October 2024
Virtualisation of the satellite sector
... using virtualised products from vendors. Virtualisation is also steadily being adopted for satellite communications as well”. Satcoms Innovation Group Standards The satellite sector lags behind the telco sector by around a decade in this regard. The...
10 March 2015
ARTES and the world of satcoms
... with MediaMobil/SASS@Sea Development of the world’s poorest countries is empowered through access to communications technology via satellite communications. Through satcoms, developing nations have immediate access to some of the world’s most...
03 June 2022
Study assesses future of satellite network C-Band sub-frequencies
... current and future supply and use of uplink and downlink frequency bands for satellite services. The independent study focused specifically on satellite communication and television services for member countries of the Arab Spectrum Management Group...
July 2014
Space 1.0 to Space 3.0: from Gagarin to market growth
...it is in orbit. For example, there are four operating systems for personal satellite communications: Iridium, GlobalStar, Thuraya and Orbcomm. This equals 140 satellites in orbit at an investment cost of $15bn. There are about one million subscribers...
July 2014
View from Inmarsat: the search for MH370 and using satellites for safety
... to Beijing and for reasons we may never know headed south. Inmarsat is a long-standing provider of satellite communication (satcom) safety services supporting aircraft on a worldwide basis. The company has over 30 years’ experience in designing...
June 2015
Watching over alpine explorers
... or totally missing. To work around this, Sarontar uses satellite communication when terrestrial networks are unavailable. The rescuer is equipped with a handheld satellite modem. It communicates with the smartphone via Bluetooth and switches between...
