Strategy and Markets
Boeing taps Amazon, Microsoft and Google for cloud mega-deal
Boeing Co. is hiring the three biggest U.S. cloud-computing companies -- Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google --...
Data providers overcome connectivity gaps to keep supply chains running
The first thing that happens to freight forwarders when something goes wrong is “you lose customers,” said Henning Pottharst, head...
Connectivity leaders leverage the power of local partnerships to enter markets
As countries across the globe aspire to join the space industry and develop connectivity technologies, some satellite communications leaders are...
SpaceX may launch half-empty Starships, upending satellite economics
A potential sellers’ market for launch companies appears off the table, even as the much-anticipated Starship service by SpaceX begins...
Lasers appeal on a cost-per-bit basis, reach for Mars by 2035
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Lasers are being deployed for intersatellite links in space, but they remain expensive. For example, the Defense...
Operators expected to invest $1T in 5G over the next 5 to 7 years
The 6G future is coming. While 5G is just finding its footing, the sixth generation of wide-area wireless technology is...
‘Cost is the elephant in the room’ as satcom providers move to the cloud
Cloud adoption in the space connectivity industry is slowly but surely following the terrestrial trend, held up by cost considerations....
Omnispace announces initial partners for global IoT 5G network
Internet of things (IoT) and 5G satellite communications specialist Omnispace is building a network that combines terrestrial 5G networks, its...
Telesat selects user terminals for 298-satellite Lightspeed
Satellite communications provider Telesat (TSX: TSAT) reports earnings Friday, and investors will be looking for an update on the Lightspeed...
SES says it will provide up to 100 Gbps for $100M India JV contract
Major satellite communications providers SES, Telesat (and Hughes provided updates on their connectivity plans Thursday during the webinar, “NGSOs: Not...
