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Sat-to-cell company Lynk changes up leadership

Executive changes come as the company works to go public via combination with a SPAC Direct-to-satellite company Lynk has made several major executive changes, bumping up its current COO, former Sprint executive Dan Dooley, to the role of CEO and adding a new president of...

Satellite-to-cellular co. Lynk’s SPAC partner gets de-listed

Alex Rodriguez' SPAC, called SLAM, is being delisted ahead of its merger with Lynk for failure to complete the combination within the required timeframe Baseball player and entrepreneur Alex Rodriguez's special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), called Slam, is being de-listed from trading on the Nasdaq...

Lynk lands US government contract for sat-to-cell service

Satellite direct-to-cellular service provider Lynk announced today that it has signed a five-year contract with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to enable U.S federal agencies to purchase its services for unmodified smartphones over the next five years. Lynk explained in a release that...

Lynk signs letter of intent to become publicly-listed

Under the terms of the agreement, the combined company would operate as Lynk Global Satellite-direct-to-standard-phone (sat2phone) telecoms provider Lynk and Slam, a special purpose acquisition company, announced that they have signed a non-binding letter of intent for a potential business combination. Under the terms of the...

Rogers and Lynk complete satellite-to-mobile phone call in Canada

Rogers said the trial also tested SMS, data and emergency alerting services with a Samsung S22 smartphone Canadian operator Rogers and Lynk Global announced they completed what they say is Canada’s first satellite-to-mobile phone call. In a release, Rogers said the trial also tested SMS, data...

Lynk launches two more cellular-equipped satellites, plans to start service within months

Lynk lays claim to launch of second and third "cell-towers-in-space" Cellular-satellite company Lynk Global says that it has successfully deployed two more cellular-equipped LEO satellites and is preparing to begin offering a commercial satellite-direct-to-phone service "in a few months." In September 2022, the company received...

Satellite IoT market to hit 15.7m connections in 2025, growing 35.8% per year

The number of satellite IoT subscribers will increase at a compound rate of 35.8 percent per year to reach 15.7 million in 2025, from around 3.4 million in 2020. Analyst firm Berg Insight, with a new research report, said the market for satellite IoT...