Focus: Mobile Connectivity
February 20, 2019
Viasat and Facebook are collaborating to accelerate the deployment of high-speed internet to communities that lack reliable internet, or have no connectivity at all. The collaboration will help accelerate the deployment of Viasat’s satellite-enabled Community Wi-Fi hotspot service. The Viasat service requires minimal local infrastructure and aims to be rapidly scalable in emerging markets. As…
February 20, 2019
CETel, a German service provider of global managed end-to-end communications solutions, signed a substantial lease contract for satellite capacity with its strategic partner SES Networks. The capacity is secured on the recently launched SES-12 satellite, which is one of SES' largest Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellites. The satellite carries six wide beams and 72 high-throughput spotbeams…
February 20, 2019
Viasat revealed that El Al Israel Airlines launched the Viasat in-flight Wi-Fi service on transatlantic flights. The in-flight Wi-Fi service will leverage the ViaSat-2 satellite to bring internet to El Al routes flying to and from major North American cities. Flights to these destinations will begin in May and June 2019. Today, the Viasat in-flight Wi-Fi…
February 19, 2019
The U.S. Air Force awarded Intelsat a firm-fixed-price contract modification for commercial satellite communications services. The contract supports Option Period Three on task order GS-35F-0478U/HC1013-16-F-0020 for commercial satcom service. The contract is in direct support of the U.S. Air Force's Central Command network architecture, which includes fixed and mobile platforms. Additionally, this includes remotely piloted…