“Connectivity is the Revolution” 3rd Thought Leadership Forum

Geeks Without Frontiers’ Thought Leadership Forum will focus on technological innovations, delivering digital access to underserved and unserved communities, emerging global challenges, and financially sustainable broadband business plans.

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Kepler Communications raises $16 million for telecom constellation

Canadian satellite startup Kepler Communications raised $16 million from investors, securing funding to build and launch its first-generation constellation of up to 15 satellites, the company announced today.

VSAT Global & Next Generation Satellite Applications

Satellite is on the brink of a new era. With many changes in the industry, new business models on the horizon and plenty of innovators are revolutionizing the satellite space, the 20th VSAT Global & Next Generation Satellite Applications event…

French IoT company plans $139 million smallsat constellation

French maritime-tracking company CLS is starting a 120 million euro ($139 million) effort to build, launch and operate a constellation of 20 small satellites for connecting Internet of Things devices at sea and elsewhere.

Iridium posts sharply higher revenue, forecasts decade-long capex holiday

Iridium Communications had what Chief Financial Officer Thomas Fitzpatrick called its “best quarterly revenue growth in company history,” logging $135 million for April, May and June, an increase of 21 percent over the same time last year.

Kepler to co-develop third satellite with UK’s Satellite Applications Catapult

Kepler Communications, a Canadian startup designing a network of 140 telecom cubesats, has teamed up with the Satellite Applications Catapult in the U.K. to build a third and final prototype before pressing on with the full constellation.

Connectivity Business Investment Conference

This interdisciplinary conference will address the critical financial and business issues impacting the global connectivity industry and explore opportunities in the private and public equity and debt capital markets for investment in this fast gr…

SmallSat Symposium

The SmallSat Symposium is the undisputed Business and Finance Conference for Small Satellites.

World leaders and experts unlock the knowledge required to leverage smallsat innovation and cutting-edge technology into next generation solution…

Astrocast adds $1.1 million to seed round

Swiss satellite startup Astrocast, formerly named Else, gained an extra $1.1 million in seed financing to help carry the company through the launch of two demonstration satellites for a constellation of Internet of Things-focused cubesats.

Iridium teams up with LEO Internet of Things startup Magnitude Space

Iridium Communications, in the first of what the company signaled could be many similar partnerships with new smallsat operators, has announced a collaborative agreement with a startup to expand its offerings in the emerging Internet of Things (IoT) market.

Internet of Things startup Helios Wire raises $4 million for satellites

Helios Wire will use the money to pay for satellites to help customers track and communicate with billions of devices worldwide.