An intriguing idea been floated around by Defence news expert Larry Ramer, suggesting that Amazon should buy — or make a considerable investment — in AST SpaceMobile. Ramer explained: “In […]
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TPG completes acquisition of AT&T’s 70% stake in DIRECTV
TPG (NASDAQ: TPG), a leading global alternative asset management firm, today announced the completion of its acquisition from AT&T of the remaining 70% stake in DIRECTV it did not already […]
Forrester’s Digest: Viasat suffers satellite ‘hack’
California-based Viasat, which also owns London-based Inmarsat, says it was one of the victims in the “Salt Typhoon” hack against telecommunications providers. ‘Salt Typhoon’ is believed to be China-backed although […]
AST SpaceMobile confirms Ligado payment
AST SpaceMobile will pay around $550 million (€474.9m) to Ligado for its L-band spectrum over North America. The news was confirmed late on June 13th. The payment will allow Ligado […]
AST SpaceMobile to launch 243 satellites
AST SpaceMobile (AST), a would-be supplier of direct-to-consumer cellular telephony from space, has told the FCC that it will have 243 of its BlueBird satellites in orbit by the end […]
Forrester’s Digest: AST SpaceMobile suffers delayed BlueBird launch
AST SpaceMobile (AST) already has five of its Mark 1 ‘BlueWalker’ satellites in orbit but they are far from enough to provide even close to decent coverage of its direct-to-consumer […]
AT&T plans satellite connectivity trials
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted AST SpaceMobile, in coordination with AT&T, the ability to test direct-to-cellular connectivity on public safety’s Band 14 spectrum via its BlueBird satellites orbiting […]
American Airlines and AT&T to provide complimentary inflight Wi-Fi
American Airlines and AT&T — two American companies who connect customers will go to new heights, offering complimentary inflight Wi-Fi1 across more than two million American flights a year, beginning […]
Forrester’s Digest: T-Mobile starts Starlink US tests
T-Mobile has started “wide-scale” testing of its satellite-to-cellular service by using SpaceX’s Starlink and its direct-to-cellular satellites. The telco says its aim is to eliminate ‘no-zones’ where conventional transmission towers […]
SpaceX to launch AST SpaceMobile BlueBird satellites, “each the largest communications array ever deployed in low Earth orbit”
(NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard smartphones designed for both commercial and government use, today provided an interim business update. The […]