Greg Wyler, a serial entrepreneur who founded O3b, OneWeb and now the Rwanda-backed e-Space concept of 300,000 low Earth orbiting satellites, explained to delegates his vision for satellite industry at the Riyadh Connecting the World from the Skies event. He said 10 years from now there should be no difference between satellite and terrestrial. “Everything […]
Satellite constellation operator OneWeb, itself in the process of merging with Eutelsat, is partnering with the massive Saudi Arabian ‘NEOM, city of the future’ currently under construction on the Gulf of Aqaba. OneWeb last October signed a $200 million joint-venture agreement with NEOM Tec & Digital Holding Co., to bring high-speed satellite connectivity to NEOM, […]
OneWeb, the low earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications company, has announced Sat One as a distribution partner. Based in new Perth, Western Australia, Sat One will help to deliver OneWeb’s high-speed, low-latency communications services in Australia. Supported by a global network of gateways and user terminals, OneWeb’s LEO platform will provide high-bandwidth connectivity to expand […]
Following on from Eutelsat’s employee representative board, and its own AGM, Eutelsat has now formally approved its merger transaction with OneWeb. But the completion timetable has slipped a little to Q2-Q3 of 2023. Consequently, Eutelsat and the main shareholders of OneWeb (Bharti, the UK Government, Softbank and Hanwha) signed on November 14th the final combination […]
Dell’Oro Group, a source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks, and data centre industries, has announced the launch of its latest Fixed Wireless Access Infrastructure and CPE advanced research report (ARR). Preliminary findings suggest total Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) revenues, including both RAN equipment and CPE revenue remain on track to advance 35 […]
OneWeb has announced the signing of a Distribution Partnership Agreement with Airtel Africa, a provider of telecommunications and mobile money services across Africa. This strategic agreement will help to deliver OneWeb’s high-speed, low-latency LEO connectivity services to government and enterprise customers across swathes of the continent. The partnership will focus on delivering satellite communications services […]
OneWeb, and the joint venture entity formed between OneWeb and Tonomus, have announced the signing of a distribution partnership agreement with Azyan Telecom – a satellite service provider in the Sultanate of Oman and the Middle East. The partnership will enhance the capabilities of the existing and future national telecom networks in the Sultanate of […]
India’s space agency will launch the next batch of 36 OneWeb satellites in the New Year. A test of India’s giant LVM3-M3 rocket (Launch Vehicle MkIII – Mission 3) engine took place last week and was successful. The rocket’s engine was run for 25 seconds at the Space Agency’s Propulsion Complex The Indian Space Agency […]
Broadband constellation OneWeb has appointed Pivotel as its distribution partner for its Australia and New Zealand roll-out. Pivotel CEO, Peter Bolger said: “The agreement between OneWeb and Pivotel will bring fast, reliable, low latency connectivity with lower contention rates to areas where it’s needed most. Australia’s rural and remote communities and organisations haven’t had access […]
A giant Indian rocket successfully placed 36 much-needed OneWeb broadband communication satellites into orbit in the early hours (00.07 India time) of October 23rd. The rocket, India’s Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) heaviest, marked a significant milestone for the India space agency as the vehicle carried the heaviest payload of 5,796 kgs. This was the maiden […]