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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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5G is satellite’s best (and last) chance to join the mobile ecosystem
Satellite players have always looked for ways to stay relevant in the mobile era. But aside from expensive satellite handsets and rural cellular backhaul, it’s been tough going. And you’d be forgiven for thinking that Read more…
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Inflight Wi-Fi finally matures enough to pay off – at least for vendors
HAMBURG (Reuters) – Satellite technology to provide Wi-Fi onboard planes has matured to a point where more and more airlines are looking to use it, triggering a “gold rush” among suppliers. That brings opportunities for Read more…
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Satellite industry associations form global coalition to fight spectrum wars
Six satellite industry associations have established the Global Satellite Coalition (GSC), an international advocacy group whose mission is to secure new satellite spectrum and protect existing spectrum by promoting the value proposition of satellite services Read more…
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Optus Satellite to test Telesat’s LEO sat in live trials
Optus Satellite and low-earth orbit satellite operator Telesat announced they will be collaborating in live, over-the-air trials on Telesat’s recently launched LEO satellite. Telesat’s first Phase 1 LEO satellite – launched in January this year Read more…
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Eutelsat and Unicom sign MoU for inflight satellite comms and more
Eutelsat Communications has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with China Unicom, who will leverage resources on the recently launched Eutelsat 172B satellite to enhance inflight connectivity services across an area stretching from the West coast Read more…
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Eutelsat 172B satellite ready to beam broadband to planes in APAC
Eutelsat Communications’ all-electric Eutelsat 172B satellite has begun full commercial service, promising greatly enhanced flexibility, power and connectivity for users from the West coast of the Americas to Asia, Oceania and across the Pacific. The Read more…
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KT Skylife takes on OTT competition via Alticast Ambient TV platform
Satellite broadcasting operator KT Skylife has selected the Alticast Ambient TV platform as the foundation for Telebee, a new end-to-end turnkey OTT service to compete against Netflix, Hulu and other SVOD services. According to Alticast, Read more…
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LEOs, MEOs and lasers: the future of broadband satellite
Over the next five years, 10,000 new internet satellites from seven different consortia will be launched into orbit to deliver broadband services quite unlike what we have come to expect from satellite broadband up until Read more…
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Telkom-1 outage knocks out thousands of ATMs, payment machines
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Thousands of ATMs and electronic card payment machines in Indonesia went offline over the weekend, and it might take two more weeks before full service is restored, after an outage from a Read more…
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AsiaSat 9 set to launch on September 28 via Baikonur
AsiaSat 9 – AsiaSat’s next and most powerful satellite – is set for launch on September 28 on a Proton M/Breeze M rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan after being in storage at Space Systems Read more…
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ACMA reveals plans to reallocate 3.6 GHz band for 5G
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has issued a consultation package on its plan to make the 3.6 GHz band – which is already being used by satellite operators – available for terrestrial 5G Read more…