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On Friday, October 16, 2026, British communications infrastructure and media services provider Arqiva announced a three-year managed satellite services agreement with Kuwait-based satellite operator Gulfsat. The commercial contract expands Arqiva’s […]
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On October 8, 2026, Lithuanian optical technology firm Astrolight, alongside the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), announced the successful commissioning of an […]
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Dallas, Texas — On Friday, October 2, 2026, major U.S. mobile network operators AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon announced the formation of a joint venture to pool industry resources and streamline […]
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London, United Kingdom — On Friday, October 2, 2026, semiconductor manufacturer Qorvo introduced an integrated X-band radio frequency (RF) front-end solution designed for active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar systems […]
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Helsinki, Finland — On Thursday, October 1, 2026, Finnish satellite manufacturer ICEYE and telecommunications infrastructure provider Nokia announced a strategic partnership to develop sovereign, high-performance broadband low Earth orbit (LEO) […]
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Richardson, Texas — In September 2026, wireless WAN equipment developer BEC Technologies introduced the MX-340-IRD, a hybrid IoT gateway combining LTE-M cellular network connectivity with Iridium Short Burst Data satellite […]
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On Sept. 29, 2026, ground station management provider ATLAS Space Operations, in partnership with satellite manufacturer York Space Systems, activated a new ground antenna at their jointly operated teleport facility […]
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The outgoing director of the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau said at World Space Business Week in Paris that he expects the 2027 World Radiocommunication Conference to produce a regulatory framework for direct-to-device services in mobile bands. The GSMA counts 151 operators with satellite services live, in testing or planned, and no settled business model.
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On Sept. 23, 2026, satellite communications provider Viasat announced that its subsidiary, Inmarsat Government, Inc., received the Marine Enterprise Commercial Satcom Satellite Services (MECS2) contract from the U.S. Space Force […]
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On Sept. 21, 2026, space market intelligence firm Novaspace released market data confirming that commercial geostationary (GEO) communications satellite orders reached 14 spacecraft announced year-to-date. The figure marks a recovery […]
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