Verizon plans to use low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband connectivity from Amazon Project Kuiper to provide backhaul for 5G service in rural areas. Initially, the focus will be on “expanding Verizon data networks using cellular backhaul solutions from Project Kuiper,”…
June 10, 2021 — ANCHORAGE, Alaska–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Alaska Communications (NASDAQ: ALSK) has signed a Distribution Partner Agreement with OneWeb, the global communications network powered from space, to expand the company’s connectivity solutions across Alaska. Through the agreement, Alaska Communications will sell…
According to a new report from CoBank, Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) satellites could serve as a catalyst to expedite the availability of 5G in rural communities. “In rural America, 5G coverage appears to be improving, but the increase in speed…
A new generation of low earth orbiting (LEO) satellites is on the verge of competing with each other and with terrestrial approaches. An ABI Research LEO satellite broadband forecast calls for considerable growth for the technology. In the past, GEO…
Telesat, a long-time satellite provider, shared details of its low-earth orbit (LEO) technology in a press release today, touting optical links as well as Ka-band wireless connectivity, data processing “in space” and phased array antennas. The company calls its LEO…
The FCC has approved Amazon’s application to provide satellite broadband using a fleet of 3,236 non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) satellites. According to an Amazon filing with the FCC, the project, known as Kuiper, will be able to serve multiple world regions,…
Broadband service delivered from low earth orbit (LEO) satellites faces considerable risk, involving factors as diverse as funding challenges and space trash, according to a new report from CoBank Knowledge Exchange, a unit of rural broadband lender CoBank. Of those…
Satellite broadband providers using low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites may not be shut out of bidding to provide low-latency service in the RDOF auction after all. The FCC today adopted rules for the RDOF, or Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, auction, and…
SpaceX said it launched 60 low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites last week to support its ambitious plans to use thousands of LEO satellites to provide a global low-latency SpaceX satellite broadband service to be known as Starlink. By using LEO satellites,…
High-speed broadband based on satellites operating in low earth orbit (LEO) constellations could save U.S. consumers more than $30 billion, according to a new report from BroadbandNow. The report points to SpaceX’s Starlink project and Amazon’s Project Kuiper as two…
OneWeb has raised $1.2 billion from a variety of previous investors to create a new low earth orbit (LEO) satellite manufacturing facility in Exploration Park, Florida to begin production in 2018. The goal is to produce 720 OneWeb LEO satellites…
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