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Ofcom consults on Inmarsat, Space Norway’s earth station application

The two are preparing to connect the Arctic with non-geostationary orbiting (NGSO) satellite payloads, GX10A and 10B – UK regulator mulls giving them Ka band access in UK

Airbus and OQ Technology use S-band to connect satellite to drone

A publicly announced first that, while somewhat narrow in scope, marks an important standards-based 5G NTN trial using LEO satellites to connect with a moving drone

Luxembourg’s SES wins US approval to acquire Intelsat’s spectrum

The deal is expected to close this week – meanwhile, the UK will stump up another €163 million in the proposed latest round of funding for Eutelsat Group to maintain its stake

Resilient, high-capacity mobile could unlock £230bn in UK by 2035

This is the main conclusion from a new BT report – the problem is customers think they are paying for reliable total coverage now, although it's not what they get

Vodafone, AST set up SatCo HQ in Luxembourg for 2026 launch

The partners say they have expressions of interest in the proposed LEO-based services from mobile operators across 21 European countries

Bridging the Edge: SATCOM with an Edge – Phase III

Partner content: This award-winning proof of concept demonstrates how satellite can play a key role, alongside edge and 5G, in delivering reliable connectivity all over the world

Eutelsat opens OneWeb earth station in Angola for services in W Africa

Eutelsat has OneWeb earth stations in Ghana, Mauritius, Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania, and more are planned

SES to receive European permission to acquire Intelsat Reuters says

European satellite company has bid $3.1bn for rival to become a challenger to Starlink with multi-orbit constellation, but still needs approval from US authorities

Orange and Telekom back European space partnerships

Both operators are signalling their intention to back European satellite ventures

Colt, Honeywell and Nokia trial space-based quantum cryptography

Putting quantum key distribution into space is seen a possible solution to the technology's limited range of 100km and a pragmatic way to provide global coverage

Made in Europe – European Space Agency collaborates to launch space-based 5G

With Constellation Technologies & Operations, it will run experiments in the mmWave band with scheduled launch in June

Skylo targets vehicles and partners for satellite messaging

The non-terrestrial network provider, which has partnered Telekom and Qualcomm wants to embed satellite messaging in vehicles

Fallacher leaves Orange France to head Eutelsat as LEO market heats up

Jérôme Hénique, currently head of Middle East and Africa, will replace Fallacher from 1 June with Yasser Shaker, CEO of Orange Egypt, stepping into Hénique shoes

Kuiper finally gets first 27 LEOs off the ground in bid to rival Starlink

Only 3,209 more to go…will Starlink's first mover-advantage give it too much of a lead?

Starlink stalls in South Africa despite progress elsewhere on the continent

Regulations in Elon Musk's native country insist overseas firms must have 30% South African ownership, which the US-based billionaire says are "a barrier"
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