Focus: Broadband

Pockets of the expansive continent are online, but it’s a far way until people are connected from the Cape to Cairo. While satellite faces its challenges, it remains the only...

CETel signed another contract to deliver fiber-like connectivity into Africa utilizing O3b‘s Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellite constellation. The long-term contract supports an African communications and technology solutions provider to...

Dish Network has selected Ericsson to deliver a radio access and core network for Dish’s Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IOT) network slated for completion in March 2020. Ericsson is the first wireless vendor...

Lepton Global Solutions is partnering with Kymeta, a manufacturer of the electronically-steered, flat-panel Kymeta KyWay satellite terminal in a bid to elevate its position in the government market. Lepton Global has...

In 2014, Ovzon launched its end-to-end mobile broadband satellite service. But as it so happens, the U.S. and Swedish-based company was destined to transition from a service provider to satellite...

SKY Perfect JSAT awarded Gilat a multi-million U.S. dollar project for its new mobility and fixed broadband service in Japan. The new set of services enabled by Gilat aims to support...

Gilat Satellite Networks will provide its ground network for China Satcom‘s ChinaSat-18 (CS-18). The nationwide Ka-band coverage, now to be provided by CS-18 and ChinaSat-16 (CS-16), will be supported by...

Telefónica said it is further expanding its service coverage into Latin America as a result of sustained growth and increased demand in 2018.The company’s wholesale business unit, Telefónica International Wholesale...

Viasat achieved revenues of $517.5 million in the three months to the end of September. This represents a year-on-year increase of 31.6 percent, compared to $393.1 million in the same quarter...

Telesat’s Telstar 18 Vantage High Throughput Satellite (HTS) is fully operational at 138 degrees East and has entered commercial service. Telstar 18 Vantage was launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket...