Tag: 5G
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Viasat Delivers First Satellite-Enabled Smartphone Text and Push-to-Talk Messages in Uzbekistan
Viasat, a global leader in satellite communications, has completed an in-country, first-of-its-kind direct-to-device demonstration in the republic of Uzbekistan – featuring application-based messaging on an Android smartphone. The demonstration showcased smartphones sending and receiving messages over Viasat’s highly reliable L-band satellite network using 3GPP Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) standards. In a country-first, application-based messages were shared…
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UNIVITY Secures €27 Million to Build Space Internet for Telecoms
UNIVITY, the global operator of space-based connectivity services, announces the closing of a €27 million funding round with Blast, Expansion, and the Deeptech 2030 fund managed on behalf of the French State by Bpifrance as part of France 2030, alongside two family offices. This funding will enable the company to: Complete execution of its uniShape…
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Gatehouse Satcom and Rohde & Schwarz Partner to Enhance 5G GEO/LEO NTN Testing
Gatehouse Satcom, the fast-growing satellite communications software company specializing in 5G Non-Terrestrial Networks, announced a formalized collaboration with Rohde & Schwarz, one of the world’s leading providers of electronic test and measurement solutions. The collaboration is focused on strengthening validation and testing of 5G IoT-NTN and NR-NTN technologies as the market moves from specification work…
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NordSpace Awarded DND IDEaS Funding to Advance VLEO Satellite
NordSpace, a Canadian-owned space missions and launch company, announced that it has been awarded approx. $250,000 in funding under the Department of National Defence (DND) Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS) program to advance its Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) satellite constellation technology for resilient non-terrestrial networks (NTN). This award stems from the IDEaS…
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OQ Technology Awarded €1 Million ESA Contract to Advance 5G NTN Satellite Connectivity
OQ Technology, a Luxembourg-based satellite operator pioneering 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) connectivity, has been awarded by the European Space Agency under its ARTES programme a €1 Million contract for BEAMSAT 5G, a new project aimed at accelerating the convergence of terrestrial 5G technologies and satellite communications. The project, “Bringing 5G Beamforming Technologies to SATCOM through…
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Motorola Expands Mission-Critical Communication and AI with T-Satellite
Motorola Solutions and T-Mobile announced a collaboration to bring satellite connectivity to Motorola Solutions’ APX NEXT smart radios. The radios, designed to intelligently unify networks including land mobile radio (LMR), 5G and Wi-Fi, can now operate leveraging T-Priority from T-Mobile – bringing first responders more capacity and faster speeds. They can also access T-Satellite with Starlink’s…
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Keysight and Sateliot Secures European Space Agency and GSMA Foundry Innovation Challenge
Keysight Technologies, together with Sateliot, has been named a winner of the fifth annual European Space Agency (ESA) and GSMA Foundry Innovation Challenge for its joint project, “Blockchain-enabled anomaly detection end-to-end solution for 5G Non-Terrestrial Networks.” The award, presented at Mobile World Congress 2026, Barcelona, recognizes early-stage 6G innovation, supporting 6G development and non-terrestrial network…
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OQ Technology Deploys Two ERMIS Satellites on SpaceX Transporter-16
OQ Technology, a Luxembourg-based satellite operator pioneering 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) connectivity through its direct-to-device (D2D) global satellite network, and its Greek subsidiary OQ Technology Hellas, announced the successful launch of ERMIS-1 and ERMIS-2, two satellites built by OQ Technology Hellas, aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-16 rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. The satellites were…
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Square Peg Expands MilSat Communications with RLS-2100 Radio Link Simulator
Square Peg Communications, a leader in satellite systems engineering and DSP-based satellite communication products, is enabling high-performance testing for MilSat communications through its advanced Radio Link simulator. The RLS-2100 enables users to model, simulate, and optimize mission-critical satellite links across a broad frequency range. In hostile environments, where failure is not an option and every…
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SES to Deploy mesosphere MEO Satellite Network
SES, a space solutions company, announced it will deploy meoSphere, a next-generation medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellite network targeted for operation by 2030 and designed to significantly boost the company’s MEO network capacity. The program launches with a close collaboration designed for efficient satellite production. SES will pair its own software-defined payloads, being developed and…