As Defence organizations continue to respond to new threats and changing strategic circumstances, it’s crucial that they have access to the best possible technology for modernized military capabilities and high-performance operations. One of the biggest challenges is the ability to access and share increasingly large volumes of data from remote locations quickly and securely, and […]
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Whitepaper Shares Ground Segment’s Transformation To Next Generation’s Importance Of Innovation On The Ground
The satellite industry is set for unprecedented transformation, with the impact of cloud-based systems, the introduction of next-generation NGSO broadband constellations, and convergence towards a unified 5G network architecture. However, ground segments will also have to play a pivotal role to allow the industry to fully embrace and benefit from these changes. While satellites have […]
Intelsat To Acquire Two Software-Defined Satellites From Thales Alenia Space
Intelsat and Thales Alenia Space, Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), have signed an agreement to build two, software-defined satellites designed to advance Intelsat’s global fabric of software-defined GEO connectivity as part of its 5G software-defined network. The addition of the Thales Alenia Space software-defined satellites represents an essential advancement in Intelsat’s 5G […]
Isotropic Systems Joins CGI Consortium To Develop Hybrid SATCOM For Trains
Isotropic Systems, has joined the consortium led by CGI (NYSE: GIB) (TSX: GIB.A), which has been selected by the UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, the UK Space Agency, and the European Space Agency (ESA), to develop a demonstration of a hybrid satellite communications and terrestrial network for use on trains. Isotropic Systems […]
Thuraya + Cobham SATCOM Sign An MSS Tech Provisioning Agreement
Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PJSC (“Yahsat” or, together with its subsidiaries, “the Group”) has selected Cobham SATCOM to deliver a comprehensive mobile broadband system, including ground infrastructure and products, to operate as part of its next-generation Thuraya 4-NGS system. Cobham SATCOM’s expertise and capabilities will further enhance Yahsat’s Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) advanced broadband […]
Sateliot’s First In-Orbit Demo Of 5G NB-IoT Nanosatellite Extends Mobile Operators’ Coverage
Sateliot’s ultimate goal of launching a constellation of nanosatellites to democratize the Internet of Things (IoT) with 5G coverage has succeeded with the world’s first implementation and in-orbit demonstration of the 5G NB-IoT stack by nanosatellites that will allow extending coverage to mobile operators, as reported today in the framework of the MWC where it […]
Sateliot’s Nanosatellite Constellation Will Enable Banks, Governments and More a Secure Info Exchange
Sateliot, the satellite telecommunications operator that will launch the first nanosatellite constellation to democratize the IOT with 5G coverage, will provide its expertise in 5G satellite communications in a secure information exchange project for banks, security agencies and governments worldwide. This project, called Quango, has been supported by the European Commission with EUR 2.1 million of funding and involves […]
Thales Alenia Space and KT SAT Partner for 5G Satellite Backhauling Demo
Thales Alenia Space and South Korean operator KT SAT, subsidiary of the world’s first 5G commercial service provider Korea Telecom, is to lead a 5G demonstration using the geostationary Koreasat 5A telecommunication satellite to provide 5G network to remote areas. KT SAT will use 5G backhauling as the first stone of satellite integration in the […]
Omnispace Achieves Goal of $60 Million to Develop 5G Global Network
A new year and new $60 million in equity financing enables Omnispace to advance its development globally of its 5G non-terrestrial network (NTN) and expand its 2 GHz spectrum footprint in key markets. The company that is reinventing mobile communications by building a global hybrid network will power critical global communications, including 5G and mobile Internet […]
SATCOM’s Ballooning Competition Continues Aloft…
In 2017, after four years of setbacks and crashes, Alphabet shut its project flying solar-powered fixed-wing drones in the upper atmosphere to beam the internet to those cut-off —(Ed: that must have brought a smile to SATCOM actors’ and providers’ faces]. This action was followed by Facebook, who then exited their similar project. However, the […]