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The competition for providing satellite direct-to-device (D2D) services in Canada’s wilderness just got interesting. Telus, declared being the first Canadian operator to successfully enable two-way communication between smartphones and IoT devices on earth and Echostar T1, a geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) satellite. Working in collaboration with TerreStar and Skylo, Telus said it leveraged a connectivity…

Satellite communication heavyweight Viasat has communicated its strategy to trim down its workforce by around 10%, implying the dismissal of approximately 800 roles. This step follows Viasat’s acquisition by Inmarsat, setting the company back by a staggering $6.2 billion, initiating a large-scale reorganization poised to optimize its operations. Viasat envisions robust financial outcomes from this…

With another crucial move in the telecommunications sector, Virgin Media O2 has announced its decision to sell a part of its Cornerstone UK towers business to GLIL Infrastructure, an investment firm, for a whopping price of £360 million. This narrative surfaced only a few days after rumours about the same began to buzz and shortly…