Focus: Broadband

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...