To date, satellite broadband has enjoyed limited success. Suppliers such as Viasat of California, Hughes Network Systems and Paris-based Eutelsat have made some limited headway in supplying consumers and businesses […]
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Ovzon Receives Satellite Mobility B’band Integration + Test Order From Saab
Ovzon has received an order from the Swedish defense and technology company Saab. The order relates to integration and test of Ovzon’s mobility broadband satellite services on some of Saab’s […]
Indonesian Satellite Construction To Start In September Of This Year
PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN) has initiated their Multifunction Satellite (SMF) project called Satellite of Republic of Indonesia (SATRIA). Through its subsidiary, PT Satelit Nusantara Tiga (SNT), and the PSN […]
SpaceX Starlink To Take On Eutelsat Konnect
Elon Musk’s broadband-by-satellite Starlink business is readying to open for business in Europe. The markets invited include France, Germany, Austria, Ireland, Italy and others. The company plans to launch its […]
SpaceX Sights Set For South Africa + UPDATE1: Omnispace Hybrid Mobile Network Afoot
Elon Musk’s Starlink broadband-by-satellite system has added South Africa as a target market. South Africa’s media and telecoms regulator ICASA (Independent Communication Authority of South Africa) confirming that SpaceX is […]
Eutelsat May Take Back Some Of Nilesat’s Capacity + A Good Trading Day
Nilesat and Eutelsat effectively share the 7/8 degrees West orbital positions and have a considerable amount of inter-trading over the MENA market. Eutelsat CEO Rodolphe Belmer told analysts on Eutelsat’s […]
Thales Alenia Space’s Multi Billion Dollar Contract to Build a 298 LEO Broadband Satellite Constellation for Telesat
Telesat has selected Thales Alenia Space to build its Low Earth Orbit (LEO) broadband 298-satellite constellation Lightspeed which offers high performing broadband professional services around the world. Thales Alenia Space […]
Satellite B’Band Capacity To Grow 10x By Year’s-end
A report from investment bank Exane/BNPP stated that today’s various satellite operators are supplying some 2,000 Gb/s of capacity (as of December 31, 2020, and using Northern Sky Research data). […]
ST Engineering iDirect To Supply Comms Bandwidth To Shaf Broadcast In India
ST Engineering iDirect has been awarded a contract by system integrator Shaf Broadcast, Pvt. Ltd., on behalf of the Indian state-owned telecommunications company, BSNL, to augment satellite bandwidth to the offshore Indian islands of Andaman, Nicobar and Lakshadweep under a Universal Service Obligation (USO) project funded by the Department of Telecommunications. […]
Eutelsat Satellite B’band To Zimbabwe
Eutelsat Communications’ (Euronext Paris: ETL), and TelOne (Pvt) Limited, one of Zimbabwe’s leading Internet Service Providers, have signed a master service agreement to bring high quality satellite broadband to Zimbabwe. […]