Are Satellite Handhelds Still a Growth Market?

Handheld telephones are a traditional, legacy of mobile satellite service, with these devices long used for remote satcom communications. However, in recent years, growth of handhelds has flatlined, driven by increased terrestrial connectivity, new alternatives and more versatile devices.  With the market undergoing increasing change, the L-band land mobile market of the past isn’t the.

Satcom IoT in a 5G World

For decades there has been a plethora of ways to connect M2M and IoT devices – satellite, GSM 2G, LTE, NB-IoT and LPWA. Satellite-based M2M has gone from strength to strength throughout the development of all these new forms of IoT connectivity. With a 5G world around the corner, will satellite-based M2M/IoT finally meet its.

Tell Your Self-Driving Car Where to Turn Next … From Outer Space

  “We believe satellite has a big role to play in 5G. Satellite is being increasingly used for 4G networks, so we expect that to be extended into 5G.” That, says Evans, will leave large chunks in developed nations that won’t be connected with 5G. “You’re not going to connect Times Square by satellite,”. In.

5G in the US: Will Satellite and Mobile Industries Finally Work in Unison?

The U.S. is going 5G. One of the world’s most lucrative and biggest markets for 5G services is putting down the building blocks to create a super-connected society. Satellite players are proposing radial spectrum sharing solutions to speed up this deployment. Is this good for the industry? …….whether Intelsat’s actions have been a stroke of.

LEO-HTS Constellations Resurrected: Will They or Won’t They?

From Megabits of FSS to Gigabits of HTS, the satellite industry is at the cusp of Terabits of LEO-HTS supply. However, from ground equipment, to spectrum, to go-to-market strategies being potential “Red Flags”, how does an industry brace itself for the possible resurrection of LEO constellations – this time with a broadband data focus? In.