SES has resurrected its ‘Cleosat’ filing with the ITU which lapsed in 2015. Cleosat calls for an L and S-band constellation of 62 satellites (6×10 @ 850km/86°, 1 @ 533km/97.5° […]
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Forrester’s Digest: AST, Vodafone European D2D JV
AST SpaceMobile and Vodafone used the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, as well as AST’s financial results, to outline how they will expand their satellite-based direct-to-device connections to Europe, and […]
MedUX Report: Brussels falling behind in European 5G services
MedUX, a specialist in international fixed and mobile network testing and benchmarking, has released exclusive data on 5G performance in Brussels. Its report reveals that Proximus shares the first overall […]
Ericsson, Telstra, Qualcomm record-breaking 5G uplink speeds
Ericsson, in collaboration with Telstra and Qualcomm Technologies, has announced a record-breaking uplink speed of 516 Mbps, surpassing the previous record of 447 Mbps in October 2024. This is the […]
Vodafone, AST test video call game changer
Last week a Vodafone engineer, Rowan Chesmer, somewhere in the middle of Wales and very much in a dead zone for cellular connectivity, used an AST SpaceMobile satellite to send […]
Curtiss-Wright’s multi-modem, hybrid communications gateway provides secure communications in any environment
Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions Division has introduced the PacStar® 465, a new, multi-modem hybrid communications gateway module that allows joint users to communicate via secure military and commercial networks. The PacStar 465, the newest addition […]
Nokia signs video tech license deal with Samsung
Nokia has signed a multi-year patent license agreement with Samsung covering the use of Nokia’s video technologies in Samsung’s televisions. Under the agreement, Samsung will make royalty payments to Nokia. […]
Berg Insight Report: IoT CMPs market at $1bn in 2024
Berg Insight, the IoT market research provider, has released findings about the market for IoT connectivity management platforms (CMPs), a standard component in the value proposition from mobile operators and […]
Telstra signs Starlink Satellite-to-Mobile deal
Telstra has announced a new collaboration with SpaceX’s Starlink to bring Satellite-to-Mobile (direct-to-handset) text messaging to customers in Australia. Telstra says the deal will enable them to provide better coverage […]
Forrester’s Digest: Eutelsat orders 100 new OneWeb satellites
Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat, which already has some 654 of its OneWeb satellites in low Earth orbit, is ordering another 100 satellites from Airbus Defence & Space. The new satellites […]