UK consumers ditch SVOD services
...focus away from satellite broadcasting to Internet TV. According to the paper, Sky informed staff affected by the restructuring of its plan last week, but has yet to finalise the...
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Viasat to close Inmarsat acquisition in coming days
...policy at the European Commission, reminding us which segment of the market was viewed as the most threatened by the merger. Inmarsat and Viasat both use their own GEO satellites...
AT&T and T-Mobile US in satellite spat
broadcast for SpaceX’s Starlink satellites using T-Mobile’s mid-band spectrum – its G Block frequencies, that is – to offer a satellite-to-cellular services providing near complete coverage “almost anywhere a customer...
Satellite 5G gaining momentum as rural broadband option
(GSA) put the total number of publicly-announced partnerships between telcos and satellite operators at 49 across 34 countries. The research firm identified SES, OneWeb as the top two satellite providers...
Inmarsat targets eVTOL market with Supernal partnership
Satellite provider Inmarsat wants to capitalise on the growing demand for commercial unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) services. The company on Tuesday partnered with Supernal, a company owned by Korean car...
OneWeb bags Philippines critical comms deal
Filipino business services provider Now Corp has become the latest telco to tap up satellite specialist OneWeb. The two signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Wednesday that paves the...
Major satellite players and telcos aim to run IRIS²
A number of major satellite companies, telecoms operators and others have come together to bid for the right to implement the EU’s IRIS² low-earth orbit satellite project. The consortium this...
Viasat launches 1tbps broadband satellite into orbit
Satellite comms firm Viasat has successfully hurled ViaSat-3 Americas into orbit, the first of three satellites designed to offer high speed global broadband coverage. The satellite ascended to the heavens...
Rogers taps SpaceX for direct-to-device services
announced, D2D connectivity will be provided by SpaceX’s second-generation low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites, and these are not due to be commercially available until late 2024. The first satellites only...
AST SpaceMobile and major telcos make smartphone call via space
AST SpaceMobile has successfully carried out a direct voice call between the US and Japan, via its LEO satellite constellation, using standard smartphones. It’s the standard smartphones bit that makes...
Sateliot adds satellite connectivity to 5G IoT
launch of its GroundBreaker satellite via a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from California late last week, after a few false-starts. The satellite is the first in a constellation of 250,...
Kepler raises $92 million for its ‘internet for space’ programme
...infrastructure will use two near-orthogonal planes of relay satellites in sun-synchronous orbits, with satellites continuously connected using SDA-compatible optical inter-satellite links. This will apparently ‘streamline on-orbit communications with a network...
Inmarsat and MediaTek explore commercial direct-to-satellite solutions
Satellite operator Inmarsat is ramping up efforts to capitalise on the direct-to-device (D2D) comms hype. Together with Taiwanese chip maker MediaTek, Inmarsat has spent the last few years exploring the...
UK government gives telecoms sector buying signal over mega-mergers
...million for 6G research, £40 million to ‘promote investment and adoption of 5G by businesses and public services’, and £8 million to help connect some remote locations to satellite broadband....
NTT and SES team up on satellite-based edge solution
...offers global coverage via fleets of geostationary (GEO) and mid-Earth orbit (MEO) satellites. It has begun upgrading its MEO constellation, called O3b, to its more powerful, second generation satellites –...
One New Zealand marks rebrand with SpaceX deal
The telco formerly known as Vodafone NZ wants coverage to be One less thing its customers have to worry about and thinks satellites are the answer. On Monday the operator...
Virgin Orbit makes most of its staff redundant amid funding crisis
The satellite comms arm of Richard Branson’s eclectic empire, Virgin Orbit, has laid off the bulk of its staff due to an inability to secure more funding. CEO Dan Hart...
SES and Intelsat in merger talks
SES has confirmed that it is holding talks with Intelsat over a possible merger, a move that would continue a wave of consolidation in the satellite space. The Luxembourg-based satellite...
OneWeb deploys another 36 satellites and completes planned constellation
Low Earth Orbit satellite firm OneWeb has launched a further 36 satellites from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India. The launch took place yesterday and the satellites were...
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