Focus: Telecom

iDirect, SES, Broadpeak, i2CAT and the University of Surrey, all members of the SaT5G consortium, have demonstrated a major milestone in the research, development and validation of key principles for satellite integration with 5G architecture, the consortium announced. Taking place at the EuCNC2018 conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia, the live test demonstrated the integration of satellite...

NuRAN Wireless has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Avanti Communications to market and distribute a combined 2G RAN product alongside Avanti’s Ka-band satellite backhaul solution. Reaching rural communities is highly strategic for both NuRAN and Avanti, with a clear focus on the African, Latin American and South East Asian markets. Reaching these communities...

Just over the horizon we can see an Earth that is one 100 percent interconnected by broadband, as new megaconstellations go online in the Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) and Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) — at least that’s the idea, anyway. With today’s satellites maxing out and the demand for High-Throughput Satellites (HTS) becoming off the charts, it’s...

Satellite-cellular start-up, Everywhere Communications has been launched to provide connections for users and assets that require global connectivity for safety, security and productivity. Everywhere’s solution uses the newly launched Iridium Next satellite constellation and cellular networks to provide always-on connectivity everywhere on Earth. The company’s leadership team consists of industry professionals, each with more than...

In the wake of the hurricanes in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands last year, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is making available hundreds of millions of dollars in universal service funding to help restore and expand voice and broadband communications over the next decade to millions of residents. For this, the FCC should...

Viasat has signed telecommunications distributor TBI as its latest master agent partner to offer Viasat’s business internet services. TBI has a network of 2,500 sales agents that include sales partners, value-added resellers, managed service providers and consultants. As a Viasat master agent, TBI’s network will be able to offer Viasat high-speed satellite internet as an option...

Macom Technology Solutions has launched a new portfolio of wideband double-balanced mixers, and introduced a power detector featuring wide-input bandwidth and dynamic range, as well as new broadband, high-speed Single Pole Double Throw (SPDT) switches. The wideband double-balanced mixers, covering the 8-43GHz and 18-46 GHz frequency ranges, deliver low conversion loss, high linearity and a...

Telstra has launched the Telstra 4GX-lite Mobile Satellite Small Cell, a new solution to help people living and working in some of Australia’s most remote places purchase their own coverage extension of the Telstra 4GX mobile service. According to the company, the first customer is already on board, with a heads of agreement in place...

KT Corporation, a South Korean telecommunications company, is planning for its satellite business operator to gear up efforts to bring the next technology revolution to outer space as well as the Korean peninsula. KT Sat aims to become the seventh-largest satellite operator in the world by 2025, up from its current 18th rank. To achieve this,...

Hispasat and telecommunications services provider Eurona have launched a satellite-based broadband service in the Canary Islands archipelago. The digital inclusion project was presented earlier this year and is designed to bring broadband to previously underserved localities in Spain. The partners said some 373,000 people in white areas of the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife...