MSUA Unveils Finalists for 2025 Satellite Mobile Innovation Awards and Keynote Speaker

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MCLEAN, Va., Feb. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Mobile Satellite Users Association (MSUA), a global not-for-profit focused on amplifying the voice of the millions of users of satellite services for mobile communication, navigation, and safety, announces the finalists for the 2025 Satellite Mobile Innovation Awards. The award winners will be announced at a luncheon during SATELLITE 2025 that will feature keynote speaker Dr. Paul Jacobs, CEO of Globalstar, and will include a fireside chat between Chris Quilty, Co-CEO and Founder of Quilty Space and Barbee Ponder, General Counsel and Vice President Regulatory Affairs at Globalstar. The luncheon will be held March 11 during the SATELLITE 2025 Conference in Washington, D.C.

"The 2025 Satellite Mobile Innovation Awards recognizes advances in satellite systems and solutions that occurred in 2024. Prominent among those advances were both direct-to-device satellite communications to smartphones and the emergence of non-terrestrial network technology," said Roger Lanctot, President of MSUA. "The two Globalstar contributors at the awards luncheon will address both the standards-setting and regulatory implications of evolving non-terrestrial network and direct-to-device communications."

2024 MSUA Satellite Mobile Innovations Awards Finalists (in alphabetical order)

  • Astroscale Japan
  • Delta Air Lines in Partnership with Hughes
  • Endeavour Technology
  • Galaxy Broadband Communications Inc.
  • Globalsat Group
  • Inmarsat Maritime
  • INTEGRASYS
  • Intelsat
  • Iridium Communications Inc.
  • Kymeta Corporation
  • Mission Microwave Technologies, LLC
  • ORBCOMM
  • Solstar Space
  • Space42
  • Speedcast
  • Square Peg Communications
  • ST Engineering/iDirect
  • Viasat

The 2025 panel of judges incldues Antonio Franchi, Head of 5G/6G NTN Programme Office, European Space Agency (ESA); Silvano Payne, Founder & CEO, SatNews Publishers; Chris Quilty, Co-CEO and Founder, Quilty Space; Randy Segal, Co-head of Space and Satellite Group, Partner Hogan Lovells; and Diana Gamzina, Founder and CEO, Elve Speed.

Winners for the MSUA Satellite Mobile Innovation Awards will be announced at the luncheon (11:45 AM to 1:30 PM East) on March 11, 2025, in room 206 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. during SATELLITE 2025. Attendance is limited for the Satellite Mobile Innovation Awards. Advanced ticket sales and sponsorships are available via the registration form.

Details for the MSUA Satellite Mobile Innovation Awards are available at .

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ABOUT MSUA

The Mobile Satellite Users Association is a non-profit association dedicated to promoting the interests of the millions of users of satellite services for mobile communication, navigation, and safety worldwide. The association fosters the exchange of news, information, and ideas among and between users, suppliers of equipment and services, operators of satellite systems, and the various entities affecting the future of the industry. MSUA sponsors the annual Satellite Mobile Innovation Awards, celebrating the top anticipated and market-proven advancements in satellite services, and collaborates with conference organizers around the world to shape and facilitate conference programming dedicated to the users of satellite services. . Visit to learn more.

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