A new technological frontier lies 1200 km above the earth’s surface, prompting some of the biggest names in Tech racing to revolutionize the sky. Using Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites, significant players in the communications space are looking to bolster their network capabilities to provide 100% global internet coverage to all customers regardless of location. […]
The inter-operating capabilities of IoT are exponentially expanding. Increasing advancements in sensors and broadband functionality have prompted an even more aggressive decrease in their price point, sparking substantial growth in the IoT space. According to Statista, 2018 had an estimated 22 Billion connected IoT devices with a forecasted 50 billion projected to be joined by […]
Mississauga, Sept. 22, 2020 /CNW/ – Crown Capital Partners Inc. (“Crown” or the “Corporation”) (TSX: CRWN), a capital partner to entrepreneurs and growth businesses, today announced it has acquired privately-held Galaxy Broadband Communications Inc. (“Galaxy”), an Ontario-based satellite service company that provides telecommunications services to enterprise customers across Canada. For almost three decades, Galaxy has provided reliable and innovative communications to […]
Have you ever been affected by fibre or cell outages? Do you have a reliable “backup” in case of such an emergency? Did you know there is a low cost reliable solution to such catastrophes? Galaxy offers low cost business continuity solutions. Our redundancy plan for your company starts with our redundant network and our […]
Over the last couple of weeks, our favourite travelling journeyman installation specialist, Willy, has been up north on Baffin Island installing multiple 4.5m satellite dishes. His time up north started with digging all of their equipment out of a foot of snow, then reconstructing the pad for the first satellite. The next step was constructing […]
This spring Galaxy Broadband expanded their current Teleport operations. The decision was to move their existing Ku band network to the Galaxy Teleport/Head Office in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Galaxy’s Mississauga Teleport uplinks not only 2 of their Ku services but also one of their C band networks. “This gives us better control and more flexibility […]
In a unique glimpse into what life in a Mining Exploration camp is like, our “Man on the Ground” Willy recently spent an extended time setting up our services for a new camp, far removed from our everyday comforts. “When you travel to these places and stay for extended periods of time, you see how […]
From Rick Hodgkinson, President and CEO of Galaxy Updates on Current Technologies and Future Trends The final blog in the technology and industry updates series will highlight some of the developments and improvements in satellite technologies widely used today. I will also briefly mention a few of the things the industry is carefully watching for […]
From Rick Hodgkinson, President and CEO of Galaxy The first blog in this industry and technology updates series talked about LEO’s, which many consider to be the next best thing in satellite networks. This blog will focus on two new satellites, Medium Earth (MEO’s) and High Throughput Satellites (HTS). Medium Earth Orbit Satellites (MEO’s) MEO’s […]
From Rick Hodgkinson, President and CEO of Galaxy Here is an industry update on the new technology shaping the future of satellite communication. This will be a three-part blog series over the next two months, so be sure to check back! SpaceX, Google, Facebook and others are promising connectivity to the world with exciting new […]
