SpaceX’s Starlink broadband system is testing its Direct-to-Cellular (D2C) satellite phone system in Romania, designed to show that Starlink satellites can operate at up to eight times the capacity currently […]
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EchoStar fails to find extra cash
EchoStar, the Charlie Ergen-backed business that owns the Dish US pay-TV operator, says that negotiations which have taken place over the past weeks with certain debt-holders and which would have […]
Forrester’s Digest: FCC to vote on extra satellite spectrum
The Federal Communications Commissioners (FCC) are due to meet and vote on September 26th to potentially free up extra bandwidth for satellite communications. FCC chair Jessice Rosenworcel has written saying […]
FCC approves AST SpaceMobile’s 1st commercial satellite launch
AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS) has announced that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted an initial license for space-based operations in the United States. With this initial license, […]
BAE Systems + Stellar Blu Solutions complete multi-orbit antenna qualification for IFC
BAE Systems’ strategic partner — Stellar Blu Solutions — has completed qualification and earned supplemental type certification on the multi-orbit Sidewinder aero terminal using BAE Systems’ Ku-band electronically scanned antenna […]
Forrester Digest: FCC denies SpaceX access to extra spectrum — maybe Yahsat + Bayanat merger
SpaceX has been asking the FCC for permission to share spectrum already allocated to Globalstar and Dish Network AWS-4 spectrum — the FCC has dismissed SpaceX’s application. The SpaceX application […]
FCC proposes framework to ease satellite-to-smartphone supplemental coverage from space
The Federal Communications Commission has proposed a new regulatory framework to facilitate innovative collaborations between satellite operators and wireless companies. These partnerships leverage the growth in space-based services to connect […]
AST SpaceMobile updates constellation filing with the ITU and FCC for forward thinking SATCOM
AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard smartphones, announces it has updated its constellation filing with the International Telecommunication […]
Forrester’s Digest: FCC approves E-Band spectrum for Starlinks
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved a SpaceX request to fit 7,500 of its satellites with E-band frequencies. The 7,500 are not extra satellites but are within the wider […]