SoftBank Group has made an investment into the new iteration of OneWeb, the company announced Jan. 15. This marks SoftBank re-investing into OneWeb, after the former majority investor pulled out of a funding round in March, sending the company into Chapter 11 bankruptcy.  OneWeb did not disclose the specific amount of funding for SoftBank’s new…

With so many new satellites being launched into Geostationary Orbit, Low-Earth Orbit, and Medium-Earth Orbit, (GEO/MEO/LEO), ground segment and technology providers face increasing pressure to develop systems that power new constellations. hiSky, established just under five years ago, is looking to meet the market's demand with its new Smartellite system — a small and compact…

At the 13th European Space Conference on Wednesday, Gerry Collins, network and services policy expert for ESOA stated that the satellite industry needs to change its way of doing business in order to make the most of new 5G opportunities. "The satellite industry has a terrible habit of over-complicating things," he said, and the discussion…

Globe Telecom awarded Gilat Satellite Networks a multi-million dollar managed service contract for cellular backhaul over satellite, as part of a significant project expansion between the two companies. The exact dollar value of the contract was not disclosed. Globe is the largest Mobile Network Operator (MNO) in the Philippines, and the company chose Gilat's solution to…