Focus: Telecom

One of the deals of 2021 saw AT&T partner with OneWeb to bring satellite-based connectivity to AT&T’s business customers who need connectivity in remote and challenging locations. This is a vote of confidence in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite connectivity that could have an impact on satellite’s future working with telcos. AT&T’s business fiber network enables high-speed connections...

German space company OHB and its subsidiary LuxSpace entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with OQ Technology (OQ) to collaborate on a satellite-based IoT upstream and downstream service for energy, agriculture, defense and green economy markets. LuxSpace’s Triton-X microsatellite platform, which is being developed under the European Space Agency’s ARTES program, will be a...

Brazilian power company Oliveira Energia has selected Speedcast to provide connectivity service to 42 power plants in Brazil’s Amazonas state. Speedcast’s Brazilian entity SC Caprock will deliver service under the multi-year agreement announced Dec. 7. Financial terms were not disclosed.  The agreement includes the now completed installation and launch of a C-band Very Small Aperture...

Eutelsat has signed another deal with a major telco, this time in Africa. Following up a recent agreement with Deutsche Telecom, Eutelsat has now has signed a service agreement with Vodacom Tanzania for packaged services to bring connectivity to underserved regions of Tanzania, leveraging Eutelsat’s Eutelsat KONNECT high-throughput satellite. The deal was announced Dec. 2....

Africa Mobile Networks (AMN) has deployed hubs from Gilat Satellite Networks as it expands a cellular backhaul network in Africa. Gilat announced Monday that AMN has deployed Gilat SkyEdge II-c Capricorn VSATs (Very Small Aperture Terminals) and placed additional orders.  AMN is expanding its coverage to a dozen countries in Africa. The company works with...

Lynk Global has signed another mobile network operator for service on its satellite-to-cell service. Mongolia’s largest mobile operator, Unitel, has signed on as a member of Lynk’s flagship carrier program.  Lynk is working to launch a satellite-to-cell network, which allows cell phone users to send messages outside of cellular coverage by connecting to satellite, with...

Telesat has chosen Ciena to deploy routing and switching platforms for terrestrial backhaul solutions for its Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation Lightspeed.   Ciena is a networking systems, services, and software company based in Maryland. It will supply the hardware and software that will provide high-speed, high-capacity connections to governments, telcos, mobile operators, and other enterprise customers....

Eutelsat has signed a broadband deal with a major European telco. The company announced Oct. 7 that Deutsche Telekom, Europe’s biggest telco, will provide high-speed satellite broadband via the Eutelsat KONNECT satellite. Deutsche Telekom has agreed to commercialize Eutelsat Konnect high-speed broadband internet offers for households in Germany that have limited internet options, starting at...

Two mobile network operators, Aliv and Telecel Centrafrique, have acquired first-to-market rights to implement satellite-to-cell service from Lynk Global. Aliv operates in the Bahamas, and Telecel operates in the Central African Republic. Lynk announced Wednesday that these telcos are the first in a flagship partnership program.  Lynk pitches itself as a solution to the “0G...

Omnispace and Vulcan Wireless have tested voice and data communication between the company’s on-orbit satellite and military communications radios, the companies announced Thursday.  Omnispace used the existing on-orbit satellite from the ICO Global constellation. Omnispace purchased the assets of ICO Global, including priority rights to the S-band 2 Ghz spectrum. In the test, the satellite...