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TMS, Ep 38: Diwali for theatres, satellite broadband, Paytm-Sapphire IPOs

Does Diwali glitter mean turnaround for the Indian film industry? Will satellite broadband bridge India's digital divide? What is digital gold, and should you invest in it? Get all the answers here

Starlink stoops to conquer: That's a whole new road for Elon Musk in India

The company's target after getting the licence is to have 200,000 terminals across the country by December 2022, 80% of them in rural locations

Elon Musk's Starlink may use Vodafone spectrum to expand service in UK

Deal would expand its low-earth satellite broadband service; Vodafone seen close to striking a satellite frequency deal

BSNL to offer UK-based Inmarsat's GX satcomm services in India

Inmarsat has struck deals with Indian airline SpiceJet Ltd and the Shipping Corp of India Ltd, Chief Executive Officer Rajeev Suri said in an interview

The final frontier of space technology

The space industry is using technologies like 5G, advanced satellite systems, 3D printing, big data, and quantum technology in its activities and operations in space

Bharti Group's OneWeb ties up with Isro to kick off India chapter

Mittal says OneWeb would be the first private player to launch satellites from India through Isro facilities

OneWeb launches 34 satellites into orbit in global internet service push

British-based firm OneWeb launched 34 satellites into orbit from a cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, expanding its in-orbit constellation to 322 satellites, it said on Wednesday.

Hughes, OneWeb ink pact for Low Earth Orbit satellite service in US, India

Hughes Network Systems and OneWeb have announced agreements for Low Earth Orbit satellite service in the US and India.

Apple plans to add satellite features to iPhones for emergencies

The company is developing at least two related emergency features that will rely on satellite networks, aiming to release them in future iPhones, according to a person with knowledge of the situation

Bharti group-backed OneWeb launches 34 more satellites into orbit

OneWeb, the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications company backed by Bharti, on Monday announced the launch of 34 satellites by Arianespace from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in southern Kazakhstan

Bharti group-backed OneWeb granted LoI for NLD, says DoT official

OneWeb, the Low Earth Orbit satellite communications company backed by Bharti Group, has been granted letter of intent for national long distance (NLD), while its application for providing global mobile personal communication by satellite is under consideration, a senior Telecom Department official said on Wednesday. Addressing a session hosted by industry body Broadband India Forum (BIF) on Satcom & 5G The Final Frontier', R Shakya, DDG (Satellite), Department of Telecom assured that the government is looking to provide an enabling environment for satellite communications in the country. Referring to OneWeb, Shakya said that the firm has applied for licence on GMPCS (global mobile personal communication by satellite) services and NLD (national long distance) services using satellite constellations. "I believe Letter of Intent (LoI) for NLD licence has already been issued to them. For GMPCS, since it requires a larger participation and discussion, and decision making entity is ...

ISRO's GSLV fails to place earth observation satellite into orbit

Indian Space Research Organisation's second mission of the year to place an earth observation satellite by a GSLV rocket faced a setback as the mission could not be accomplished fully due to performance anomaly in the cryogenic stage of the rocket, the space agency said on Thursday. The 51.70-metre tall rocket GSLV-F10/EOS-03 successfully lifted off from the second launch pad at the spaceport as planned at 05.43 hrs soon after the 26-hour countdown concluded. Ahead of the lift-off, the Launch Authorisation Board cleared the decks for a normal lift-off as planned. The performance of the rocket in the first and second stages of the rocket was normal, scientists at the Mission Control Centre said. However, minutes later the scientists were seen in discussion and it was announced in the Mission Control Centre by the Range Operations Director "mission could not be accomplished fully due to performance anomaly". "Performance anomaly observed in the cryogenic stage. The mission could not

Elon Musk's SpaceX acquires satellite startup Swarm Technologies

SpaceX is acquiring satellite connectivity startup Swarm Technologies for an undisclosed sum, it first acquisition in the 19 years of its existence

Geo-imaging satellite scheduled for launch in Q3 of 2021: Jitendra Singh

A few countries, including Colombia, Dominican Republic, Luxembourg and Romania, have expressed interest in space cooperation with India

Rivals turn the heat on Sunil Mittal's stand on satellite spectrum

Mittal had said, with Airtel setting up only two ground stations for uplinking in rural areas, the requirement for spectrum was minimal and different from terrestrial mobile services

Isro swinging back to action; may launch geo imaging satellite on August 12

It was scheduled for March 28 this year but a "minor issue" with the satellite forced its postponement.

DCC clears satellite connectivity for telecom networks: DoT Secretary

The DCC has cleared a provision of using satellite connectivity in telecom networks to provide services in remote areas where it is difficult to lay optical fibre network

Sky-high battle between satellite service providers and telcos for spectrum

Satellite companies are demanding spectrum free or at a nominal administered price as is done in other parts of the world. The move is being vehemently opposed by telcos through the COAI

Bharti Group to invest $500 million to be OneWeb's largest shareholder

This will make Bharti Group the largest shareholder in the satellite communications company

Mubadala group to put up Abu Dhabi's first IPO since 2017, more to follow

Al Yah Satellite Communications, fully owned by Abu Dhabi's $243 billion sovereign fund, plans to offer a stake of as much as 40% next month.