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US 4G Network LightSquared Airs Dispute With Inmarsat

4G network LightSquared’s latest troubles centre upon a financial dispute with satellite partner Inmarsat

So called hacktivists are considering an outlandish plan to launch their own satellites to create a free space-based Internet, immune to censorship

ViaSat has brought its US satellite broadband service for businesses and launched it in the UK

CSR has developed a ‘breakthrough’ chip that it says can even work indoors, and tell what floor you are on

The US has ulterior motives to blame China for hacking, says the Chinese Foreign Ministry

Two US satellites have been attacked with the finger of suspicion pointed at the Chinese military

Europe’s answer to America’s Global Positioning System (GPS) is set to be launched into space this week

Eutelsat’s KA-SAT satellite went live today, delivering Tooway broadband to remote areas of Europe

Mobile and satellite operators reckon fibre is getting a leg-up at national level, but fibre broadband isn’t always a winner, says Sophie Curtis

Satellite broadband needs public funding to close Europe’s digital divide, say the vendors

The introduction of pan-European satellite broadband services could be blocked by legal obstacles

Satellite broadband is not everything to everybody, but it could be crucial for helping the government create a Digital Britain, says Chris Britton

WikiLeaks says satellite CEO slated Europe’s GPS rival… but still signed a contract to build it

European consumers in remote regions will soon have another broadband-via-satellite option, thanks to Eutelsat

The Avanti satellite, launched last month, will help BT connect Cornwall and the Scillies

British-based Avanti will beat Eutelsat to the punch, launching a Ka-Band satellite for rural broadband this Friday

To get links to flood-ravaged regions of Pakistan, the ITU has installed 100 satellite terminals

The KA-SAT satellite is being developed for Eutelsat to provide faster broadband services to the digitally deprived

The EC wants governments and businesses in Europe to switch to Galileo from its GPS rival

Inmarsat’s BGAN service has been praised for its humanitarian applications by the Royal Academy of Engineering

CryoSat-2 replaces the original CryoSat which crashed into the ocean it was meant to study

As well as helping to meet green goals, the new space centre will generate UK jobs

GOES-P’s state-of-the-art instrumentation will supply the government with data used in weather monitoring, forecasting and warnings

Phone and Internet services are being restored to help aid agencies and local residents communicate