Lynk Global has signed their second commercial contract with Telecel Group in Africa to provide services to Vodafone Ghana’s subscribers. This new contract will provide mobile coverage to 100 per cent of Ghana’s population of 31 million inhabitants using Lynk’s ;cell-towers-in-space; system. Lynk’s cell towers in space will enable Telecel Group to offer ubiquitous geographic […]

Satellite operator Lynk Global, working with Globe Telecom, has trialled what they claim is the first-ever emergency satellite connectivity service in the Philippines. The test included SMS messaging and emergency alerts to and from mobile phones. The test took place during February in Bataan, a province of the Philippines, and used Globe Telecom’s terrestrial cellular […]

Lynk Global saw two additional satellites launched aboard a SpaceX rocket on January 3rd. These pair mean that Lynk now has three operational satellites in orbit and the company says it is ready to start offering direct satellite-to-phone services very shortly, according to CEO Charles Miller. The company is also reported to be close to […]