom, which operates the AMOS satellite fleet, and Get SAT report that using AMOS-17’s steerable Ka-band High Throughput Satellite (HTS) beams and Get SAT’s miniaturized Micro-SAT satcom terminals, they have […]

Hispasat has signed an agreement with mobile network operator Claro Argentina to provide internet to 250 rural communities through a cellular backhaul service by satellite. Hispasat will provide the capacity […]

Tarana Wireless Inc. announced on Thursday that in January, it received $24 million of follow-on preferred equity with commitments for $36 million of additional preferred equity through October 2020, fully […]

The day before Intelsat reported full-year 2019 results that surpassed analysts’ projections, the operator sparked a feud with rival operator SES over an ex parte filing with the FCC requesting adjustments […]

The National Weather Service (NWS) has selected ERT and subcontractor Hughes Network Systems to upgrade and expand managed satellite and wireless services at NWS locations in the contiguous United States, […]

Hughes Network Systems is among the companies receiving support from FCC to expand deployment of rural broadband. The FCC has authorized more than $240 million in funding over ten years […]

A judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York refused a request to block T-Mobile’s proposed acquisition of Sprint. In the ruling, Judge Victor Marrero […]

Arianespace has successfully launched 34 new satellites for global network operator OneWeb on a Soyuz rocket. Liftoff took place at approximately 4:43 p.m. EST from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. […]

Mark Rigolle, the former CEO of O3b Networks and LeoSat Enterprises, announced his new position as CEO of KLEO Connect GmbH – another global entrant into the Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) […]

While speaking at a JPMorgan Chase investor conference, SpaceX COO and President Gwynne Shotwell told reporters that the U.S. launch company plans to spin off its Starlink constellation business and […]

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has proposed accelerated relocation payments for satellite operators that could total up to $9.7 billion as incentive to quickly clear part of the C-band spectrum for […]

Intelsat has selected Maxar Technologies to build Intelsat 40e, a next-generation geostationary communications satellite. Maxar also will integrate NASA’s Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) payload with the Intelsat 40e […]

Speedcast Government is supporting a United Nations agency and an independent national electoral committee in Niger, Africa, to prevent electoral fraud. Speedcast Government has been asked to provide satellite internet […]

Get SAT and Hellas Sat have demonstrated satcom capabilities on Hellas Sat’s network. The companies said in a Thursday announcement that their partnership offers capability enhancements on Hellas Sat 4 […]

SpaceX launched its fourth set of Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, on Wednesday at 9:06 […]

Speedcast has received a 12-month cellular backhaul contract with what it calls the second largest mobile operator in Mexico, but did not give the operator’s name. The company said its […]

Eutelsat Communications’ has announced that its EUTELSAT 7C satellite has entered full commercial service and is ready to support broadcast customers across Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Turkey. On […]