Author: Max Engel

LightSquared’s plans to deploy a terrestrial LTE network using L-band satellite frequencies was dealt a serious blow by reports that government testing found that its proposed LTE service caused significant...

I have always liked Iridium, at least the new Iridium that followed the bankruptcy of the original, mobile phone-focused Iridium. One of the things that I have liked most about...

According to the Satellite Industry Association’s 2011 State of the Satellite Industry Report, satellite equipment sales are up and consumer GPS hardware is singled out as one of the drivers....

The world of satellite broadband is about to see the results of a revolution in satellite capacity. In Europe, Ka-Sat is getting ready to enter service. In North America, ViaSat-1...

Once again a North American satellite broadband provider has a new owner. Following WildBlue’s acquisition by ViaSat, Hughes Network Systems is being purchased by EchoStar. Is it possible that broadband...

Satellite radio (specifically Sirius and XM) was created with the idea that such a service could offer more specialized programming than conventional terrestrial radio. A broader range of more specialized...

As I write this, the biggest news in the mobile satellite world is TerreStar’s bankruptcy. On the long road to the deployment of TerreStar’s ATC network, TerreStar has hit another...

In this column my focus largely has been satellite services at the consumer level. There is another way to look at this, however, and I was reminded by the recent...

Ever since the FCC opened the door to the use of satellite spectrum for terrestrial networks, it has seemed like a case of the tail waging the dog. It is...

Years ago, I did a study on terrestrial versus satellite broadband. At the time, not so long after the failure of initiatives such as Teledesic, it was easy to be...