Inmarsat has joined the ongoing debate around auctioning satellite spectrum in India. The British satellite operator’s chief executive officer Rajeev Suri said that there is no case to even consider auctioning spectrum for satcom or Read more…
Global satellite communication companies and Indian telecom operators are at loggerheads over spectrum in the 28 GHz band for 5G services. Read more…
Space junk is an issue that needs to be addressed immediately, otherwise the risks of catastrophic collisions cannot be ignored. Read more…
Inner space is now as accessible as the ring roads around any major city. The only slight hitch is you have to be a billionaire to get there. Read more…
ITEM: A non-profit AI firm has revealed plans to combine AI with satellite imagery to track carbon emissions from every power plant on Earth in real time – and it could be a game changer Read more…
There’s a pretty good chance Facebook is quite possibly working on satellites that will use lasers to beam internet connectivity from space: report Read more…
Earlier this month, I had the privilege of chairing a 5G seminar on the sidelines of the AVIA Video Summit in Hong Kong. (Gentle reminder: AVIA is the pay-TV/satellite industry organization formerly known as CASBAA.) Read more…
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Amazon.com said on Tuesday it was starting a new antenna service for uploading and downloading data from satellites, in a bid to lure space industry and other customers to the cloud. Read more…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s SpaceX, fresh off the successful launch this month of the world’s most powerful rocket, won an endorsement on Wednesday from the Federal Communications Commission to build a broadband network using Read more…
NEC has announced that Lockheed Martin will use its AI-powered analytics engine, SIAT (System Invariant Analysis Technology), in space for various apps. SIAT uses data collected from sensors to learn the behavior of systems, including Read more…
Speedcast announced that it has finalized upgrades to its global network in coverage and ground infrastructure via investments in Ku-band and merging of network assets from previous acquisitions. Speedcast says its new Ku-band network provides Read more…
Openet announced that Iridium Communications has implemented its Policy Manager solution to impose real-time controls on data consumption and time usage across its 66 cross-linked LEOsats. Iridium, which provides voice and data services to global Read more…
Singapore-based company Addvalue Technologies has formalized a global agreement with Inmarsat to jointly offer what is arguably the world’s first commercial communications service to improve command-and-control communications for LEOsats. The new Inter-Satellite Data Relay Service (IDRS) Read more…
Eutelsat is no normal communications company. It deploys and manages forty satellites that provide service to broadcasters, telcos and aviation companies. The next launch will position a satellite over the Asia-Pacific region to provide communications Read more…
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