Ookla has analyzed country-level train Wi-Fi performance across Europe and Asia, using Speedtest Intelligence. Europe and Asia’s rail networks, long heralded as a backbone of economic competitiveness, are now judged […]
Backhaul
Forrester’s Digest: SES commits to MEO ‘next-gen’ MEO Sphere
Luxembourg-based satellite operator, now the world’s biggest player in the sector, used the Novaspace Paris World Space Business Week to announce an expansion of its Mid-Earth orbiting fleet. Adel Al-Saleh, […]
Alghanim Industries signs Starlink’s satellite internet to global markets
Alghanim Industries (Kutayba Alghanim Group), one of the largest privately-owned companies in the MENA region, has inked a landmark agreement with SpaceX’s Starlink, the world’s most advanced satellite internet provider. Through […]
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 […]
XipLink + NOVELSAT deliver multi-gigabit throughput to support critical services network in Greenland
XipLink Inc. and NOVELSAT have deployed XipOS for their customer Tusass, Greenland’s leading communications provider, to meet their requirement to support a critical, telco-grade, backhaul service. XipLink’s XipOS enables a […]
Million$ awarded by SDA to three companies
Recently, the Space Development Agency (SDA) issued awards totaling $1.6 million for a study to be completed over 90 days that will examine and analyze potential, LEO, backhaul capabilities. This […]
SES MEO satellites demo du’s 5G backhaul in the Middle East
SES and du from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC) have successfully demo’d the first,satellite-enabled, 5G backhaul in the Middle East using SES’s Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites. The aim was […]
Inmarsat Government awarded a million$$$ contract for SATCOM services by the U.S. Navy
Inmarsat Government has been awarded a U.S. Navy Commercial Broadband Satellite Program (CBSP) Satellite Services Contract (CSSC II) for complex and worldwide, end-to-end, commercial satellite communications (SATCOM) services by the […]
Two new promotions for MEASAT employees reveal their new responsibilities require them to wear many hats
MEASAT has assigned two of its employees to new positions that bring with them many new responsibilities. Ganendra Selvaraj will serve as Chief Commercial Officer. He first joined MEASAT in […]
U.S. Space Force To Use ViaLite’s Wideband Links For Satellite Backhaul
With their ability to operate simultaneously across the L- and S-bands Wideband fiber optic links from ViaLite are to be used in the backhaul network for the US Space Force’s […]