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Amazon activates ground station business with first two of 12 stations

Some six months after announcing plans to disrupt the satellite ground station business, Amazon has started service at its first two sites. Ground stations in Ohio and Oregon mark the first two of a planned 12 stations spread out globally to enable communication with satellites, allowing operators to downlink data such as imagery and weather. The stations also enable operators to control their satellites. Shayn Hawthorne, general manager...

Bringing Broadband to Africa

We experience broadband in different ways around the globe. In more developed areas, we’re hungry for faster speeds, especially as we roll out 5G and connect more of our daily lives with the Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Generally speaking, faster broadband speeds in well-established areas is just icing on the connectivity cake. But in many parts of Africa, access to broadband remains sought after. According to Intelsat Regional Vice...

Space Companies Are Investing Big in 5G Technology

Space companies worldwide want to bring more data to your devices, faster than ever before. Entities ranging from SpaceX to Amazon are launching (or may launch soon) huge numbers of new satellites that can carry the extra bandwidth. And cellular network providers around the world are upgrading their equipment on the ground to meet the expected future demand. This new technology is being built out for new 5G networks. It's touted as a big...

Iridium Adds Industry Powerhouse Intellian to Iridium Certus® Maritime Portfolio Intellian's C700 Iridium Certus terminal unveiled at Kormarine 2019

Iridium Communications Inc. Today announced Intellian as the newest manufacturer of Iridium CertusTM maritime terminals. Intellian is introducing the C700 terminal which will enable a variety of applications including safety, bridge, and crew welfare communications, connected ship IoT capabilities like engine monitoring and remote diagnostics, as well as situational awareness reports. Developed for Iridium's global network and designed to...

M2M Dubai: How technology is changing life in the emirate

Dubai is changing swiftly. With advanced new technologies, a constantly expanding oil industry, and a growing and complex economy, communication has become more important than ever. IoT/M2M offers a major avenue for innovation and economic growth and has the potential to address many of the region’s challenges. Through these technologies, businesses are able to stay connected, regardless of where they are. In line with the Smart Dubai Plan...

Intellian World First 85 cm Ku-Ka Convertible VSAT Antenna

Future-Proof System with Industry-Leading RF Performance The world’s first Ku- to Ka-band convertible antenna, the v85NX can simply be converted from Ku- to Ka-band compatibility by changing the center-mounted RF Assembly and Feed using a conversion kit. The reflector and radome have already been frequency tuned for both satellite bands, which ensures maximum performance across both of them. Also, the v85NX is ready for future NGSO...

Superyacht connectivity report forecasts surge in VSAT usage

New research has revealed that 80 percent of superyacht professionals surveyed expect to use VSAT for more than half the time on-board within the next five years. Published in the newly launched 2019 Inmarsat Superyacht Connectivity Report, the finding is among several significant insights that back evidence of a substantial surge in VSAT connectivity usage on-board the superyacht fleet by 2024 as the desire for freedom to sail anywhere and...

THALES . Digital Technologies and Cybersecurity in naval applications

Hacker attacks against ships onboard infrastructure are no more a bad dream scenario but happen regularly, often even without being detected. Navies and their crews are faced with a new dimension of silent and hybrid threats, which they never realized before. Prior to the implementation of countermeasures after an incident, the crew has to have the means to monitor the vital infrastructure and to detect a potential threat. In general, there...

Launched satellite enhances European maritime navigation

Europe’s Global Navigation Satellite Services (GNSS) will be enhanced after the successful launch of a Eutelsat satellite from Russia. Eutelsat-5 West B satellite hosts a payload from the European GNSS Agency (GSA) to improve ship positioning, which is used for electronic navigation and other bridge systems, around Europe. This Northrop Grumman-manufactured satellite, also known as GEO-3, is in a geostationary orbit and will augment...

Cruise industry pushes the boundaries of maritime broadband

Cruise shipping is the main driver and demand-based influencer in the maritime satellite communications sector. Bandwidth demand from just one fleet of cruise ships could equal the requirements for the whole of worldwide merchant shipping. This is why satellite operators are investing heavily in providing high-throughput connectivity to cruise and other passenger ships. This investment is in satellite constellations for traditional VSAT...