Cisco and TIM, the leading service provider in Italy, have announced a major agreement aimed at accelerating Italy’s digitisation at Mobile World Congress. The two companies are engaged in developing a joint business and innovation programme. They will leverage their unique competences and technologies, to create next generation solutions and services focused in particular on […]
Intelsat has been selected by Gilat Satellite Networks, a global player in satellite networking technology, to support Gilat’s solutions to leading mobile network operators (MNOs) in the US as they accelerate their expansion of 4G wireless services to underserved areas across North America. Gilat will leverage Ku-band satellite services from two Intelsat satellites to enable […]
Karim Michel Sabbagh, President and CEO of satellite operator SES, has described 2017 as “an important year of transformation for SES,” as it reported revenue of €2.035 billion, down 1.6 per cent, declaring a dividend of €0.80 for 2017, a reduction of 40 per cent from 2016, which it says will allow a strengthening of […]
Despite the success of launch of two test craft for its intended 12,000 “Starlink” satellite broadband-by-satellite global coverage scheme on February 22nd, SpaceX is now cautioning that the deployment of the constellation and service commencement will take longer than first announced. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that these two prototypes, important as they are, […]
February 22nd saw SpaceX successfully send a rocket into orbit carrying two small ‘test’ satellites for a proposed 4,425 initial satellite constellation. The project, backed by Elon Musk, is designed to bring broadband access to billions of unserved or under-served users around the world in his ‘Starlink’ service. Musk talks of populating the constellation with […]
Gilat Satellite Networks,, a specialist leader in satellite networking technology, solutions and services, announces that Hispasat selected Gilat’s platform for a multi-million dollar project to provide broadband commercial services in Mexico using Hispasat’s Ka HTS capacity of the Amazonas-5 Satellite. Gilat’s SkyEdge II-c was selected to commercialise the full capacity of Hispasat’s Amazonas-5 Ka beams […]
Eutelsat’s CEO Rodolphe Belmer says he wants his Paris-based company to join with the proposed Intelsat and SES (and Intel) scheme to use C-band capacity to help promote the roll-out of 5G in the US. Belmer, in his dialogue with market analysts February 16th, said: “There has been a spontaneous and sort of unilateral step […]
UnicomAirNet has signed a multi-year agreement with Eutelsat Asia, an affiliate of Eutelsat Communications to address the fast-growing in-flight connectivity (IFC) market in the Asia Pacific region. UnicomAirNet was established in 2017 by China Unicom’s broadband network unit and Hangmei, ChineseWi-Fi service and content provider for railways and buses, to provide IFC services to Chinese […]
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has proposed that the agency approve an application by SpaceX to provide broadband services using satellite technologies in the United States and on a global basis. “To bridge America’s digital divide, we’ll have to use innovative technologies,” explained Pai. “SpaceX’s application—along with those of other satellite companies seeking licences or access […]
Gogo, a global provider of broadband connectivity products and services for aviation, has announced that it has more than 200 aircraft equipped with its 2Ku inflight connectivity technology which are now utilising the increased capacity delivered by SES-15. These aircraft came online in SES-15’s first operational month and are the first to benefit from the […]