Connectivity

Northern Sky Research has been acquired by technology, media, and telecom consulting firm Analysys Mason, the companies announced on Tuesday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.  Analysys Mason...

The FCC granted AST SpaceMobile an experimental license for U.S.-based testing of its satellite direct to cell connectivity with the BlueWalker 3 satellite. AST SpaceMobile announced the approval on May...

SES has signed a contract renewal with one of its biggest broadcast customers, Sky UK. The operator announced May 3 that Sky UK has signed a deal worth around 84...

Arabsat ordered a software-defined Geostationary (GEO) satellite from Thales Alenia Space, the regional operator announced April 29.  Arabsat-7A is based on the Thales based on the Space Inspire platform, which...

Hispasat has won a new satellite backhaul deal in Mexico, the company announced April 28. The Spanish satellite operator will provide a satellite backhaul solution for a network of LTE...

SSi Canada purchased additional SES capacity to expand broadband access in Northern Canada, including the Nunavut territory. Under the agreement announced Thursday, SES will provide additional satellite capacity from its...

Azercosmos has formed a new partnership with teleport operator Signalhorn to boost its position in the African satellite market. The two companies announced April 27 that Azercosmos will provide broadband...

AST SpaceMobile has signed an MoU with Globe Telecom, a mobile network operator in the Philippines. The Thursday announcement did not include specific details, but AST SpaceMobile “would aim to...

Analysts say the smallsat IoT business is on the way to becoming a $1 billion market in the next 10 years. New Space startups in this area are increasing their...

UltiSat signed a distribution agreement with OneWeb government subsidiary OneWeb Technologies. UltiSat — a subsidiary of Speedcast that provides end-to-end managed networks — plans to include OneWeb’s Low-Earth Orbit (LEO)...