Focus: Telecom
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Connectivity
Speedcast Unveils Platform to Monitor People and Assets
Speedcast has launched FieldVision, a cloud-based platform designed for customers to connect, protect and monitor both people and assets through a single platform, from anywhere in the world. Available globally […]
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Connectivity
Omantel Wholesale Extends Reach with NorthTelecom Capacity
Omantel Wholesale has selected NorthTelecom to grow its satellite footprint with additional transponders to enhance its Ku-band satellite capacity. The agreement increases Omantel Wholesale’s satellite capabilities and gives its customers […]
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Connectivity
Australian Startups Team Up for Satellite IOT Security Trials
Australian Internet of Things (IOT) startups Cog and Fleet have partnered to advance satellite-connected IOT device security. Fleet will use Cog’s D4 Secure platform on trial projects globally. Cog’s D4 […]
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Connectivity
SES, Our Telekom Expand Partnership to Connect Solomon Islands
Oceaniac regional operator Our Telekom expanded its partnership with SES Networks to improve mobile and internet services within the Solomon Islands archipelago. The agreement includes contracted capacity on SES’ Geostationary […]
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Connectivity
Kacific to Connect Healthcare System in Timor-Leste
Kacific Broadband Satellites Group will provide high-speed satellite internet service to more than 75 health centers across the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste. The South East Asian nation will use the […]
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Connectivity
Asia’s First iDirect DVB-S2X Network Launched by Measat
Measat has deployed the first iDirect DVB-S2X network in Malaysia in a bid to bring scalable and affordable satellite broadband internet services to the country. The platform allows Measat to […]
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Connectivity
Next Generation iQ 200 Series by iDirect Unveiled
With its new iQ 200 Series, iDirect has unveiled its latest next-generation DVB-S2X iQ remote portfolio. The iQ 200 will be available in rackmount and board variants, with a full […]
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Connectivity
The Impact in Telecoms if Latin America Acted Like a Big Region
Telecommunications is one of the fundamentals tools to drive a country’s development. With more coverage, there is more access to information, more integration, better opportunities, and more equality. And in […]
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Connectivity
AT&T Exec on the Company’s IOT Connected Transportation Strategy
AT&T is stepping up its efforts in the connected transportation area after recently signing a deal with Honeyell, which will see Honeywell deploy AT&T Internet of Things (IOT) technology to […]
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Connectivity
Chinese Hackers Attack Satellite Operators in US and Southeast Asia
On Tuesday, security company Symantec confirmed that a sophisticated hacking campaign was mounted from Chinese computers, affecting satellite operators, defense contractors and telecom companies in the United States and Southeast […]
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Connectivity
OPT, SES Networks to Further Connect French Polynesia
Growing demand for broadband has prompted The Office des Postes et Telecommunications of French Polynesia (OPT) to deliver enhnced mobile broadband and internet services to residents across the French Polynesian […]
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Connectivity
SaT5G Hit Milestone with Satellite-5G Integration Demonstration
iDirect, SES, Broadpeak, i2CAT and the University of Surrey, all members of the SaT5G consortium, have demonstrated a major milestone in the research, development and validation of key principles for […]
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Connectivity
NuRAN Wireless and Avanti Team Up to Reach Rural Communities
NuRAN Wireless has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Avanti Communications to market and distribute a combined 2G RAN product alongside Avanti’s Ka-band satellite backhaul solution. Reaching rural communities […]
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Connectivity
New Connectivity Company Combines Iridium Next with Cellular
Satellite-cellular start-up, Everywhere Communications has been launched to provide connections for users and assets that require global connectivity for safety, security and productivity. Everywhere’s solution uses the newly launched Iridium […]
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Connectivity
The Return of the 80s in Telecom Regulation
In the wake of the hurricanes in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands last year, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is making available hundreds of millions of dollars in […]
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Connectivity
TBI to Offer Viasat Business Internet Services Across US
Viasat has signed telecommunications distributor TBI as its latest master agent partner to offer Viasat’s business internet services. TBI has a network of 2,500 sales agents that include sales partners, value-added […]
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Connectivity
Macom Launches New Mixers, Power Detector, RF Switches
Macom Technology Solutions has launched a new portfolio of wideband double-balanced mixers, and introduced a power detector featuring wide-input bandwidth and dynamic range, as well as new broadband, high-speed Single […]
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Connectivity
Telstra to Bridge Coverage Gap in Australia with New Mobile Satellite Small Cell
Telstra has launched the Telstra 4GX-lite Mobile Satellite Small Cell, a new solution to help people living and working in some of Australia’s most remote places purchase their own coverage […]
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Connectivity
KT Sat’s New Path for Growth, North Korean Ambitions
KT Corporation, a South Korean telecommunications company, is planning for its satellite business operator to gear up efforts to bring the next technology revolution to outer space as well as the […]
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Connectivity
Eurona to Offer Satellite Broadband in Canary Islands Via Hispasat
Hispasat and telecommunications services provider Eurona have launched a satellite-based broadband service in the Canary Islands archipelago. The digital inclusion project was presented earlier this year and is designed to […]
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Connectivity
More Satellites, Spectrum, Orbital Slots for SES O3b Constellation
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted authorization to SES to serve the United States market using a significantly expanded O3b fleet in the Medium Earth Orbit (MEO). The […]
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Connectivity
Comtech, Kepler to Drive Rapidly Deployable LEO Comms
Comtech EF Data, a subsidiary within Comtech Telecommunications’ Commercial Solutions segment, and Kepler Communications, a nano-satellite telecommunications company, have announced a collaboration to advance rapidly deployable, low-cost, low-latency communications via […]
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Connectivity
Intelsat Commits to Smart Africa to Drive Digital Transformation
Intelsat has announced that during the Transform Africa Summit held in Kigali, Rwanda in May, it joined Smart Africa, a 2013-established initiative to accelerate sustainable socio-economic development and usher Africa […]
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Connectivity
iDirect iQ 200 Remote Lives Up to Expectations in IsoTropic Test
IsoTropic Networks, a global solutions provider of satellite internet services, has announced that its live, Over-The-Air (OTA) test of DVB-S2/S2X has found that early tests of the new iDirect iQ […]
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Connectivity
Myanmar to Boost Network Deployment with Intelsat 39 Services
Intelsat and the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MOTC) of Myanmar have broadened their relationship to accelerate the deployment of wireless communications infrastructure in Myanmar. The MOTC will use services […]
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Connectivity
Sprint Steps Up Network with Satellite for Hurricane Season
Sprint has announced that it is ready for the 2018 hurricane season ahead of subtropical storm Alberto and what is predicted to be another active season. In preparation for the […]
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Connectivity
Yahsat’s Al Yah 3 Satellite Ready for Commercial Service
Yahsat has announced that its third satellite Al Yah 3, located at 20 degrees West, has successfully completed its in-orbit testing and is ready for commercial services. The satellite will […]
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Connectivity
Hartshorn Reflects on 20 Years of Service to the Satellite Industry
It is not often in this day and age, that someone leads for over 20 years, but David Hartshorn can say he did exactly this. He has led the Global […]
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Connectivity
Can CBRS OnGo Shared Bandwidth Replace the Beloved Wi-Fi?
Could the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) bandwidth replace Wi-Fi as the world’s common connectivity link? According to Preston Marshall, head of access for Google and director of the CBRS […]
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Connectivity
SatADSL, Camtel to Provide Satellite Connectivity in Cameroon
Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) services provider SatADSL and Camtel, Cameroon’s national telecommunications provider, have announced a new partnership to provide satellite connectivity across Cameroon. The formal agreement follows a pilot launch […]





























