AT&T and the International Association of Fire Fighters have formed an alliance to inform paramedics and firefighters about the FirstNet national public safety broadband network and its... Read more
Microsoft and the Department of Veterans Affairs have partnered to provide rural veterans with access to the internet to use telehealth services, receive educational opportunities, secure jo... Read more
AT&T and Mutualink have entered into an agreement to facilitate communications interoperability for first responders and other public safety personnel. AT&T said Thursday it will add... Read more
Boeing’s prototyping arm plans to begin manufacturing a flat satellite antenna technology in 2020 to facilitate broadband communications for military aircraft, SpaceNews reported Wednesday. Read more
CenturyLink has announced that the Federal Communications Commission unanimously voted to pass a petition by trade group USTelecom to free up incumbent local exchange carriers from some lega... Read more
Executive Mosaic is honored to announce Xavier Williams, president of AT&T’s public sector and wholesale solutions, as an inductee into the 2019 edition of Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s a... Read more
Iridium Communications on Wednesday declared the completion of the $3B Iridium NEXT satellite constellation at a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. "The com... Read more
Iridium Communications has unveiled its L-band broadband service powered by the company’s $3B Iridium NEXT satellite network. The company said Wednesday initial activations of the Iridium Ce... Read more
Iridium Communications’ final and eighth batch of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites launched Friday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard SpaceX’s previously flown Falcon 9 rocket. Ir... Read more
James Arden Barnett Jr., a 32-year U.S. Navy veteran, has joined RigNet as senior vice president of government services at the Houston-based broadband and networking technology provider. Read more
Intelsat and L3 Technologies have teamed up to bring a satellite-based broadband service to U.S. government aviation users. L3 will integrate Intelsat’s FlexAir broadband service into... Read more
Intelsat and satellite communications services provider COMSAT have partnered to market a broadband connectivity offering to U.S. government aircraft operators and coalition partners. COMSAT... Read more
Intelsat General has introduced a broadband service offering intended to help military aircraft passengers connect to the internet while in flight. FlexAir uses the company’s Ku-band a... Read more
Telesat has received a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to assess the capability of commercial satellite constellations in low-Earth orbit to support the Pentagon... Read more
Fourth SpaceX Internet Satellite Batch Reaches Orbit Through Falcon 9 Launch
A fourth batch of 60 SpaceX satellites launched into space as part of the Hawthorne, Calif.-based company's program to deliver broadband connectivity worldwide. The upper stage of a comp... Read more