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LATEST NEWS EXTRACTS FROM THE APSCCAST SpaceMobile Announces Collaboration with Globe Telecom of the Philippines
April
28, 2022 – AST SpaceMobile, Inc., the company building the first and
only space based cellular broadband network designed to be accessible
directly by standard mobile phones, announced a MoU with Globe Telecom,
Inc. Globe is a leading digital platform in the Philippines, serving
consumers and businesses’ telecommunications and
technology needs, including about 86
million wireless subscribers. Once launched, AST SpaceMobile
would aim to provide Globe with expanded coverage and reach
to remote and underserved areas.
AST SpaceMobile has entered into
agreements and understandings with mobile
network operators which collectively
service over 1.8 billion cellular customers.
Intelsat Selects Gilat to Provide Satellite Cellular Backhaul Solution to a Leading Mobile Telecom in
the DRC
April 27, 2022 – Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. announced today that the Company has been selected in a multimillion dollar deal with Intelsat, operator of the world’s largest integrated satellite and terrestrial network, to provide the satellite cellular backhaul solution for a leading mobile telecommunication company in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Intelsat deployed its CellBackhaul service with Gilat’s SkyEdge II c platform and Capricorn VSATs, connecting with a Ku band satellite to bring mobile communications to nearly 1,000 previously underserved and unserved remote sites. The implementation brings mobile services to deep rural sites in the DRC, geographically the second largest nation in Africa, with a growing population of more than 90 million people. Working together, Intelsat and Gilat are extending mobile connectivity to areas where terrestrial backhaul networks are impractical, expensive, or otherwise unfeasible to deploy.
SKY Perfect JSAT and NTT Agree to Establish Space Compass Corporation
April 26, 2022 – NTT Corporation and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation announced today that the parties have reached an agreement and signed a contract to establish a joint venture company that will launch a novel integrated space computing network to aid the realization of a sustainable society. The joint venture will take on the challenge of building new infrastructures in space, where business led by the private sector is expected to grow in the future, and contribute to the creation of a sustainable society. By taking on the challenge of creating new infrastructures, starting with the optical and wireless communication network to be built in space and the mobile network to be built in the stratosphere, the joint venture will contribute to the development of the global space industry and the realization of a sustainable society.
GapSat Signs Ku/Ka Band Long Term Service Agreement with QSTC Inc. of Canada
April 26, 2022 – QSTC Inc. of Canada, announced the signing of an agreement with GapSat Development Group Ltd. for the provision of turnkey Ku and Ka band services using a dedicated small Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) satellite to be known as GapSat A. Under the scope of the agreement, QSTC is the prime contractor responsible for delivering the services, based on the use of its fully electric satellite platform, Sigma 1, with a fully processed payload together with satellite control and ground segment. GapSat decided to enter into this agreement with QSTC, because until now significant customer demand could not be met at short notice. GapSat A, through its highly flexible payload covering all the frequencies in the Ku and Ka bands, and its ability to relocate at high speeds, between missions will allow GapSat to address this pent up demand. GapSat was advised by GH Partners of New York.
SES and ComClark to Deliver Educational Content via Satellite to 2,000+ Schools across Philippines
April 26, 2022 – SES and ComClark Network and Technology Corporation announced today that together they are empowering thousands of Philippine educators with high speed satellite based connectivity to deliver content to over 2,000 remote schools across the country to improve the quality of teaching and learning. The content delivered via SES’s SES 9 satellite will provide students with equal access to quality education, even to those in the most remote locations. Under this partnership with SES, ComClark will access the Ku band capacity from the SES 9 satellite via its own teleport and connectivity technologies for voice, video, and data applications to connect the data centre, and simultaneously datacast education materials and curriculum to all participating public schools country wide.
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