Orange sells BT stake
Orange has confirmed that it has sold its 2.5 per cent residual participation in BT Group plc (the Share Placement) for a net amount of £486 million. Of the total sold shares, around 41 million shares...
View ArticleDraft C-band Bill introduced in US
Congresswoman Doris Matsui has introduced her Draft Bill on C-band (the proposed WIN 5G Act) and is seen as being in line with general expectations that the FCC would adopt a modified version of the...
View ArticleInside Secure now Verimatrix
Mobile and connected devices security solutions specialist Inside Secure has officially changed its corporate name to Verimatrix and is trading on the Euronext Paris exchange under the ticker symbol...
View ArticleAvanti signs 3-year deal with Vox
London-based speciality satellite operator Avanti Communications says it has signed a three-year Master Distributor Agreement with South Africa’s Vox Telecom. The deal covers potential capacity usage...
View ArticleSpaceX promises debut ‘Starship’ flight in 2021
Jonathan Hofeller, SpaceX’s VP/Commercial Sales, told conference delegates in Jakarta, Indonesia that the first commercial flight for SpaceX’s giant ‘Starship’ Super-heavyweight rocket’s “full stack”...
View ArticleSES creates 1000 Free WiFi hot-spots in Colombia
Rural areas across Colombia will benefit from free community Wi-Fi zones delivered via high-speed satellite-enabled broadband network, courtesy of SES. The deal has been struck with the Colombian...
View ArticleThales wins Indonesian satellite order
Thales Alenia Space confirmed July 1st that it had secured an order to build ‘Satria’, a large satellite capable of delivering 150 Gb/s of capacity. The order comes from Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN)...
View ArticleNew CBA proposals from Charter
US cable giant Charter Communications, which is 23 per cent backed by Liberty Media and now owns Time-Warner Cable amongst other key assets, has proposed a new variation on how the C-Band Alliance’s...
View ArticleBT converged 5G launch this autumn
Following the May 2019 launch in six UK cities of 5G by its EE 5G network, UK telco BT is launching 5G this autumn. BT Plus customers will be the first BT mobile customers to benefit from the option to...
View ArticleLEO antenna reception “validated”
Ottawa-based Telesat has a couple of test Low Earth orbiting satellites working in space as precursors to the deployment of a full constellation. But if these, and other proposed mega-constellations,...
View ArticleEuskaltel, ZTE open tech facilities in Spain
Euskaltel, the fifth largest telco in Spain, and China’s ZTE have opened a technology centre in Gijón, north of Spain, to server the telco network of the Spanish operator. With 40 staff the centre will...
View ArticleCBA makes comprehensive 5G pitch to FCC
The C-Band Alliance submitted a 39-page and extremely detailed ‘Public Notice’ filing to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on July 3rd that comprehensively argues its case for a ‘market-based...
View ArticleResearch: US broadband cord-cutters moving to mobile video
Research from Parks Associates shows US broadband households highly likely to cut the cord in the next 12 months watch more than six hours of video content on their mobile phone a week, compared to 2.5...
View ArticleSpaceX wins double launch contract
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is again winning launch contracts. July 3rd saw an order from Inmarsat and Space Norway for SpaceX’s sixth launch contract of the year to date. Launch is expected in 2022. The...
View ArticleIsrael climbs aboard LEO satellite rush
Israel’s space start-up NSL Comm, which has raised US$16 million since 2015, is seeking to launch a fleet of Low Orbiting satellites to beam broadcasts and broadband to consumers. Its debut satellite...
View ArticleFCC talks C-band decision
Intelsat, one of the main members of the C-Band Alliance, saw an 8.3 percent jump in its share price on July 5th following the FCC’s chairman Ajit Pai specifically referring to the upcoming C-band...
View ArticleEricsson enables Liberty Global’s Access network expansion
Ericsson has helped Liberty Global to deliver high speed gigabit broadband and linear TV services to residential customers using Distributed Access Architecture (DAA) and fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) over...
View ArticleAmazon plans 3,236 satellites
Amazon has confirmed that it wants to launch 3236 satellites into space. Its ‘Project Kuiper’ has already received plenty of speculation, but now the Jeff Bezos-backed business has formally asked the...
View ArticlePhilippines: Globe awards Gilat 3 year contract
Gilat Satellite Networks, a specialist in satellite networking technology, solutions and services, has announced that Globe Telecom, a telecom company in the Philippines, has chosen Gilat for a...
View ArticleSatellite insurance: “Too many underwriters”
An insurance company can take care of cover on hundreds if not thousands of homes or vehicles, or just a rocket launch or two. With the value of a large satellite, plus its launch costs, plus its...
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