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Telesat taps Thales to manufacture LEO satellites for Lightspeed

Canadian satellite operator Telesat has selected Thales Alenia Space as the prime manufacturer of its global LEO constellation, which will c... Continue Reading

The tails of Delta, JetBlue and United parked at the gate. All three airlines are customers of Viasat

Viasat remains bullish on IFC; says ViaSat-3 launch delayed by COVID

Viasat is now eyeing an early calendar year 2022 launch of its first ViaSat-3 satellite, after experiencing program delays due to the COVID-... Continue Reading

Beautiful aerial cityscape view of the city of Leiden, the Netherlands, after sunset at night in the blue hour

Need for more capacity drives Viasat acquisition of European JV

Viasat’s decision to purchase the remaining assets of the European joint venture it established with Eutelsat – giving it full control of th... Continue Reading

Asia at night from space with city lights showing human activity in China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other countries, 3d rendering of planet Earth, elements from NASA

APSATCOM expects major adoption of satcom IFC in mainland China

APT Mobile Satcom (APSATCOM), a sister company to the established Hong Kong-based company APT Satellite, expects to see “major adoption” of ... Continue Reading

Businessman using mobile phone in front of aircraft at airport using protective mask

COVID-19 crisis expected to heighten passenger expectations for IFC

With millions of people teleworking and using high-bandwidth applications to facilitate business amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it stands to re... Continue Reading

A Qingdao Airlines A320 parked outside a hangar, with a blue tail and red design

FTS makes good on China IFC promise; looks to engage other markets

In the fall of 2018, China-backed FTS Technologies announced it would equip Qingdao Airlines’ fleet of Airbus A320 family aircraft with its ... Continue Reading

Three antenna radomes at a booth at the APEX EXPO 2019

CPI uniquely positioned with aircraft radome solutions for two rivals

Having designed unique antenna radome solutions for both Gogo and Viasat, Communications & Power Industries (CPI) appears to be in a sol... Continue Reading

Antenna radome (hump) atop an aircraft fuselage

Gogo on how COVID-19 could be catalyst for consolidation

Inflight connectivity service provider Gogo believes the COVID-19 crisis, which has depressed revenue across aviation, has created an enviro... Continue Reading

ThinKom sees Ka antenna as uniquely positioned to meet new WRC rules

Last fall at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (WRC-19), a key international pact was inked by ITU member states, opening up more... Continue Reading

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Dominique Giannoni reflects on five intense years at Thales Inflyt

After spending what he calls five “very intense and very interesting years” as CEO of Thales Inflyt Experience, Dominique Giannoni is assumi... Continue Reading

SES on inflight connectivity partners: “We love all our children equally”

Given that ViaSat and Inmarsat are now more directly serving airlines, Runway Girl Network sees a benefit in occasionally checking in with o... Continue Reading

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Swarm of NGSO satellites is coming; Inmarsat hasn’t seen the magic

Inmarsat is expressing doubt about the future of some big name industry projects across multiple swaths of spectrum and orbital planes. The ... Continue Reading