Veon-owned Ukrainian telco Kyivstar announced on Monday that it has officially launched Starlink’s Direct to Cell (D2C) LEO satellite service for its customers after months of testing, with the initial service supporting only SMS.
Aspiring LEO satellite operator Rivada Space Networks announced on Tuesday that it has signed on new partners in five markets across Asia-Pacific, including the Philippines and Brunei, for its “Outernet” satellite broadband network.
Indian operator Vodafone Idea and AST SpaceMobile, which is building a space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, have announced a strategic partnership to expand mobile connectivity across India’s unconnected r…