Focus: Telecom

Since February, Axesat and an undisclosed cellular communications network operator have worked together to improve 3G voice and data service in Leticia, Colombia. According to Axesat, the service guarantees connectivity in the Colombian Amazon, an area with difficult geographic limitations and an approximate population of 76,000. The alliance ratifies satellite as the appropriate technology for...

xG Technology announced that its IMT Vislink business is debuting a new satellite data terminal, Vislink AirPro-75, at the SATELLITE 2018 Conference & Exhibition. The Vislink AirPro-75 is a small, lightweight, low-cost, single-button deployment IP satellite data terminal for use with Eutelsat’s Tooway and ViaSat Exede services. According to the company, the terminal is a...

The Satellite Applications Catapult has selected Juniper Networks to construct a secure, end-to-end network infrastructure in support of its 5G testbed. The testbed creates infrastructure to foster the innovative use of 5G, providing ubiquitous connectivity across terrestrial and satellite communication in support of mission-critical applications including use cases for Internet of Things (IOT), autonomous systems...

Comtech Telecommunications Santa Clara, California-based subsidiary, Comtech Xicom, announced a new 250-Watt V-Band amplifier for High-Throughput Satellite (HTS) gateway services. According to Comtech, the product is antenna-mounted at the feed to minimize path loss. Power combining and redundancy architectures are also available. Industry analysts at Northern Sky Research (NSR) believe the V-band ecosystem could generate...

The satellite industry is in the midst of a major renaissance, overcoming market barriers that have existed for decades and finding new opportunities in a range of verticals. However, as satellite technology in space improves, so too must the ground infrastructure that supports it. In this Q&A, Isotropic Systems Founder John Finney lays out the...

SpaceX marked its 50th Falcon 9 launch on Tuesday, successfully orbiting a city bus-sized satellite for Spanish operator Hispasat. The Hispasat 30W-6 satellite lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida just after midnight EST. Very proud of the SpaceX team! Can’t believe it’s been fifty Falcon 9...

ViaLite has launched its L-Band HTS–HWDR RF over fiber link to address the need for more dynamic range within the ground segment generated by High Throughput Satellites (HTS), which are capable of transmitting data more than a hundred times faster than conventional Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) satellites. With a Hyper-Wide Dynamic Range (HWDR) of 114...

Hispasat announced its participation in a team of companies that will perform testing on the design of hybrid networks, which will provide 5G services for mobile telephone networks in the future through a more efficient combination of different space and terrestrial technologies. The 5GBarcelona initiative, announced at the Mobile World Congress, aims to convert the...

Speedcast International announced that it won a multi-million dollar contract to provide satellite cellular backhaul services to Alpha Telecommunication Mali (ATEL), part of Planor Afrique Group, provider of the newest third-generation mobile network in Mali. Through the agreement, Speedcast will use satellite to connect all remote areas of the country to the Bamako main core...

While SpaceX and OneWeb intend to expand internet coverage from Low Earth Orbit (LEO), NewSpace startup Astranis plans to launch broadband smallsats into traditional Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO). According to one of its founders, the company isn’t out to solve GEO satellites’ latency issues — instead, it hopes to help connect remote areas by selling...