Mobile Connectivity

Speedcast has launched FieldVision, a cloud-based platform designed for customers to connect, protect and monitor both people and assets through a single platform, from anywhere in the world. Available globally and operated from 18 data centers worldwide, the platform provides customers with a scalable and cost-effective solution to access real-time data and keep people safe...

SSL has shipped the first of three satellites that the company will deliver to the SpaceX launch base at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida over the next month. Driven by commercial advances, the three satellites will bring communications capability to connect people around the globe. Telstar 19 Vantage, an advanced High Throughput Satellite...

KVH is enabling owners and crew on board small to mid-size recreational boats to gain access to the internet in U.S. waters more than 20 miles offshore, with data download speeds up to 100 Mbps. The TracPhone LTE-1 marine communications system is compact and affordable enough for vessels such as sailboats, center consoles, fishing boats,...

Global provider of satellite and cellular services, FMC GlobalSat has signed up Miami-based Globalklass Groupe to its growing roster of global sub-distributors. The agreement allows Globalklass Groupe to assist FMC GlobalSat in selling, delivering and installing Kymeta’s terminals in Latin America and to serve Caribbean-based customers in the power and control, smart grid, security, communications...

iDirect, SES, Broadpeak, i2CAT and the University of Surrey, all members of the SaT5G consortium, have demonstrated a major milestone in the research, development and validation of key principles for satellite integration with 5G architecture, the consortium announced. Taking place at the EuCNC2018 conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia, the live test demonstrated the integration of satellite...

NuRAN Wireless has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Avanti Communications to market and distribute a combined 2G RAN product alongside Avanti’s Ka-band satellite backhaul solution. Reaching rural communities is highly strategic for both NuRAN and Avanti, with a clear focus on the African, Latin American and South East Asian markets. Reaching these communities...

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions will develop a proof of concept system to enable satellite communication roaming capability for the U.S. government, under a $2.6 million contract. The system will increase capacity, resilience and responsiveness of the wideband satcom network and will enable users to roam, in a similar way to cellphone users, across multiple...

Satellite-cellular start-up, Everywhere Communications has been launched to provide connections for users and assets that require global connectivity for safety, security and productivity. Everywhere’s solution uses the newly launched Iridium Next satellite constellation and cellular networks to provide always-on connectivity everywhere on Earth. The company’s leadership team consists of industry professionals, each with more than...

KVH Industries has announced that BW Group, a provider of maritime energy transportation, has chosen its connectivity services for 45 additional vessels in its fleet. The two companies will also continue with a connectivity contract for the Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) vessels in BW’s fleet that have had KVH’s VSAT...

Intelsat has appointed Juan Pablo Cofino as regional vice president of Latin America and the Caribbean. Cofino will be responsible for the development and implementation of Intelsat’s sales and regional go-to-market strategies for the company’s broadband, mobility, media and government customers operating in Latin America and the Caribbean. He will be based in Intelsat’s Coral...