Mobile Connectivity

Kymeta’s u8 terminal has received FCC commercial authorization, the company announced Tuesday. This approval comes as Kymeta prepares to launch the product in the Fourth Quarter (Q4) of 2020. The company also recently acquired satellite service provider Lepton Global Solutions LLC to aid its go-to-market push, and completed an $85 million fundraising round led by...

Indian satellite service provider Nelco has reached an agreement to offer Telesat’s Telesat LEO satellite connectivity in India. Nelco and Telesat announced Wednesday they will collaborate on terrestrial facilities, commercial distribution, and regulatory frameworks for Telesat LEO service in India. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.  The Canadian operator is working on its...

Antennas that function with satellites in both Geostationary Orbit (GEO) Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO) as a hybrid solution are essential for using the growing supply of satellite capacity in space, ThinKom CTO Billy Milroy said in a Via Satellite webinar on Tuesday.  Milroy said ThinKom has verified that both its Ka-band ThinAir 2517 and Ku-band ThinAir...

Envistacom revealed on Sept. 23 that the company has teamed up with XipLink to deliver Space Communications Protocols Specification (SCPS) Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Acceleration, Wire Area Network (WAN) optimization, and related networking technologies to customers through Envistacom’s Transport Virtualization Ecosystem (TVE). WAN optimization is an adjacent networking application that can be incorporated onto non-proprietary,...

BridgeComm, a provider of Optical Wireless Communications (OWC) solutions and services, revealed Tuesday that its Managed Optical Communication Array (MOCA) hardware and software was validated by a partnership with an independent third party. MOCA technology allows for multi-domain capabilities to share large volumes of data and collaborate significantly faster with increased security. BridgeComm’s MOCA technology...

Inmarsat will extend its Fleet LTE coverage for offshore service vessels to the Gulf of Mexico, following successful trials with V.Ships Offshore in the North Sea area. The new Gulf of Mexico coverage extension adds to the existing agreement with subsea fiber and offshore LTE network operator Tampnet. Additionally, this follows the Fleet LTE North Sea...

Eutelsat Communications revealed on Thursday that it has formed a long-term agreement with Ovzon AB for the provision of satellite control services. Under the agreement, Eutelsat will control Ovzon-3 over its full operational life. Ovzon-3 is the first satellite procured by Ovzon, and is being built by Maxar. Ovzon has operated capacity on a number...

SES Government Solutions and Isotropic Systems have received an antenna evaluation contract with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to test Isotropic Systems’ multi-beam terminal over SES’s O3b Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) constellation. The contract award amount was not disclosed.  The U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army, through the Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet...

OneWeb is set to resume launches with Arianespace in December to build out its Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite internet constellation. The satellite operator announced Monday that Arianespace will provide 16 more launches, each placing another 34 to 36 satellites into OneWeb’s constellation.  This update comes as OneWeb is in the midst of a restructuring deal...

KVH Industries CFO Don Reilly will retire this year, the mobile connectivity company announced Thursday. The board of directors has appointed COO Brent Bruun as interim CFO, effective Nov. 2, and initiated a process to identify a new CFO.  “During Don’s tenure, KVH solidified its standing in the markets we serve, and Don played a...