Connectivity

The FCC granted Amazon approval on Thursday to build out Project Kuiper, its planned constellation of 3,236 satellites in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) that will deliver low-latency broadband internet. Along with...

Eutelsat Communications entered into a master service agreement with Strong Roots Ethiopia Broadcasting Service for Ku-band capacity on a 36 MHz transponder on Eutelsat’s EUTELSAT 8 West B satellite. The...

Hughes announced this week that it will invest $50 million into OneWeb, joining the U.K. government and Bharti Enterprises in their acquisition of the Low-Earth Orbit (LEO)  constellation company.  Hughes...

Azercosmos has signed a broadcasting agreement with Canada’s Prime African Media Systems, a telecommunications company providing satellite solutions and teleport services. According to the agreement announced Tuesday, Prime African Media...

Eutelsat Communications and CANAL+ signed a multi-year, multi-transponder contract for Ku-band capacity on EUTELSAT 7C to support CANAL+’s Direct-to-Home (DTH) platform launch in Ethiopia at the beginning of 2021. Leveraging...

Harmonic will partner with SES for technology upgrades associated with SES’s process to clear C-band spectrum. The companies announced Monday they will work together to fast-track this deployment, by freeing up...

Optus extended its partnership with Foxtel, with an extension for the provision of satellite services until 2031. Foxtel is a media company, while Optus Satellite owns and operates Australia and...

XipLink, a manufacturer of  Wide Area Network (WAN) acceleration technologies, and Galaxy Broadband Communications have integrated XipLink’s XipOS optimization software into the Galaxy Multi-Satellite, Microwave and LTE Hybrid Networks. The...

Orange purchased all available capacity on the Eutelsat KONNECT satellite from Eutelsat Communications, which covers the entirety of France. Orange’s customers will receive high-speed fixed satellite broadband service starting in...

  Representatives from Telesat and SpaceX dug into their companies’ plans for constellations in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) and how they can provide backhaul in Via Satellite’s Cell Backhaul Digital Week...