Thuraya, the mobile satellite services subsidiary of the UAE-based global satellite company, Yahsat, announced on 9 April 2020 that Thuraya MarineStar, its best in class, affordable maritime voice solution with advanced two-way tracking and monitoring capabilities is a bestseller, especially in the Asian maritime markets.
Read More »Mauritanian Satellite Services Provider CSS And Forsway Join Forces To Boost West African Broadband Connectivity
CSS, a West African communications services provider with 20 years of experience supplying critical satellite and broadband services, together with Forsway, a leading provider of innovative solutions tapping satellite and existing terrestrial technologies to enable cost-efficient broadband, announced on 7 April 2020 the next phase of their cooperation in Mauritania to deliver affordable broadband in West Africa.
Read More »Myriota Raises $19.3 Million In Series B Funding To Grow IoT Satellite Network
Myriota, the world leader in low-cost and low-power satellite connectivity for the Internet of Things (IoT), announced a AUD$28 million (US$19.3 million) Series B funding round led by Hostplus and Main Sequence Ventures.
Read More »OneWeb Files For Bankruptcy As Softbank Funding Talks Collapse
OneWeb, the British-headquartered satellite communications company, announced on 27 March 2020 that it has filed for Chapter 11 protection from creditors under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code in the US Bankruptcy Court in New York’s Southern District.
Read More »Venezuela’s VENESAT-1 Tumbling And Out Of Service
Venezuela's only geostationary communications satellite, VENESAT-1 (also known as Simon Bolivar-1), has been tumbling in an unusable orbit since 13 March 2020 after it made a number of manoeuvres, presumably at the direction of its Venezuelan operator, according to Space News who spoke with commercial space situational awareness (SSA) providers ExoAnalytic Solutions and AGI.
Read More »Konnect Africa To Connect Schools In The Democratic Republic Of Congo With High Speed Internet
Konnect Africa, a subsidiary of Eutelsat Communications, Schoolap and Flash Services announced on 23 March 2020 a Memorandum of Understanding to connect several thousand schools across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to the Internet as part of the Schoolap project.
Read More »Intelsat Selects SpaceX To Launch Intelsat 40e Satellite
Intelsat has selected SpaceX as its launch partner for Intelsat 40e (IS-40e). The launch is planned for 2022 on SpaceX’s American-built Falcon 9 launch vehicle.
Read More »UK’s Inmarsat Launches Connectivity Services In Saudi Arabia Across Land, Sea And Air
Global mobile satellite communications firm Inmarsat announced on 18 February 2020 that it will bring its world-leading maritime, aviation, and enterprise connectivity solutions to customers based in Saudi Arabia through new partner agreements.
Read More »GMV’s Space Business Grows By 30%
Spanish technology multinational GMV reports that 2019 was a red-letter year for its space business. Its turnover, topping €140 million (US$149.6 million) for a total €245 million (US$261.8 million) group revenue, is up nearly 30% on the previous year.
Read More »TheAngle And ABS Consolidate Their Relationship To Serve Customers In The MENA Region
ABS, a leading satellite operator, and TheAngle, a satellite network services integrator, announced on 10 March 2020 that they have extended their joint activities in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, serving customers across the ABS’ footprints at 75 degrees East. The collaboration focusses on providing energy, enterprise …
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