MTN partners with Omnispace as satellite race hots up

by Speedinet | Mar 13, 2024 | Dan Dooley, Elon Musk, Internet and connectivity, Lynk Global, Mazen Mroue, MTN, News, Omnispace, Ram Viswanathan, Sections, Starlink, Vodacom

Mobile operators have multiple partnerships with satellite service providers to test the various uses of the technology.

Direct-to-mobile will outpace broadband satellite: experts

by Speedinet | Feb 27, 2024 | BMIT, Chris Geerdts, Dan Dooley, Dejan Kastelic, Elon Musk, Internet and connectivity, Lynk Global, News, Sections, Starlink, Vodacom

Satellite broadband is years away from mass adoption, but direct-to-mobile is just over the horizon.

Cell towers in space: inside the race to connect planet Earth

by Speedinet | Jan 9, 2024 | Amazon, AST SpaceMobile, Elon Musk, Kuiper, Lynk Global, Mazen Mroue, MTN, News, OneWeb, Project Kuiper, Sections, SpaceX, Starlink, Telecoms, Telesat

Competition to deliver satellite mobile broadband connectivity from space is intensifying.

MTN partners with Starlink, AST for African connectivity

by Speedinet | Dec 19, 2023 | AST SpaceMobile, Dejan Kastelic, Elon Musk, Internet and connectivity, Lynk Global, Mezan Mroué, MTN, News, Omnispace, Sections, SpaceX, Starlink, Vodacom, Vodafone

MTN Group has launched multiple satellite trials across Africa with Starlink, AST SpaceMobile and Lynk Global.

Game-changer can threaten Vodacom and MTN’s business models

by Speedinet | Sep 15, 2022 | Apple, AST SpaceMobile, GalaxySpace, Headline, Huawei, Huawei Mate 50, Investing, iphone, Lynk Global, MTN, SpaceX, Starlink, Vodacom

A space-based revolution in mobile communications is brewing.