Viasat IFC for Aeromexico
Embraer, Viasat and Aeromexico have announced the installation of advanced in-flight internet connectivity on Aeromexico’s E190 jets, further integrating the airline’s fleet with fast Wi-Fi for its...
View ArticleTeleste, VodafoneZiggo roll out DOCSIS 4.0 broadband
Teleste has announced an agreement to supply its 1.8 GHz broadband technology to VodafoneZiggo, the cable broadband operator in the Netherlands, enabling the spectrum capability required for DOCSIS...
View ArticleBT: “£230bn in economic benefits from improved mobile coverage”
An economic study published by BT Group predicts that delivering a highly resilient, nationwide high-capacity mobile network could unlock up to £230 billion in economic benefits by 2035, as well as a...
View ArticleConnect Europe calls for ‘bold’ regulatory reset
Connect Europe – the leading voice of European connectivity providers, representing 70 per cent of total sector investment – has urged European institutions to seize the crucial opportunity of the...
View ArticleCityFibre agrees £2.3bn financing round
CityFibre, the UK’s independent full fibre platform, has reached agreement with its shareholders and existing lenders on a major £2.3 billion (€2.6bn) financing round, accelerating its next phase of...
View ArticleBharti ups stake in OneWeb
On the heels of the UK’s confirmation that it is topping up its capital investment in Eutelsat’s OneWeb (by €163.3 million), Eutelsat’s Indian partner Bharti Space is making a similar top-up worth €120...
View ArticleFCC approves Intelsat sale to SES
July 11th saw the clearest indication that the long wait for SES to receive its permissions to acquire rival Intelsat is coming to an end, with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) giving its...
View ArticleNOWO, CableColor, Gigared climb Netflix Speed Index
One per cent of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) saw an increase of 0.2 Mbps, 89 per cent stayed the same, and 10 per cent went down 0.2 Mbps in June on the Netflix ISP Speed Index, a monthly update...
View ArticleAlphabet ups AST SpaceMobile investment
Alphabet, the parent company of Google, Waymo self-driving cars and dozens of other subsidiaries, is further investing in would-be satellite direct-to-consumer cellular activity AST SpaceMobile. Google...
View ArticleNielsen: Netflix drives US streaming growth in June
In Nielsen’s 50th monthly report of The Gauge – a snapshot of total TV and streaming consumption in the US – streaming viewership surged again in June to represent 46 per cent of television usage. Time...
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