SpaceX, a spacecraft engineering company, founded by the billionaire Elon Musk is reportedly looking to raise about $1 billion. This would mark the company's valuation at $150 billion. This would be more than the valuation marked earlier this year of $125 billion. The development has been reported by Reuters. The report said that SpaceX is looking to sell its shares for $85 apiece. Investors could get the new shares either... Read More
In order to implement its intention to establish a new market leader, French operator Eutelsat announced that it had executed a merger agreement with British company OneWeb. In the rapidly expanding satellite broadband sector, a French and a British company teamed together on Tuesday. The Satellite Broadband Industry Will Reach $16 Billion by 2030 In July, when both the company signed a letter of understanding to combine and become even... Read More
By announcing a new space policy that includes the provision of more spectrum for satellite services, Ofcom, the UK telecom regulator, is supporting satellites to help offer internet to hard-to-reach locations. It's excellent news for the increasing number of low-earth orbit (LEO) operators who are looking to space to provide high-speed broadband that the UK telecoms regulator has quadrupled the amount of spectrum that is available for satellite services in... Read More
The reforms brought by the DoT (Department of Telecommunications) for the satcom (satellite communications) sector is going to help in reducing costs for the companies, said Broadband India Forum (BIF) on Monday. The satcom sector is at the cusp of growth, and it would benefit the industry if the cost of doing business is reduced. Details on the Price Reduction The Network Operations Control Center (NOCC) charges and the removal... Read More
OneWeb, a major Satcom (satellite communications) company, announced signing a Partnership Agreement with Airtel Africa, the second largest telecom operator offering wireless connectivity and mobile money services in Africa. With this agreement, OneWeb will be able to deliver high-speed, low-latency Low Earth Orbit Connectivity services to Enterprise and Government customers. Satcom Services for a Range of Use-Cases: The partnership focuses on delivering Satcom (satellite communication services) for a range of... Read More
The Angolan city of Luanda will get a gateway thanks to a multi-year partnership between global telecoms company OneWeb and pan-African network operator Paratus Group. In the second half of 2023, it will be put into service. A number of nations in the region will receive low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite services from the new gateway, which will also make it easier to connect underserved enterprises, governments, institutions of higher... Read More
It would not be an exaggeration to say that satellite internet in India is currently experiencing a boom and will likely overtake 5G services as the next big thing. From Elon Musk's Starlink to Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio, several influential figures in telecommunication have made steps to provide satellite-based internet connections to distant regions of the country where cable and fibre internet have not yet reached. Using satellites in orbit,... Read More
In an effort to boost its usage by the civilian sector as well as by ships and aircraft travelling far beyond the nation's boundaries, India aims to expand its regional satellite navigation system, known as NaVIC. Seven satellites are used by the Navigation with Indian Constellation (NaVIC) to provide true locating and timings services in India and an area up to 1,500 km from the nation's borders. Currently, ISRO Intends... Read More
OneWeb, a major satcom (satellite communications) company, will be one of the first in India to launch satellite broadband services, said Anil Prakash, Director General of the Satcom Industry Association. Much recently, OneWeb launched 36 satellites with the help of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), for which the Indian space agency would bag around Rs 1,000 crore. By January 2023, OneWeb would launch another 36 satellites for around the... Read More
Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman of Bharti Enterprises, on Sunday said that the pricing of OneWeb's broadband-from-space services for retail customers would be the same as 4G prices. While for enterprises, he said that the pricing would depend on the basis of use cases. Along the lines of the launch of OneWeb's satellites by ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) at Sriharikota, Mittal said that spectrum for satellite communication couldn't be auctioned... Read More
OneWeb is moving fast and is expected to complete its constellation of 648 satellites around the world very soon. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched 36 satellites for OneWeb on early Sunday. Around 10% of the satellites for OneWeb would be launched by ISRO, said Shravin Mittal, Managing Director, Bharti Global. OneWeb would again use ISRO's LVM3 rocket to launch another 36 satellites into space in January 2023, reported IANS.... Read More
The countdown for the launch of 36 broadband communication satellites by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) began early on Saturday at the Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh. This is the first time ISRO is launching a commercial rocket with this much weight. On Sunday at 12.07 a.m. IST, the 43.5-meter-tall rocket launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre's second launch pad in Sriharikota. Because it can lift satellites weighing... Read More
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