Press Releases

New IoT spectrum leasing service from Inmarsat aims to drive growth for IoT solution providers

A new Dynamic Lease Management capability is being launched by Inmarsat to enable flexible, virtual satellite networks for IoT solution providers. It is designed to cut costs and time to market while improving their customers’ experience
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April 21, 2022

Posted by: Shriya Raban

Scientists deploy Globalstar SPOT Trace to monitor currents and biodiversity in the world’s oceans

Dublin, Ireland. 1 March, 2022 – Globalstar Europe Satellite Services Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Globalstar Inc. , announces that German research institution The Helmholtz Center Hereon is using SPOT Trace satellite GPS trackers to conduct worldwide oceanography research. (more…)

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March 2, 2022

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Germany’s CPN Satellite Services joins Inmarsat’s application and solution provider programme

CPN Satellite Services GmbH (CPN) has joined the Inmarsat Application and Solution Provider (ASP) Programme, an ecosystem for providers of software, hardware and solutions, and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in commercial land markets. (more…)

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February 25, 2022

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Eutelsat and Marlink extend global maritime partnership for GEO Ku-band satellite capacity

Paris, France. 14 February 2022 – Eutelsat Communications and Marlink, the Smart Network Company, have agreed to extend their Global Maritime Partnership, initially signed in 2019, to support expansion in Africa and the Middle East (Red Sea and the Gulf) and to integrate the Americas and Asia into the portfolio of Eutelsat satellite capacity used by Marlink. (more…)

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February 14, 2022

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Spire and Exolaunch signed a multi-launch agreement to launch future Spire satellites

Mountain View, California, USA .10 February, 2022 – Spire Global, a provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, and Exolaunch, the global provider of launch, in-space logistics and deployment services, have closed a new contract for a multi-launch agreement (MLA). Through this MLA, Spire gains fast and regular access to space for its own satellite constellation as well as for all of its customers to enhance Spire’s “space-as-a-service” offerings. (more…)

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February 11, 2022

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

DEWA with NanoAvionics to provide nanosatellites to support the digitalisation of Dubai

Vilnius, Lithuania, 22 December 2021 – Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has selected NanoAvionics, a smallsat manufacturer and mission integrator company, to design, build, test, and manage the launching of two nanosatellites 3U (IoT payload) and 6U (earth observation payload) . (more…)

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December 22, 2021

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

ST Engineering Ventures invests in hiSky, a satellite voice, data and IoT solutions provider

Singapore and Herndon, Va. 8 December 2021 – ST Engineering announced that its Corporate Venture Capital unit, ST Engineering Ventures Pte Ltd led a US$30m (€26.50m) Series A round in Israel-based hiSky Ltd., a developer and provider of affordable and agile satellite Internet of Things (IoT) networks and solutions, with participation from SDF (Strategic Development Fund), the investment arm of Tawazun Holding, and hiSky’s existing shareholders. (more…)

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December 10, 2021

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Renesas expands satellite communications portfolio with dual-beam active beamforming IC lineup

Dusseldorf, November 16, 2021 ― Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, expanded its portfolio of mmWave LNAs and Tx BFICs with the introduction of three new dual-beam active beamforming ICs: (more…)

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November 17, 2021

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Kacific deploys ST Engineering iDirect’s Mx-DMA MRC return technology to increase digital inclusion

Herndon, Va. 2 November, 2021 – ST Engineering iDirect, a global provider of satellite communications, announced that Kacific, a satellite broadband operator in Asia Pacific, has successfully deployed its pioneering Mx-DMA MRC (Multi Resolution Coding) technology in conjunction with its Ka-band satellite, Kacific1, to provide high-speed, low-cost, ultra-reliable broadband to rural and suburban areas of the Pacific and Southeast Asia. (more…)

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November 2, 2021

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Spirent and Qascom collaborate to offer commercially available OSNMA simulation tools

Spirent Communications plc, the provider of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) testing and assurance solutions, and Qascom, provider of GNSS security solutions, announced the simulation test solution for the Galileo Open Service Navigation Message Authentication (OSNMA) mechanism. (more…)

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September 23, 2021

Posted by: Anasia D'mello