by Richard Haas
Regulators are beginning to tackle the controversial practice of re-using terrestrial spectrum for satellite direct-to-handset services. In terms of spectrum-related priorities, satellite firms have successfully held a 12 GHz reallocation in the US, while they fight to keep mobile out of the 6 GHz band going into WRC-23. Read more...
by Richard Haas
With its merger with OneWeb still pending, French satellite firm Eutelsat has bid to be a part of the European Commission's new IRIS² initiative. Read more...
by Richard Haas
Eutelsat is a French satellite company which operates a fleet of 36 GEO (geostationary orbit) satellites covering Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the Americas. In June 2022, the company announced plans for a merger with satellite company OneWeb. Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
There is a large amount of traction in the satellite space with geostationary satellite operators moving into lower orbits and a raft of new and planned low-Earth-orbit constellations envisaging hundreds of thousands of new satellites orbiting the skies. These plans are being orchestrated through both inter-industry tie-ups and new operator… Read more...
by Richard Handford
OneWeb is one of the leading companies with operates non-geostationary (NGSO) low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites. The company has ambitious plans for its constellations but some launches have been delayed due to conflict with Russian authorities. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Inmarsat owns 14 geostationary (GEO) satellites operating in the L-band, Ka-band and S-band, targeting aviation, maritime, enterprise and government users. Related to its aviation business it has since 2020 been building its presence in the UAV market. Read more...
by Catherine Viola
In the second of our series of articles about IoT networks, we consider the benefits of adding a satellite component and the industry progress in achieving this. Read more...