January 21, 2022 – McLean, Va. – Intelsat, operator of the world’s largest integrated satellite and terrestrial network, in cooperation with Telstra and Spark deployed emergency communications services to support humanitarian aid to Tonga and the archipelago for Digicel Tonga…
Inland Cellular, a mobile network operator serving the Pacific Northwest, will use satellite connectivity from Intelsat to provide backhaul connectivity as Inland builds out 4G LTE service to rural areas of Washington state. According to the companies, Inland Cellular had…
LUXEMBOURG–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I), the world’s leading provider of satellite services, announced today that General Communication, Inc. (GCI), the largest telecommunications company in Alaska, has signed a long term agreement for extended C- and Ku-band capacity on Intelsat’s Horizons…
July 13, 2021 – ANCHORAGE, Alaska— Today, GCI announced a trailblazing $150 million partnership with Intelsat, a global leader in satellite service. The partnership will dramatically expand GCI’s geosynchronous (GEO) satellite capacity to meet growing demand for communications services in…
Comcast moved from seventh to fourth place in SD-WAN market share, while the top three companies remained with their rankings in the latest SD-WAN market share report from Vertical Systems Group, known as the SD-WAN Services Leaderboard report. With a…
The FCC’s plan to repurpose the C-band spectrum in order to support 5G services will be accelerated, according to an announcement by the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. Five satellite operators that traditionally have used the entire band now have agreed to…
Vertical Systems Group’s SD-WAN Leaderboard remained mostly stable through the end of last year. AT&T, Hughes, Verizon, CenturyLink, Windstream, Aryaka and Comcast each have at least a 2% SD-WAN market share, counting installed and billable carrier-managed customer sites in the…
A proposal from carrier associations ACA Connects — America’s Communications Association and Competitive Carriers Association (CCA), along with Charter Communications calls for the FCC to conduct an auction of the majority of spectrum in the C-band. That band is currently…
Four satellite companies known as the C-Band Alliance have enlisted a spectrum auction expert to develop a plan for an auction of spectrum in the coveted spectrum band known as the C-band. The alliance – comprised of Intelsat, SES, Eutelsat…
Non-profit organization Citizens Against Government Waste issued a report this week arguing for an auction, rather than a private sale, of C-band spectrum currently used by satellite operators but targeted for future 5G deployments. The C-band includes a total of…
Several rural groups, including NTCA – The Rural Broadband Association, the Rural Wireless Association, the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and others, have sent a letter to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and to the chairmen of the House Energy &…
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