EC warns Croatia, Netherlands over 700 MHz delay
The European Commission is to initiate proceedings against two Member States for not complying with EU spectrum rules. Two letters of formal notice will be sent to Croatia and The Netherlands...
View ArticleSpain to award spectrum for 5G in Q1 2019
The Spanish government plans to auction spectrum in the 700MHz band for 5G services in the first quarter of 2019. Currently, DTT channels are using that band, but will release it by March 2020. DTT...
View ArticleC-band over US: Windfall proposal in trouble?
The world’s two largest satellite operators, Intelsat and SES, have enjoyed considerable share-price rises largely because of the “windfall” gains expected to flow from the re-versioning of their...
View ArticleAll systems go for SpaceX’s Starlink
SpaceX’s plans to launch 4400 satellites in order to circle the planet with broadband access has moved a step closer. Last week SpaceX filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission...
View ArticleStudy: UK broadband loyalty costs customers
Broadband customers are enduring terrible customer service and potentially paying hundreds of pounds a year more than they need to as providers take advantage of their loyalty, according analysis from...
View ArticleSpacecom supplying Botswana Telecom with VSAT services
Spacecom, operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, and Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC) have announced an agreement whereby AMOS-7 is supplying satellite services to BTC’s VSAT (Very Small...
View ArticleTaiwan’s KBro, Saudi Arabia’s ITC climb Netflix ISP index
Netfix has released October data from its ISP Speed Index – a monthly update on which ISPs provide the best prime time Netflix streaming experience. Noteworthy gains this month came from KBro in...
View Article‘Mega-constellation’ bubble about to burst?
The satellite industry is a carefully structured business. With every DTH satellite costing upwards of a quarter-billion dollars to build launch (and insure) operators have to be sure of the business...
View ArticleEE reveals 5G launch locations
UK mobile network EE, part of BT Group, is switching on 5G sites in 16 UK cities in 2019. The first launch cities will be the UK’s four capital cities – London, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Belfast – and...
View ArticleArabsat, Forsway broadband partnership
Arabsat, the global satellite operator, and Forsway, a specialist in providing innovative satellite broadband solutions, have announced the deployment of affordable satellite broadband services across...
View ArticleVodafone: Losing football in Spain takes toll
The pay-TV football war is taken its toll on the performance of Vodafone Spain. In the first six months of FY 2018 (from April 1 to September 30), Vodafone Spain lost 98,000 subscribers and saw its...
View ArticleEurofins launches Cyber Security Division
Eurofins Digital Testing, a global player in end-to-end quality assurance (QA) and testing services, has launched a new Cyber Security Division to serve the media and entertainment industry, Internet...
View ArticleAnalyst: DTH drags down US Q3 pay-TV subs
Findings from research and analysis firm Leichtman Research Group indicate that the largest pay-TV providers in the US – representing about 95 per cent of the market – lost about 975,000 net video...
View ArticleKagan: US pay-TV Q3 subs down 1.2m
Third-quarter results for US multichannel video subscriptions cut short a brief wave of optimism for the sector, according to Kagan, a media research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence....
View ArticleFTTH Council Europe warns against ‘fake fibre’
The European Parliament has gathered in Strasbourg on November 15th to approve the new European Electronic Communications Code, which will soon become the new legislative framework for...
View ArticleFCC kicks off 5G auction
The US Federal Communications Commission is undertaking its first-ever high-band 5G spectrum auction. Bidding is beginning on spectrum in the 28 GHz band (Auction 101), which will be followed by...
View ArticleSpain: Euskaltel split on national ambition
Basque-Country cable operator Euskaltel is at a crossroads in deciding whether to stay local and consolidate its position in the north of Spain, or go national to compete with Movistar, Vodafone,...
View ArticleInmarsat expands VARs with Honeywell Aerospace
Inmarsat, a specialist in global mobile satellite communications, has expanded its global network of Value Added Resellers (VARs) for its GX Aviation inflight broadband solution with the addition of...
View ArticleSES/Intelsat argue their C-Band case
On October 29th a 64-page document was submitted to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and expanding considerably the C-Band Alliance’s (CBA) proposal to release 200 MHz of satellite spectrum...
View ArticleOneWeb’s Russian $1bn launch plans at risk
OneWeb wants to encircle the planet with around 900 smallish satellites to provide global broadband access. OneWeb wants to start launching its first satellites this winter, but a key part of its...
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