The satellite industry must do more to embrace standards and interoperability to take full advantage of its role in the US$2.2trn 5G market, according to the CEO of one of its largest operators.

Stephen Spengler, CEO of satellite fleet operator Intelsat, told the Satellite Innovation 2019 conference in Silicon Valley how he believes the industry is at a critical point to advance technologically. Although high-throughput capabilities and software-defined spacecraft are moving satellite beyond a perception of being just an appendage to the broader networking and telecoms space, he warned that...

Japanese telecoms heavyweight NTT acquired unified communications specialist Arkadin in 2014 and recently rebranded the company as its US$11bn cloud communications division, alongside 28 other global brands including Dimension Data and NTT Security. The unit is expected to benefit from...