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Viasat is partnering with Ligado Networks to provide satellite services directly to consumer smartphones and other devices.
Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) reached a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding with Ligado Networks and Skylo Technologies to offer first-generation, standards-based Direct-to-Device satellite services via Ligado’s SkyTerra satellite network.
Viasat has used L-band from Ligado’s SkyTerra-1 geostationary satellite since 2014 to deliver lower-bandwidth services over North America.
Ligado’s SkyTerra-1 satellite network can enable Direct-to-Device satellite services over North America and surrounding waters.
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.
3GPP NB-IoT standards delivered over Ligado’s SkyTerra-1 satellite can enable a broad range of services using on-orbit Mobile Satellite Services networks.
Viasat and Ligado Networks have partnered for years to provide Mobile Satellite Services over the SkyTerra network.
The collaboration targets rapidly enabling a broad range of innovative services using on-orbit Mobile Satellite Services networks and 3GPP NB-IoT standards delivered over Ligado’s SkyTerra-1 satellite.
Viasat reached non-binding Memorandums of Understanding with Ligado Networks and Skylo Technologies to offer first-generation standards-based Direct-to-Device satellite services via Ligado’s SkyTerra satellite network.
Ligado’s SkyTerra-1 satellite network can enable Direct-to-Device services over North America and surrounding waters.
Viasat and Ligado have partnered for years to provide a range of Mobile Satellite Services over the SkyTerra network.
The Omnispace–Ligado collaboration anticipates optimizing multi-orbit geostationary (GEO) and non-geostationary (NGSO) networks to provide seamless global coverage for direct-to-device use cases.
The Omnispace–Ligado offering targets providing ubiquitous mobile connectivity for more than 5 billion mobile subscribers in areas without terrestrial cellular coverage.
The Omnispace–Ligado collaboration plans to utilize large blocks of L- and S-band satellite spectrum to develop multi-band, multi-orbit satellite offerings.
The addition of S-band solutions to Ligado’s L-band portfolio creates a multi-orbit licensed satellite spectrum footprint for ecosystem partners and global mobile network operators to offer premium services worldwide.
The Omnispace and Ligado collaboration plans to optimize multi-orbit geostationary (GEO) and non-geostationary (NGSO) networks to provide seamless global coverage for direct-to-device use cases.
The Omnispace–Ligado collaboration anticipates optimizing multi-orbit geostationary (GEO) and non-geostationary (NGSO) networks to provide seamless global coverage for direct-to-device use cases.
The addition of S-band solutions to Ligado’s L-band portfolio creates an expanded amount of licensed satellite spectrum across multiple orbits for global mobile network operators and ecosystem partners.
The Ligado–Omnispace partnership will combine parts of Ligado’s L-band spectrum in the U.S. and Canada with Omnispace’s S-band spectrum across Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific to expand international capabilities.
On 2023-02-23, Ligado Networks and Omnispace agreed to pool their satellite spectrum to boost text, voice, and data services directly to standard smartphones and other devices.