Mobile Connectivity

Satellite-connected Internet of Things (IoT) technology company hiSky has begun early field trials of a new “Smartellite” Ku-band satellite terminal that it has been developing over the course of a year. The company is embarking on these trials in cooperation with its strategic partners and a number of prospective clients, hiSky said in its Thursday...

Gilat Satellite Networks new aero modem, Taurus, was selected to support In-Flight Entertainment and Connectivity (IFEC) services for China’s Qingdao Airlines, Gilat announced Tuesday. The service is provided by China Satcom over CS-16 Ka-band High-Throughput Satellite (HTS) together with its service partner China TDT LINK. The whole Ka-band IFEC system was integrated by FTS, a Chinese...

Space Communication Technologies (SCT) selected SpaceBridge to supply an High Throughput Satellite (HTS) Multiple Spot Beam (MSB) Broadband Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) Network. The network incorporates SpaceBridge’s ASAT System including its turnkey WaveSwitch, Point-to-MultiPoint Satellite Broadband Platform technology. The SpaceBridge ASAT Platform will deliver services helping to enable enterprises, Mobile Network Operators (MNO), and...

MDA and Burloak Technologies, a division of Samuel, Son & Co., on Monday revealed a five-year agreement to partner for additively manufactured parts and components for space-bound satellite antenna applications. Under the terms of this agreement, Burloak and MDA will collaborate to optimize the design and manufacturability of a range of antenna technologies. The joint...

NXT Communications (NXTCOMM), a new wireless connectivity company in Atlanta, has opened a new 10,000-square-foot production facility that will produce their electronically steered antennas to help meet worldwide demand for affordable broadband connectivity on the move. NXTCOMM is initially targeting airline In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) and land mobile applications such as rail and trucking fleets and...

NXT Communications (NXTCOMM), a new mobile connectivity company in Atlanta, announced today that it has completed design of a low-cost, flat-panel satellite antenna for the commercial and defense aviation markets. Additionally, NXT Communications named Carl Novello CTO. Novello was the former VP of Solutions for Kymeta, and VP of Product at Intellian —where he led...

Azercosmos has signed a partnership agreement with HorizonSat, a provider of telecommunications, internet, and satellite services in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). According to this agreement, HorizonSat will provide data services to its customers in the Middle East and North African regions via the Azerspace-1 satellite. With the C-band of the Azerspace-1 satellite, HorizonSat will...

Hughes Network Systems reports that its HeloSat satellite communications transmitted consistent, real-time, full-motion video from a Black Hawk helicopter during a recent in-flight demonstration. The HeloSat solution sent live, HD video from the cockpit, through the rotor blades, to a satellite and through to mission control within seconds as it surveilled a Tennessee landscape in...

Intelsat General (IG) has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Army to assess and develop its technology and services as a solution for the Army’s mission to progress satellite communications systems capabilities.  Specifically, IG announced Tuesday that it has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) for satellite communications terminals, technologies and...

Inmarsat has deployed a new product, Tailings Insight, an Internet of Things (IoT) solution for monitoring mining tailings storage facilities. The solution is available in two propositions, Tailings Insight – Cloud; and Tailings Insight Plus, which are designed to respond to the differing needs of miners, and reflect Inmarsat’s commitment to building more transparent, safer...