BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese quantum satellite has dispatched transmissions over a distance of 1,200 km (746 miles), a dozen times further than the previous record, a breakthrough in a technology that could be used Read more…
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India launched a communication satellite using its most powerful rocket on Monday, improving its prospects of winning a bigger share of the more than $300 billion global space industry and its Read more…
We all know what a crucial role satellites play in providing communications services to almost every corner of the globe but we may not be so familiar with how service providers and customers communicate with Read more…
Eutelsat Communications says it has successfully launched Eutelsat 172B, a new high throughput satellite (HTS) for Asia-Pacific that is also billed as the first high-power all-electric satellite built by Airbus. Designed to replace Eutelsat 172A Read more…
(Reuters) – Satellite operator Intelsat said it expects its $14 billion merger with peer OneWeb, which is backed by Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp, to fall through as it failed to get enough of its creditors to Read more…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan launched a rocket carrying a satellite with a local version of the US global positioning system (GPS) on Thursday, which is expected to increase the precision of location information used in Read more…
Satellite may not be the sexiest of technologies at a time when the telecoms industry is obsessed with 5G, but satellite companies are fully prepared to be a relevant part of that ecosystem, insists Intelsat. Read more…
Satellite company SES Networks has launched a new hybrid resiliency platform that leverages multiple orbit levels to offer bandwidth-on-demand services, with Palau Telecoms signing on as the first customer. The new managed service, announced at Read more…
Axiata Group’s wholly owned subsidiary, Axiata Business Services, has signed a four-year, multi-transponder contract for leased capacity and teleport services with Thaicom’s broadband satellite business IPstar. Under the deal, Axiata Business Services will purchase the Read more…
Australia’s nbn announced that its interim satellite service (ISS) will close down on February 28, and all residents and businesses using the service will need to switch to an alternative nbn network or be cut off. There are Read more…
At MIT’s EmTech Asia 2017 last week, much of the focus was on pure science, but there were also several tracks that provided a preview of new ideas and advances in the ICT space, from Read more…
Hong Kong satellite-to-mobile broadcaster CMMB Vision announced that its China-based JV, Global Vision Media Technology, has entered into a strategic cooperation framework agreement with China Telecom to develop a converged satellite/LTE mobile network dedicated to Read more…
Mobile satellite services operator Thuraya Telecommunications and Indosat Ooredoo have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop a new range of services by combining Indosat products with Thuraya satellite technology and devices for business Read more…
O3b Networks says its high throughput, low latency satellite network has had “an immense impact” on the Asia Pacific region in 2016 as it announced new contract extensions and upgrades this week in Timor-Leste and Read more…
REUTERS – SoftBank Group has agreed to invest $1 billion in US satellite venture OneWeb, marking the first tranche of a $50 billion US investment the Japanese telecoms and technology company’s founder Masayoshi Son pledged Read more…
O3b Networks announced that telco Digicel Pacific has signed an agreement to increase satellite capacity and bring LTE mobile connectivity to the remote Micronesian island of Nauru. The Republic of Nauru is the smallest state in Read more…
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Private rocket launch service SpaceX is requesting approval from the US government to operate a massive satellite network that would provide high-speed, global internet coverage, according to newly filed documents with the Read more…
O3b Networks announced that its customer Palau Telecoms has increased network capacity for the fourth time in 20 months, growing its service capacity by 70% over this period. The company decided to upgrade now to Read more…
XICHANG, Sichuan, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) — China on early Saturday August 6 successfully launched the first telecom satellite for mobile communications. The Tiantong-01 satellite was launched at 00:22 a.m. Beijing Time, at southwestern China’s Xichang Read more…
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