Mobile Connectivity

Optus Satellite selected Hughes Network Systems‘ Jupiter System as its satellite platform to offer next generation services to its customers. The companies signed a multi-year master services agreement, under which Optus Satellite will purchase Jupiter System equipment to: extend 3G and 4G services; lay the foundation for 5G; power enterprise services such as satellite news...

In one of the signature opening panels at World Satellite Business Week (WSBW), CEOs from a number of regional operators debated what is in store for operators in a 5G world. The picture painted was one of oversupply, declining video markets, as well as uncertainty about the future. Masood Sharif Mahmood, CEO, Yahsat, admits that...

Hughes Communications India, a majority-owned subsidiary of Hughes Network Systems, launched commercial maritime mobility services in India. HCIL was the first to receive a Flight and Maritime Connectivity (FMC) license in India, which permits the company to provide mobility services within 125 kilometers of the Indian coastline. Now, as the first to offer satellite maritime...

Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) selected Viasat‘s In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) system for its new Airbus fleet additions: the A321LR and the A330-300E. SAS has continued to make investments to modernize its global flight routes. With the additions of the A321LR and A330-300E aircraft, SAS expects to improve its narrow- and wide-body long-haul fleet, expanding transcontinental flight...

Speedcast International won a contract to provide cellular backhaul services to a mobile services operator in Colombia that supports the operator’s mobile operation in the remote Amazon city of Leticia. Speedcast’s cellular backhaul connectivity solution serves the customer’s operations in Leticia, which is located in the country’s southernmost tip on the Amazon River. With the cellular...

Viasat revealed its plans for a new business internet service known as Viasat Direct Cloud Connect, which will give Viasat customers expanded options for accessing cloud services. The Viasat Direct Cloud Connect service is expected to launch in the second half of calendar year 2019, and will first offer cloud connection services to Microsoft Azure...

Telit, an Internet of Things (IoT) solutions provider, today announced that its LE910C1-NF and LE910C4-NF modules are certified for use on the three largest U.S mobile network operators. The certifications enable Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) to develop solutions for many verticals and use cases that can be deployed across the three largest U.S. mobile networks...

Viasat revealed new increased speeds, service packages and hardware incentives. The new In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) business aviation service packages aims to enable new and existing Ku-band customers the ability to upgrade their connectivity solution with faster speeds. The new Viasat Ku Advanced packages are available now with increased speeds up to 10 Megabits Per Second...

Hughes Network Systems partnered with Facebook to launch Wi-Fi hotspots in Colombia, supported by the Facebook Express Wi-Fi software platform. Service providers and telecommunications integrators in Colombia can join Hughes to help enable local merchants to offer high-speed internet access to their customers on a prepaid basis anywhere in Colombia – even in the most remote...

Speedcast International was awarded a contract to add Crew Wi-Fi to their fully-managed communications services onboard Stena Drilling‘s global fleet. Speedcast manages Stena’s global remote communications across their fleet of four drill ships and two semi-submersible rigs, and will now be adding Crew Wi-Fi to all assets following a successful pilot on a drillship currently...