Network equipment vendor Ericsson has joined the new Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN)-focused industry advocacy group, MSSA, that is focused on the use of satellite spectrum for direct-to-cellular device and IoT communications.
There are two broad approaches to NTN direct-to-cellular (D2C, sometimes also direct-to-device or D2D),...
US satellite broadband provider Viasat’s acquisition of UK-based counterpart Inmarsat for $7.3 billion has been given the green light by the European Commission. The approval follows clearance by the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) in the UK on May 9, and by the Federal...
Viasat President: '5G has the potential to enhance the warfighter’s ability to produce and make sense of mission-critical data'
Viasat has received a four-year research award from the Department of Defense (DoD) to run 5G experiments in support of the U.S. Marine Corps operations and...
UK satellite broadband provider Inmarsat, with a new line in narrowband satellite IoT and a new parent in wings in the shape of US counterpart Viasat, has introduced a collaboration and solutions marketplace for partners to support its own entry into the satellite IoT...
RWE has recruited Inmarsat to carry IoT data traffic from its hydroelectric power facilities in Snowdonia national park in northwest Wales over its new ELERA satellite service. The German energy company is among the first public references for Inmarsat’s ELERA system, which launched in...
US satellite broadband provider Viasat has agreed a deal to acquire UK-based counterpart Inmarsat for $7.3 billion. The combined company will integrate their spectrum, satellite, and terrestrial assets as a “global high-capacity hybrid space and terrestrial network”, the pair said. It will focus on...
Low-power wide-area (LPWA) networking technologies like LoRaWAN and NB-IoT, among others, are helping farmers to connect their work to the internet, as we have heard. This connectivity provides a platform for them to start to introduce new automation and intelligence into their operations.
But LPWA...
The pressure food producers face to digitally transform is mounting. With a rapidly growing population, farms find themselves at a decisive moment in their ability to continue to produce enough food to meet rising demand.
As with all sectors, technology is going to be...
Apparently travelers aren't the only ones fed up with slow to non-existent in-flight Wi-Fi. In regulatory filings, American Airlines takes provider Gogo to task, essentially telling the company it needs to improve the service or the airline will take its business to competitor ViaSat.
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ViaSat's Mark Dankberg discusses the role of satellites in the wireless ecosystem
SAN DIEGO--Connecting all through communication. That's the theme of the 2015 Globecom event, hosted by the IEEE Communications Society.
Event General Chair Ed Tiedemann said the theme "evokes the Internet of Things, the Internet...
