Tag: 5G
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SES’s First Two O3b mPOWER Satellites Successfully Launched by SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket
SES announced that the first two O3b mPOWER satellites were successfully launched into space by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, United States. Built by Boeing and designed to deliver unprecedented performance with a first-of-its-kind software-driven payload, O3b mPOWER is SES’s second-generation medium earth orbit (MEO) system. Customers…
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Satcoms Innovation Group Conclude Potential Risk of Interference from 5G is Controlled for Satellite Systems
The Satcoms Innovation Group (SIG) has concluded that the risk of interference to satellite systems from 5G is, although real, controlled and being effectively resolved on a case-by-case basis by satellite operators and affected clients. This conclusion was reached following a review of the findings of the SIG 5G working group, which commenced in November…
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Wireless Telecom Group Announces Sale of CommAgility to E-Space
Wireless Telecom Group announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its radio, baseband and software segment, CommAgility, to global space company, E-Space. The purchase price is $14.5 million, inclusive of $13.75 million in cash consideration and a $750,000 note payable, subject to agreed-upon reductions. The transaction was the result of the…
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SES-21 Satellite Becomes Operational to Provide 5G Services to the US
SES announced that the new SES-21 satellite became operational at the orbital position of 131 degrees West, after launching on October 4, 2022. Upon reaching its final fixed position and completing testing, SES will begin transitioning customers to the new satellite. SES-21 will enable SES to continue delivering C-band broadcast and radio services to millions…
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Arianespace Partner with Intelsat to Launch Two Satellite Payloads
Arianespace signed a contract with longtime customer Intelsat to launch two satellite payloads, IS-41 and IS-44, using the heavy-lift Ariane 64 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana in 2025. This agreement repurposes a previous launch contract and adds one additional satellite. “We are honored, yet again, by our faithful longtime partner Intelsat with another significant…
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OQ Technology to Launch MACSAT Mission on March 2023 Enabling 5G IoT-via-Satellite Services
Following its recent 13 million Euro Series A funding round, OQ Technology, a provider of 5G IoT (Internet of Things) satellite services, has announced March 2023 as the planned launch date for the LSA & ESA-supported MACSAT mission. The on-orbit pathfinder mission, to be launched on a Vega-C rocket rideshare mission (VV23), is aimed at…
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AST SpaceMobile Deploys Largest-Ever Commercial Communications Array in LEO
AST SpaceMobile, the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard mobile phones, announced that it had successfully completed deployment of the communications array for its test satellite, BlueWalker 3 (“BW3”), in orbit. BW3 is the largest-ever commercial communications array deployed in low Earth orbit and is designed to…
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Keysight to Accelerate Location Based Services by Combining 5G & GNSS Technology
Keysight Technologies, one of the leading technology companies that deliver advanced design and validation solutions to help accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, announced that it is the first to gain Global Certification Forum (GCF) validation of a 5G location-based services (LBS) Assisted Galileo (A-Galileo) test case by combining 5G new radio (NR)…
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Mavenir and Northeastern University Announce the Release of Open-Source Open RAN Simulation Platform
Researchers at the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things (WIoT) at Northeastern University and Mavenir, Mobile Network Software Provider, are pleased to announce the public availability of ns-O-RAN (Open Radio Access Network Simulator), the first open-source platform for end-to-end simulation of 5G wireless networks driven and optimized by Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN)…
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Lynk to Demonstrate Satellite-to-Phone Connectivity by Flying World’s First 5G Cellular Base Station in Space
Lynk Global (Lynk), a satellite-direct-to-standard-phone telecoms company, will fly the world’s first 5G cellular base station in space in a first-of-its-kind demonstration. This test will demonstrate the ability to send a 5G signal from space to standard mobile devices on Earth. The test has been funded by an undisclosed partner. Charles Miller, CEO and Co-Founder…