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An Australian and international research voyage has mapped a highly energetic "hotspot" in the world’s strongest current simultaneously by ship and satellite, and uncovered an underwater mountain range.

Integrated satellite and terrestrial networks and provider of inflight connectivity Intelsat and Indonesian information and communication technology company Lintasarta via its subsidiary Indosat Ooredoo Hutchinson have rolled out a network to improve mobile coverage in remote areas in Indonesia.

Semiconductor company Qualcomm introduced two new modem chipsets with satellite capability: the 212S and 9205S modem.

The 2023 QuantumTX METS, Space and Defence incubator program is celebrating its midway mark this week with showcase events at technology and robotics hubs in Sydney and Brisbane.

Telecommunications company SkyMesh has conditionally acquired Harbour ISP’s 6,200 satellite customers.

The world's arguably richest man Elon Musk wants the US military to pay for the ongoing costs incurred by the Ukraine's use of the Starlink satellite internet service provided by his company SpaceX.

EVENT INVITE Comms Connect is excited to announce the third session in its popular ‘Turning black spots into bright spots’ seminar series, highlighting those complementary technologies that provide the opportunity to augment terrestrial radio solution availability, coverage and capacity when the critical communications community needs it most.

EVENT INVITE Comms Connect is excited to announce the third session in its popular ‘Turning black spots into bright spots’ seminar series, highlighting those complementary technologies that provide the opportunity to augment terrestrial radio solution availability, coverage and capacity when the critical communications community needs it most.

Australia played a vital role in Apollo 11’s iconic moon landing in 1969. Half a century later tells a different story: Australians view space more as a threat rather than a frontier full of possibilities.

Wyld Networks has announced the availability of its new range of low-power, sensor-to-satellite LoRaWAN terminals and modules for IoT applications across areas where there is little or no alternative connectivity. The Wyld Connect hybrid devices can transfer data directly to terrestrial networks or through a network of Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) satellites through a partnership with Eutelsat.

The Federal Government's announcement of an additional $480 million investment in regional broadband cannot be taken to indicate that the services will automatically improve as the money could just be an election handout, independent telecommunications consultant Paul Budde says.

Australia's biggest telco, Telstra, and OneWeb, a low earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications company, have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore new solutions for improved digital connectivity across Australia and the Asia Pacific region.

Thales announced the launch of its new ThalesLINK product line of L-band solutions – MissionLINK 200 and VesseLINK 200.

New Australian space startup Quasar Satellite Technologies is set to revolutionise space communication, allowing ground stations to talk to hundreds of satellites at once using technology developed by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency.

An Inmarsat report brands Singapore as a “start-up magnet” due to its advanced maritime economy and predicts that the country’s IT market will generate US$2.4 billion in 2021 and reach US$4.8 billion by 2030.

The latest case study from Inmarsat is no bull, showing the McMillan Pastoral Company in Queensland is jumping over the moon at being able to "cost-effectively" track its cows over satellite broadband.

China has launched a 6G experimental satellite to verify the performance of the technology in space as this frequency band will expand from the mmWave frequency to the terahertz frequency.

The annual losses incurred by NBN Co, the company rolling out Australia's national broadband network, have been halved in 2019-20 year-on-year, according to the company's results which were announced on Tuesday.

The NBN Co's Sky Muster satellite was hit by an outage today due to an extreme weather event, with services not available from about 10.30am till 4pm.

The best way forward for the national broadband network is for it to remain in government hands and be managed for strategic advantage, rather than commercial gain, a network expert has told iTWire.