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ST Engineering today announced that its Corporate Venture Capital unit, ST Engineering Ventures Pte Ltd led a US$ 30 million Series A round in Israel-based hiSky Ltd., a developer and provider of affordable and agile satellite Internet of Things (IoT) networks and solutions, with participation from SDF (Strategic Development Fund), the investment arm of Tawazun Holding, and hiSky’s existing shareholders.
In the Terminator films, an artificial intelligence system called Skynet is put in charge of the US nuclear deterrent. After some consideration, it reaches the not-unreasonable conclusion that human beings are dangerous. Cue Armageddon, followed by a long mopping-up operation to ensure that humans will never pose a threat to a world now run by machines.
As I began writing this column news was filtering over media about the decision of the World Health Organization to designate the latest mutations to the spike protein of the Sars-Cov-2 virus as a “variant of concern”, and to use the Greek letter Omicron to name it (rather than the original designation of B.1.1.529). Thanks to the skills of scientists at South Africa’s Medical Research Council Genomics Centre the exact sequencing of the new variant was speedily completed and its details promulgated quickly to their colleagues in sister agencies around the world.
The November 2021 issue of the Satellite Executive Briefing magazine focusing on the African Satellite Market sponsored by iKO Media Group is now available. Featuring:
Update on the African Satellite Market by Omkar Nikam
Satellite Data Analytics Market by Prateek Yadav
Dead Ringers by Lou Zacharilla
Ground Segment: All Change for a new Satcoms Era by Martin Jarrold
Better Satellite World: Satellites by the Dozen
PLUS Products Spotlight, Mergers and Acquisitions, Executive Moves, Market Briefs, Vital Statistics, Satellite Markets Stock Index and many more. Click here to read or download the file.
The participants of NATSATTEL 2021 online conference had plenty of topics on their agenda: transformation of satellite communications industry, convergence with 5G, LEO broadband constellations, software-defined space and ground segments, new challenges and new urgent tasks, sustainability, space debris issues, broadening digital inclusion, and much more. The event was organized by the Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications, as an integral part of Organization’s 50th anniversary celebrations.
The organizers of IBC announces that the in person IBC2021 event has been cancelled. The move followed growing concerns about the COVID-19 situation in The Netherlands, which has deteriorated over the past week, and feedback from the IBC exhibitor and visitor community.
IBC organizers today confirmed that IBC2021 will take place as a live event on December 3-6 at The RAI in Amsterdam. The announcement follows a decision at yesterday’s IBC Partnership Board meeting to continue with the planned event because it can be delivered safely and create the essential business momentum that the industry needs.
View videos from the CABSAT 2021 show held in Dubai, UAE from October 26-28, 2021 including: Satelite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador's presentation at the SatExpo Summit at CABSAT on the "Key Trends to Watch in the Satellite Industry"; A demonstration of ND Satcom's new MFT 1500 Flyaway Terminal for Military Applications; and a interview with Spacebridge CEO David Gelerman..
The sixth World Telecommunication/ICT Policy Forum (WTPF-21) will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, from 16 to 18 December, with the aim of helping countries worldwide move faster to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, without leaving anyone behind.
The October 2021 issue of the Satellite Executive Briefing magazine sponsored by iKO Media Group is now available. Featuring:
The Satellite Industry in Transition by Elisabeth Tweedie
SNG and Flyaway Antennas for the Broadcast Market by Bernardo Schneiderman
Satellite Earth Observation Market by Prateek Yadav
Clouds on the Ground by Robert Bell
A National Space Strategy for the UK by Martin Jarrold
Company Spotlight: iKO Media Group
PLUS Products and Services Spotlight @CABSAT 2021, Mergers and Acquisitions, Executive Moves, Market Briefs, Vital Statistics, Satellite Markets Stock Index and many more. Click here to read or download the file.
