SpaceX revealed Starlink pricing, as the company expands its beta testing for satellite broadband. The expanded beta test, which Starlink calls “Better Than Nothing Beta” may reveal a bit of strategy behind the company’s rural broadband push. Starlink pricing includes…
Starlink, the satellite broadband service from SpaceX, reportedly has won a deal to provide service to families in rural Texas. The SpaceX Starlink deal is with school district Ector County ISD and calls for the company to provide service initially…
CARLSBAD, Calif., Oct. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Viasat Inc. (Nasdaq: VSAT), a global communications company, today announced the availability of Viasat Business Voice – a new cloud-based phone service optimized to work over Viasat’s high-speed, high-quality satellite network. When combined…
The U.S. is set to get another satellite broadband provider that uses a non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) approach. The FCC has approved market access to OneWeb, a NGSO satellite broadband operator that filed for bankruptcy earlier this year but is back…
A Reddit forum for SpaceX’s Starlink has revealed the first speeds for the new satellite broadband service. SpaceX has already launched hundreds of low earth orbit (LEO) satellites that will power this next generation satellite broadband service. The speeds look…
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,…
Funding authorization in the Connect America Fund Phase CAF II auction moved close to completion with the award of $20,000,131 to two telecommunications firms that will expand broadband connectivity in Minnesota and Pennsylvania. It was the 14th wave of awards…
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…
The FCC has authorized Connect America Fund CAF-II funding for Viasat for Pennsylvania. Satellite broadband provider Viasat was a big winner in the auction, which provides funding to cover some of the costs of deploying broadband in rural areas lacking…
Satellite broadband provider Telesat has joined the rural broadband consortium that Mississippi wireless and broadband provider C Spire established last year. The consortium was created with the goal of spurring broadband adoption and deployment. Other consortium members include equipment providers…
April 23, 2020 — ENGLEWOOD, Colo., April 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — As DISH Network continues its buildout of the nation’s first software-defined 5G wireless broadband network, the company has entered into a multi-year agreement with leading network software provider Mavenir to deliver cloud-native…
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