Omnispace<\/b> and Ligado Networks <\/b>have reached an MoU to combine their licensed mobile satellite services (MSS) spectrum in the L- and S-Bands for direct-to-device solutions. Under the deal announced Thursday, the companies\u2019 collaboration would use portions of Ligado\u2019s 40 MHz of L-band satellite spectrum in the U.S. and Canada and Omnispace\u2019s 60 MHz of S-band satellite spectrum (3GPP 5G bands n255 and n256). <\/p>\n
Omnispace and Ligado say this amasses the largest block of satellite spectrum dedicated to meeting a global market need for text, voice and data capability. The satellite spectrum is licensed, 3GPP-standardized for non-terrestrial networks (NTN) and already in compliance with existing international ITU and U.S. regulations. They anticipate optimizing multi-orbit satellite networks to provide connectivity to key markets, including consumer smartphone, automotive and Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe addition of S-band solutions to our growing L-band portfolio of satellite services brings together an unrivaled amount of licensed satellite spectrum across multiple orbits. Together we are able to establish a premier, one-stop shop global footprint for ecosystem partners and global MNOs to offer premium services for billions of mobile subscribers worldwide,\u201d Ligado CEO Doug Smith said.<\/p>\n
Omnispace CEO Ram Viswanathan said this spectrum combination \u201cis the last missing piece to unlocking the full promise and potential of direct-to-device connectivity,\u201d and could benefit billions of mobile subscribers globally. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Omnispace and Ligado Networks have reached an MoU to combine their licensed mobile satellite services (MSS) spectrum in the L- and S-Bands for direct-to-device solutions. Under the deal announced Thursday, the companies\u2019 collaboration would use portions of Ligado\u2019s 40 MHz of L-band satellite spectrum in the U.S. and Canada and Omnispace\u2019s 60 MHz of S-band […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48067,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53943"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}