Mobile Connectivity

Hughes Network Systems, launched HughesNet in Mexico, its flagship high-speed satellite internet service. The introduction of HughesNet marks the expansion of Hughes’ presence in Mexico, where the company offers commercial enterprise and government services, through its partner Star Group/StarGo. Beginning October 1, HughesNet will deliver internet access virtually everywhere in the country, including in areas...

Consumer Technology Association (CTA) President and CEO and New York Times best-selling author Gary Shapiro is one of the most powerful tech industry voices in Washington D.C., representing more than 2,200 consumer technology companies in the nation’s capital. He has been repeatedly named one of the 100 most influential people in D.C. by Washington Life...

Hispasat, together with Colombian satellite services provider Bansat, is helping to provide communications for a Colombian government humanitarian initiative called “Journey to the Heart of Atrato.” The expedition involves transporting humanitarian material and personnel to towns located on the banks of the third largest river in the country. Because of the initiative, more than 4,000...

Speedcast International and Indian Very Small Aperature Terminal (VSAT) service provider Nelco, a Tata enterprise, was awarded a new contract to deliver satellite communications onboard an Indian cruise line catering to the Indian domestic and international cruise markets. The Indian cruise line’s ship will sail initially in India before proceeding to the Middle East. Throughout its...

It’s fair to say that most of the wireless industry guessed wrong on Charlie Ergen’s plans for 5G. That group includes your humble narrator. We had plenty of hints as to what was the truth — that Ergen was building the fourth largest wireless carrier in the United States with an independent 5G offering and...

The satellite industry is reaching a tipping point in the business model it uses to sell connectivity to mobile networks. As costs have tumbled, and technological advances have driven up bandwidth and quality, demand from mobile operators is rising. And increasingly, that demand is driven, not by regulatory requirements or government subsidies, but by profit...

Lowering the cost of services seems to be the mantra of satcom providers, but there is one segment that bucks the trend. In luxury yachting, money is not an issue, and all the customer wants is a better, faster service. Earlier this year, the crew of the 46 meter (m) sailing yacht Ganesha watched the...

Iridium and OneWeb entered into an MoU to develop a combined service offering from Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) that could potentially include ground equipment that is compatible with both operators’ constellations, the companies confirmed at Iridium’s annual partner conference. The unique service would combine Iridium’s Certus L-band service with OneWeb’s Ku-band service for what is being described...

MDA, a Maxar company, revealed that it will design and manufacture space-based L-band navigation antennas as part of a hosted payload on the MEASAT-3d satellite, which is currently being built by Airbus. The MDA-built navigation antennas will be integrated on a hosted payload for South Korean KTSAT that will support the Korea Augmentation Satellite System...

Gogo has surpassed 1,500 total commercial aircraft installed and activated with satellite in-flight connectivity (IFC). As of September 1, Gogo announced that it had: 1,262 aircraft installed and activated with 2Ku technology (categorized as Aircraft Online, or “AOL”); 252 aircraft installed and activated with Ku technology (categorized as AOL); approximately 850 2Ku aircraft currently in backlog....