Focus: Broadband

Spacecom has signed a multi-year contract with Czech Republic-based telecom service provider GiTy for C-band capacity on the AMOS-17 communication satellite in order to deliver connectivity to embassies across Africa,...

Inmarsat Government provided Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) satellite communication services to an Antarctic expedition earlier this year, the company announced on Friday.  The South Orkney Expedition which took place...

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Persistent Systems, LLC a $25 million contract for its Wave Relay Tactical Assault Kit (WaRTAK) program. The WaRTAK program, which began in 2016, provides...

CSS, a West African communications services provider and Forsway have announced the next phase of their partnership in Mauritania to deliver affordable broadband in West Africa. The partners have been...

T-Mobile completed its merger with Sprint Corporation, the wireless company announced Wednesday. The new combined parent company T-Mobile US, Inc., will operate under the name T-Mobile.  The new T-Mobile has...

Viasat and Visiontec have expanded their partnership working to bring reliable internet service to residential homes in Brazil. Visat said in a March 31 release that it plans to reach 100%...

The FCC has proposed a $200 million program to support health care providers’ use of telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Commission announced March 30. Congress appropriated the $200...

The video streaming distribution and technology partnership Viasat announced with fuboTV in February had been four years in the making, and shows Viasat’s In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) ambitions. Cristina Arango, director...

Konnect Africa, a subsidiary of Eutelsat Communications, Schoolap and Flash Services has committed to providing high speed internet to several thousand schools across the Democratic Republic of Congo as part...

SpaceX got a key government license last week, federal filings reveal, as the company clears a regulatory hurdle that moves it closer to offering a new high-speed internet service from...