Hughes
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Satellite company OneWeb has ordered 10,000 terminals from its shareholder, Hughes, to enable networking services for enterprise and government customers. -
OneWeb has appointed an Edinburgh-based company, Clarus Networks, as a distribution partner as it rolls out its low Earth orbit (LEO) services in the UK and northern Europe.
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Hughes has completed a three-month pilot of its Community LTE service in five villages across Brazil, demonstrating a quick and inexpensive way for MNOs to extend their reach.
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Arianespace has successfully launched 34 more satellites for OneWeb, taking the company’s total in orbit to 428.
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Hughes Network Systems and OneWeb have signed a distribution agreement in the US and a memorandum of understanding in India to extend connectivity services.
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SpaceX’s Starlink satellite broadband service is providing better broadband than fixed rivals in Europe and Canada, and comparable to fixed in the US.
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The US Air Force has emerged as a significant customer for UK/Indian satellite network OneWeb, saying it will use it for Arctic services.
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Satellite company OneWeb will be a completely wholesale operation from its commercial launch in October, the executive chairman has told Capacity.
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One of the shareholders in the bankrupt OneWeb satellite company has joined the UK-Indian rescue attempt with a US$50 million investment.
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AT&T has achieved the top spot in the 2019 US carrier managed SD-WAN services leaderboard benchmark.
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Hughes Network Systems has signed satellite deals with Australia’s Optus – owned by Singtel – and with Algérie Telecom in north Africa.
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OneWeb has secured its largest fundraising round to date, which will enable the company to accelerate the development of “the first truly global communications network” by 2021.
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US revenue is estimated at more than $282 million for managed SD-WAN services in 2018, according to new Vertical Systems Group research.
