Omnispace is a US-based satellite broadband service provider that aims to redefine mobile connectivity. It is building a global hybrid network by combining a non-geostationary satellite constellation with mobile networks, leveraging 5G technologies to deliver "one network" connectivity for users and IoT devices. Omnispace partners with mobile network operators like MTN Group and technology companies like Thales Alenia Space and Lockheed Martin to expand its reach and develop its 5G non-terrestrial network (NTN) capabilities. Associated keywords include: 5G, NTN, direct-to-device, IoT, mobile connectivity, and satellite network.
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A 2024-05-08 letter from David Goldman, vice president of satellite policy at SpaceX, to Mindel De La Torre, chief regulatory and international strategy officer at Omnispace, documented that Omnispace approached SpaceX in 2023-12-01 about coordination and did not follow up despite several SpaceX requests.
A 2024-05-17 letter from David Goldman to Mindel De La Torre requested that Omnispace provide empirical evidence and service-disruption information to SpaceX and the FCC for evaluation.
Omnispace plans a constellation of more than 600 satellites but currently operates only a few experimental satellites in low and medium Earth orbit.
Omnispace is testing a plan to use 600 low Earth orbit satellites to deliver connectivity directly to smartphones and other devices in Africa.
Omnispace will partner with MTN to conduct tests of the LEO-based connectivity network in Africa.
Omnispace plans to provide early direct-to-smartphone services with 300 of a proposed network of more than 600 low Earth orbit satellites in 2026.
Omnispace plans to provide connectivity directly to devices using S-band spectrum already approved for Mobile Satellite Services.
Omnispace and MTN will use Omnispace’s two LEO prototype satellites and a medium Earth orbit satellite acquired from ICO 12 years ago to test a network that would use S-band spectrum to keep mobile customers connected outside cell tower coverage.
Omnispace expects to provide initial services in 2026 with 300 low Earth orbit satellites.
Omnispace received regulatory permission to provide services across Brazil and has other market access approvals in undisclosed countries across Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
Omnispace’s L-band access partnership with Ligado is separate from Ligado’s terrestrial plans to use L-band for a 0.005 kg network that has encountered interference concerns.
Omnispace is concerned that the SpaceX/T-Mobile SCS plan to use an MSS uplink as a powerful satellite downlink could cause harmful interference to Omnispace’s existing and planned non-geostationary satellite orbit systems.
Omnispace will develop a next-generation standards-based mobile and IoT network designed to serve MTN markets under the agreement.
Viasat, Terrestar Solutions, Ligado Networks, Omnispace, and Yahsat created the Mobile Satellite Services Association on 2024-02-09 as a non-profit to harmonize Mobile Satellite Services for integration with standardized devices.
Omnispace is partnering with Mobile Network Operators worldwide to provide IoT and direct-to-device satellite connectivity.
Lacuna Space is collaborating with Omnispace to deliver IoT services to industries around the globe.
Over the past year, Omnispace and Lacuna Space tested the LoRaWAN-based satellite IoT technology using Omnispace’s existing network assets outside of Europe.
Omnispace is partnering with mobile network operators worldwide to deliver IoT and direct-to-device connectivity.
Omnispace and Lacuna Space tested the LoRaWAN-based satellite IoT technology over the past year using Omnispace's existing network assets outside of Europe.
On 2023-02-23, Ligado is pooling its satellite spectrum with Omnispace to target direct-to-smartphone opportunities using Omnispace’s planned global non-geostationary S-band connectivity constellation.