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 […]
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SpaceX valued at $350bn
According to a recent Bloomberg broadcast, SpaceX is now valued at about $350 billion (€336.2bn). This value has been suggested to split with the Starlink broadband system representing about 65 […]
Intelsat, GCI expand Alaska partnership
Intelsat, the satellite and terrestrial network operator, has signed an expanded satellite services agreement with GCI, Alaska’s largest telecommunications company, that will soon deliver multi-orbit broadband services throughout the largest […]
Starlink vs AST SpaceMobile: Tortoise or Hare?
SpaceX’s Starlink has managed to launch 349 of its Direct-To-Cellular (D2C) satellites in less than a year. While this is an admirable achievement the fleet is currently only able to […]
Thaicom’s IPSTAR to provide satellite services in India
Thaicom, the Asian satellite and space tech company, has announced that its subsidiary IPSTAR India has obtained an authorization to provide satellite services over Thaicom satellites in India from the […]
EnGenius’ new broadband outdoor wireless series empowers Industrial and Smart City applications
EnGenius Technologies Inc., a provider of connectivity solutions, has launched the new Broadband Outdoor EOC600 series, featuring a network management solution called SkyPoint. The EOC series remains a core solution […]
Forrester’s Digest: Forecast: 8m Starlink customers by end 2025
Researcher and industry consultant Dr Tim Farrar, of TMF Associates, has predicted that SpaceX’s Starlink broadband-by-satellite system is likely to end this year with around 5 million customers (although he […]
SpaceX schedules OneWeb launch on Saturday after numerous delays… fingers crossed again
A batch of 20 microsatellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, which is intended to provide global internet broadband service for individual consumers, is scheduled to launch on Saturday (local time) […]
Forrester’s Digest: Project Kuiper wants to offer D2D connectivity
UK telecom regulator Ofcom has published in its consultation documentation that Amazon’s proposed constellation of broadband satellites (‘Project Kuiper’) is developing technical solutions for Direct-to-Device (D2D) cellular connectivity. The Ofcom […]
Inmarsat Maritime selects Eutelsat’s OneWeb LEO network to support evolving maritime connectivity
Eutelsat Group (ISIN: FR0010221234 – Euronext Paris / London Stock Exchange: ETL), announces that Inmarsat Maritime, a Viasat company, has selected Eutelsat’s OneWeb low Earth orbit (LEO) network for integration […]