Capgemini, Thales and Thales Alenia Space have been selected by the French Space Agency (CNES) as part of a government-backed call for projects under the France 2030 program to lead […]
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ST Engineering iDirect achieves 1st 5G NTN PoC milestone
ST Engineering iDirect has achieved interoperability between the company’s ground system and the 5G Core through its Interworking Gateway Function. This demonstrated a non-3GPP satellite network connecting seamlessly with the […]
Kratos + Intelsat demo 5G NTN over GEO
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS) has successfully demo’d an end-to-end 5G-NTN network that combines the Kratos OpenSpace® software-defined satellite ground system with Intelsat’s space and ground network, […]
Keysight Technologies selected as a test partner for Deutsche Telekom Satellite NB-IoT program
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) has been selected as the Test Partner for the Deutsche Telekom Satellite NB-IoT Early Adopter Program, providing an end-to-end narrowband internet of things (NB-IoT) non-terrestrial […]
Direct-to-phone satellite connectivity expected to revolutionize the SATCOM industry
The latest edition of Euroconsult’s ‘Prospects for Direct to Handheld and IoT Markets‘ unveils the developing potential of the satellite direct-to-device market, with projections indicating that direct-to-phone services could connect […]
Lockheed Martin preps 1st 5G.MIL® Payload for orbit
Lockheed Martin is one step away from showcasing how the company’s 5G.MIL® capability can reach all domains around the world — in the company’s final, successful, lab demo, the company […]
Keysight + Skylo Partner for NTN device ecosystem certification program
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) and Skylo Technologies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that extends Keysight’s cellular testing expertise to non-terrestrial networks (NTN) through the use of Skylo’s […]
Kongsberg NanoAvionics to build 3 more satellites for the world’s largest 5G Narrowband-IoT constellation in LEO
Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics) has received an order for three further satellites from 5G telecoms operator OQ Technology — these satellites will be added to OQ Technology’s existing constellation, turning the […]