Tag: 5G
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AST SpaceMobile and Vodafone Signs Long-Term Agreement to Expand Space-Based Broadband
AST SpaceMobile, the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, designed for both commercial and government applications, and Vodafone Group Plc, a European and African telecommunications company, announced that they have entered into a definitive long-term commercial agreement through 2034. This is a significant step forward in…
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Eseye and Sateliot Partner to Deliver Global 5G IoT Connectivity via LPWAN Satellite Technology
Eseye, a provider of global IoT connectivity solutions, has announced its partnership with Sateliot, the leader in the IoT satellite connectivity landscape, dedicated to delivering reliable and global 5G from Space IoT solutions using advanced LPWAN satellite technology. The partnership aims to enable seamless and ubiquitous global connectivity in locations where there is no cellular…
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Accenture Acquires Award Solutions to Expand Expertise in 5G and Advanced Wireless Training
Accenture has acquired Award Solutions, a provider of training and consulting services in advanced wireless and network technologies, including 5G, the Internet of Things, and cloud-based solutions. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1997, Award Solutions is headquartered in Plano, Texas, and has employees based in Las Cruces, New Mexico; Branson, Missouri;…
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Forsway Secures €2.3 Million from ESA to Advance its Innovative Hybrid Satellite Connectivity System
Forsway, a company in affordable hybrid satellite and terrestrial connectivity solutions, has secured €2.3 million in development funding from the European Space Agency (ESA), with additional support from the Swedish National Space Agency (SNSA). This funding backs Forsway’s ambitious Xtend 5G project, a new 5G NTN (non-terrestrial network) satellite connectivity system designed to deliver high-speed,…
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AmpliTech Signs 5-Year Agreement to Supply LNB Products to a US-Based Fortune 1000 Company
AmpliTech Group, a designer, developer, and manufacturer of state-of-the-art signal processing components for satellite, public and private 5G, and other communications networks, has announced the signing of a 5-year Basic Order Agreement (BOA), to provide a US-based Fortune 1000 Company with LNB (Low-Noise Block Downconverters) products and engineering services. An order for the initial batch…
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Teledyne e2v Unveils LX2160-Space Processor for High-Performance Space Applications
Teledyne e2v announces engineering models of the LX2160-Space 16-core Arm Cortex A72 based system on chip (SoC) processor, enabling early project design, hardware and software validation for space-demanding applications. LX2160-Space engineering models have the same fit/form/function as flight models (FMs). LX2160-Space can be used in many heavy computing applications in Space, from Earth Observation Satellites…
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OQ Technology Secures Convertible Investment in Series-B Round for 5G Satellite Expansion
OQ Technology, a company in 5G Non-Terrestrial Network satellite communication has secured a convertible loan investment as part of its Series-B round. The investment is from the newly-established Luxembourg Space Sector Development fund (LSSD) which is co-led by SES S.A. and the Luxembourg government, and by existing shareholders who strongly backed up this second investment:…
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Iridium’s Global 5G NB-IoT Service Advances with 3GPP Approval for Non-Terrestrial Networks
Iridium Communications Inc., a provider of global voice and data satellite communications, announced that the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) accepted Iridium’s request to extend the functionality of Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) for Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) into the Work Plan for 3GPP Release 19 as an official Work Item. This will pave the way…
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Hughes and Boost Mobile Demonstrate Multi-Transport Network Management for U.S. Navy
Hughes Network Systems and Boost Mobile, EchoStar companies, successfully demonstrated optimized, multi-transport network management for the U.S. Navy. The demonstration, which took place earlier this year, tested remote network orchestration, wide area network (WAN) resiliency, and secure Radio Access Network (RAN) sharing between standalone Private 5G networks operating at the U.S. Navy Air Station, Whidbey…
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Rivada Space Networks Strengthens US Team Through Multiple Hirings
Rivada Space Networks has strengthened its U.S. team through multiple hirings for key roles. John Guiney joins as Chief Operations Officer; Michael Abad-Santos is Head of Sales for the U.S. and deputy Chief Commercial Officer; and Jeffrey Chandler has joined as Director of Sales, U.S. As the first unified global communications network, Rivada’s Outernet is…