LEO
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The Philippines will be the first country in south-east Asia to be served by SpaceX’s Starlink satellite service, the government has announced. -
Speedcast is to integrate OneWeb’s LEO satellite connectivity into its Unified Global Platform (UGP) as it becomes a OneWeb distribution partner.
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Satellite company Iridium has reduced its quarterly loss to US$5.9 million, compared with $7.9 million in the previous year, and $107.9 million in the same quarter the year before.
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The European Union is moving ahead on its controversial plans to create a quantum-secure satellite system that will compete with Amazon’s Kuiper, OneWeb, SpaceX’s Starlink and others.
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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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OneWeb and Hughes Network Systems (Hughes) have formed a strategic six-year distribution partner agreement to provide low Earth orbit (LEO) connectivity services across India.
Forthcoming events
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Global Carrier Awards 2022
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Capacity Europe 2022
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Inmarsat, the company that is the subject of a US$7.3 billion takeover deal by Viasat, has started a 200-day process to put its latest satellite into service.
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Satellite company OneWeb finished 2021 on a high, with another successful launch, but the date of its commercial start is still unclear.
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BT and other wholesale partners of satellite company OneWeb will start testing services in January, Capacity understands, with commercial services likely to be on offer several months later.
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Inmarsat says it has successfully activated a trial payload for its planned 5G satellite project, Orchestra.
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Low Earth orbit satellites are taking over and will become an integral part of the world’s telecoms infrastructure, with 50,000 of them by the end of the decade, writes Alan Burkitt-Gray
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Telesat, which is planning to build a satellite network, Lightspeed, to rival OneWeb and SpaceX’s Starlink, will complete its merger with Loral Space & Communications next week.
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Amazon will launch its first two Project Kuiper satellites at the end of 2022, in preparation for its new 400Mbps network.
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Satellite company OneWeb is moving into Saudi Arabia and other parts of the Middle East and east Africa following a deal with a local company.
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Telesat is to deploy routing and switching platforms from Ciena for its Telesat Lightspeed terrestrial backhaul network.
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Eutelsat, which last week rejected a takeover offer from Patrick Drahi, has raised its stake in satellite company OneWeb to almost 23%.
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Hanwha Systems, a South Korean electronics and military equipment company, has become the latest investor in OneWeb, the satellite operator.
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Satellite company Inmarsat has announced plans for a combined terrestrial and in-orbit 5G network aimed at high-density users and the maritime market.
Forthcoming events
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