Mobile Connectivity

Lepton Global Solutions, a Kymeta company, will add Satcube’s class of extremely small Very Small Aperture Terminals (VSAT) to the company’s global satellite network, under a deal announced March 9....

Rakuten Mobile and Ligado Networks have reached an MoU for commercial trials for 5G mobile private networks based on the Rakuten Communications Platform (RCP). Under the MoU announced Feb. 12,...

Over recent years we’ve seen some impressive advancements across the satcoms industry with boundaries pushed further than we once thought possible. It was recently reported that SpaceX’s satellite broadband service Starlink, is...

Kymeta has released two new versions of its new u8 terminal — the u8 GOV and the u8 GO — in an effort to serve more government, military, and mobile...

Orbitare has reached a deal with Spire Global to deploy its personal satellite communication network, Spaceloop, on Spire’s nanosatellite constellation. Orbitare will send two in-orbit demonstrations of Spaceloop to orbit...

Alphabet, parent company of Google, is shutting down Loon, its subsidiary dedicated to providing broadband from balloons in the stratosphere. Loon CEO Alastair Westgarth announced the news in a Medium...

Gilat Satellite Networks’ Electronically Steered Antenna (ESA) has been successfully tested over Inmarsat’s Global Xpress (GX) network, the companies announced Thursday. Gilat’s open-architecture antenna has been integrated with Inmarsat’s G-MODMAN...

SoftBank Group has made an investment into the new iteration of OneWeb, the company announced Jan. 15. This marks SoftBank re-investing into OneWeb, after the former majority investor pulled out...

With so many new satellites being launched into Geostationary Orbit, Low-Earth Orbit, and Medium-Earth Orbit, (GEO/MEO/LEO), ground segment and technology providers face increasing pressure to develop systems that power new...

At the 13th European Space Conference on Wednesday, Gerry Collins, network and services policy expert for ESOA stated that the satellite industry needs to change its way of doing business...