1+ week, 6+ day ago   (212+ words) Advanced Television MDA Space wants 170 satellites for D2D Canada-based MDA Space wants to own and operate a satellite constellation of its own in the form of 170 satellites for direct-to-device users. MDA Space is a Canadian space technology company headquartered in Ontario,…...

3+ week, 9+ hour ago   (186+ words) SpaceX has questioned South Africa’s telecoms regulator ICASA over its delays in granting the satellite operator a licence to work in the country. Ryan Goodnight, senior director for market access and development at SpaceX, appeared before the communications regulator last…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (221+ words) At last week’s Deutsche Telekom (DT) investor conference call following on from the issue of the telco’s results it emerged that the German telephony company is “evaluating” connectivity from AST SpaceMobile (AST) and Amazon’s LEO broadband project. Tim Höttges, CEO…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (288+ words) Advanced Television Starlink is collaborating with the Lufthansa Group to equip a total of 850 aircraft across all of its airlines with free high-speed internet. The system is supported by low-earth satellite technology and enables watching video content, cloud-based work, and…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (117+ words) Advanced Television Forecast: 102m Starlink subs by 2031 Data from Deutsche Bank’s deep dive into SpaceX’s Starlink broadband by satellite (and its Direct-to-Device, D2D connectivity) forecasts that Starlink broadband will be worth about ~$33 billion in 2030, while Starlink D2D is estimated at about ~$10 billion. D2D is…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (647+ words) Advanced Television Analyst: Deep dive on Starlink’s prospects Analyst Professor Tim Farrar (of TMF Associates) has released a report on Starlink’s profile and forecasts which contains detailed forecasts of the consumer, government and D2D businesses as well as analysis of Starlink’s…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (211+ words) Amazon Leo has filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for 5,105 low Earth orbiting satellites for its proposed direct-to-device (D2D) mega-constellation. It plans to combine Amazon Leo infrastructure with Globalstar’s spectrum, satellites and ground network, expanding from emergency messaging toward voice,…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (332+ words) The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has, as expected, approved the establishmemnt of a new super-fast satellite licensing scheme which is designed to help non-geostationary satellite applications. It has also confirmed it will go ahead with a C-Band auction of spectrum…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (237+ words) Amazon’s low Earth orbiting broadband fleet has structured an agreement with local telco Herotel, and with it comes permission to start its broadband service in South Africa. Rival Starlink has been trying for years to gain permission to start its…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (233+ words) Australia formally asked the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) for a launch time extension to the ITU’s rule for its planned Optus 11 satellite. The current obligation should have seen Optus 11 delivered in 2023, and launched later that year. Airbus Defence & Space is…...