21st Annual Global MilSatCom

SMi Group are proud to announce the 21st annual Global MilSatCom conference and exhibition will return to London on the 5th, 6th and 7th November alongside a Small Satellites and Disruptive Space Technology focus day on the 4th November.

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Eutelsat: We quit the C-Band Alliance because our voice wasn’t heard

Eutelsat Chief Executive Rodolphe Belmer said his company decided last week to leave the C-Band Alliance because the group didn’t pay sufficient attention to the company’s concerns. 

Eutelsat leaves C-Band Alliance as spectrum decision looms

Eutelsat Communications has quit the C-Band Alliance, fracturing the group of global satellite operators as a regulatory decision on their spectrum plan nears. 

Eutelsat CEO: Quantum satellite delayed, C-Band Alliance divided on treasury contribution

Manufacturing delays and launcher availability mean Eutelsat Communications’ “chameleon satellite” won’t launch until the second half of 2020 instead of late this year as planned. 

Rival plan to C-Band Alliance calls for spectrum auction, fiber switchover for satellite broadcasters

Charter, ACA Connects and the Competitive Carriers Association (CCA) on July 1 filed a counterplan with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, urging the commission to open 370 megahertz of satellite C-band spectrum through an auction.

Ariane 5 lofts satellites for AT&T, Eutelsat

The heavy lift launcher took off from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana at 5:44 p.m. Eastern, carrying the T-16 satellite for AT&T’s DirecTV business, and the Eutelsat-7C satellite for French operator Eutelsat Communications.

Eutelsat’s Konnect Africa business struggles to lift off

Eutelsat executives said the challenges getting Konnect Africa off the ground since 2016 are now largely in the rearview, but have nonetheless pushed any material revenue from the growth initiative out to the company’s next fiscal year.

Eutelsat planning small LEO Internet of Things constellation

Global satellite operator Eutelsat of Paris is buying additional small satellites for a planned Internet of Things network, having decided to expand the envisioned low Earth orbit system before it has launched the first demonstration satellite.

Eutelsat, amid revenue decline, says year will rebound

A slow start for Eutelsat’s Konnect Africa broadband venture and losses in activities beyond the fleet operator’s core business contributed to a 4.4 percent decline in revenue during the last half of 2018.

C-Band Alliance members promise to buy American for new satellites under C-band plan

Members of the C-Band Alliance have stipulated that they will only buy U.S.-built satellites to replace any capacity lost through the transfer of some C-band spectrum to cellular operators for 5G, a move that could position their plan more favorably with the White House and Congress.

C-Band Alliance doubles spectrum offer to 200 megahertz

Members of the C-Band Alliance on Oct. 22 increased the amount of spectrum they are willing to part with in the United States, aligning their plan more closely with that of the Federal Communications Commission as a deadline for input looms.

ABS, Hispasat and Star One cry foul over C-Band Alliance

Three regional satellite operators with C-band coverage over the United States have complained to U.S. telecom regulators about being left out of a group led by four of the world’s largest satellite operators to arrange a proposed spectrum transfer to the wireless industry.

Telesat changes tune, joins C-band spectrum group

Canadian fleet operator Telesat has joined Intelsat, SES and Eutelsat as part of an industry consortium it once threatened to oppose.

Eutelsat becomes first Ariane 6 commercial customer with five-satellite launch contract

Fleet operator Eutelsat of Paris signed a contract with Arianespace to launch five satellites on the future Ariane 6 rocket by 2027.

Eutelsat sells shared satellite to Es’hailSat

French fleet operator Eutelsat sold a jointly-owned satellite to partner Es’hailSat of Qatar, expanding Es’hailSat’s fleet as the company awaits the launch of its second satellite late this year on a Falcon 9 rocket.

Inmarsat not for sale, CEO says

Inmarsat CEO Rupert Pearce said Wednesday the two purchase offers Inmarsat received from EchoStar this summer priced the company too low to take seriously.