Press Releases

CloudConnect extends Iridium IoT reach globally on Amazon Web Services

Iridium CloudConnect, said to be the first and only satellite cloud-based solution offering truly global coverage for Internet of Things (IoT) applications is now actively serving customers. (more…)

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February 17, 2020

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Plastimo and Sigfox join forces to connect the oceans

Plastimo, an international player in the boating industry, and Sigfox, the IoT service provider and global 0G network operator, have joined forces to offer total geolocation coverage across all oceans from 2020. The new service will be supported by data from the ELO nano-satellite constellation, operated by Eutelsat, Sigfox’s partner. (more…)

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December 16, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

New maritime satellite communication solution delivered by Ekinops and IEC Telecom Group

Ekinops, a supplier of optical transport equipment and router solutions for network operators, has launched OneGate with IEC Telecom Group, a global provider of managed network communication solutions. (more…)

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November 21, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Global satellite operator SES selects Amdocs NFV for network automation and to move to the cloud on Microsoft Azure

Amdocs, a provider of software and services to communications and media companies, announced that it will provide SES, a global satellite operator, with its Amdocs Network Function Virtualisation (NFV) solution to modernise and automate its network platforms in the cloud, in an open, software-centric way. (more…)

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August 6, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

SES teams with Amdocs for cloud-based network automation and service orchestration

SES announced it will create an open, standards-based network automation and service orchestration platform, built on Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP) and powered by Amdocs’ network functions virtualisation (NFV) technology. (more…)

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August 5, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

SaT5G project reports successful demos of 5G-over- satellite use cases at EuCNC 2019 event in Valencia

The SaT5G project has announced a number of successful demonstrations of 5G over satellite at the 2019 European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC 2019) in Valencia, Spain. (more…)

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June 20, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Renesas Electronics launches rad-hard 16-channel current driver with integrated decoder for satellite applications

Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced a new radiation-hardened 16-channel current driver with integrated 4-bit decoder for reducing the size, weight and power (SWaP) of satellite command and telemetry systems. (more…)

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May 30, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Arqiva delivers new satellite solution for UK Power Networks to replace legacy paging-based system with porftable terminals

Arqiva, a UK communications and infrastructure media services provider, has been selected by Britain’s electricity distributor, UK Power Networks, to provide a new Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) M2M solution for its secondary Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) network. (more…)

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May 23, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Eutelsat selects ground infrastructure providers for its Konnect satellite programme

Eutelsat Communications has chosen high-performance ground infrastructure providers to operate its future Konnect satellite and associated broadband services: General Dynamics Satcom Technologies has been selected to offer and deploy seven antennas, while Hughes Network Systems (Hughes) will provide its Jupiter ground network system. (more…)

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May 6, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Hughes in partnership with Facebook launches HughesNet Wi-Fi hotspots in Brazil and Mexico

Hughes Network Systems, LLC (Hughes), the global provider of broadband satellite networks and services, announced a partnership with Facebook to launch HughesNet Wi-Fi Hotspots throughout Brazil and Mexico, supported by the Facebook Express Wi-Fi platform. (more…)

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May 3, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello