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KT claims first 5G data transmission with satellite connection
South Korea’s KT Corp has announced it has successfully conducted what it claims is the world’s first 5G data transmission with a satellite connection. Read more…
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Q: Who won at the WRC-19 spectrum slugfest? A: Everyone!
WRC-19 is over, and for once, just about everyone is happy with the results as cellcos and satellite players now have more spectrum to play with. Read more…
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China launches new high-resolution remote sensing satellite
China launched a new high-resolution remote sensing satellite capable of providing stereoscopic imagery for topographic mapping. Read more…
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Take your seats – the WRC-19 spectrum war is about to begin
5G, Wi-Fi, LEOsats, cars, drones and broadband balloons – they all need spectrum. WRC-19 hopes to give it to them. Let the spectrum wars begin! Read more…
Features
Blending cloud connections to ensure broadcast video quality
Broadcasters want to use the cloud – the challenge is maintaining broadcast quality levels end to end. Intelsat’s solution: blend connections together. Read more…
Videos
Here’s why Inmarsat is upgrading its Global Xpress fleet
Inmarsat’s Todd McDonell talks about the company’s recent Airbus deal to take its Global Xpress broadband offering to the next generation. Read more…
Features
How connected planes will disrupt the aviation sector
Increased connectivity in airplanes could increase efficiency and reduce environmental effects, according to recent reports from the Sky High Economics study, a project from the London School of Economics for UK-based satellite company Inmarsat. ITU Read more…
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Satellite vendors need to embrace open standards to play in 5G
Major satellite operators see 5G as an opportunity to integrate themselves more deeply into the mobile ecosystem, but one key ingredient remains missing – open standards. Satellite companies have been targeting the mobile sector for Read more…
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China-based hackers target US, SEA telecoms companies: Symantec
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A sophisticated hacking campaign launched from computers in China burrowed deeply into satellite operators, defense contractors and telecommunications companies in the United States and southeast Asia, security researchers at Symantec said Read more…
Off the Wire
Qatar Airways deploys Inmarsat’s inflight broadband service
Inmarsat announced that Qatar Airways is rolling out the satellite operator’s new GX Aviation inflight broadband service on its Boeing 777 and Airbus A350 aircraft. Qatar Airways is the first airline in the Middle East Read more…