Avanti cuts off UK ISP Bigblu
UK-based rural broadband-by-satellite ISP Bigblu Broadband and Avanti Communications are in dispute, and Avanti has seemingly terminated connectivity allegedly “without notice” to Bigblu’s clients. The...
View ArticleOpenreach futureproof broadband in 36 new locations
Openreach, the UK’s digital infrastructure company, has announced 36 new locations where it will be building its new, future-proof Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband technology over the next 12...
View ArticleLiberty Global completes Vodafone assets sale
Following the approval of the proposed transaction by the European Commission, converged video, broadband and communications company Liberty Global has completed the sale of its operations in Germany,...
View ArticleCBA partners not agreed on windfall split
Eutelsat’s CEO Rodolphe Belmer, speaking to analysts following its results announcement, said there was – as yet – no agreement between the C-Band Alliance (CBA) partners as to how – or how much – cash...
View ArticleNo Russia approval for OneWeb
OneWeb wants to girdle the planet with around 650 satellites to provide global broadband coverage. To do this the company needs the permission of major countries to send and receive signals from the...
View Article‘Small-sat’ breakthrough for French group
A major challenge for the new cluster of smaller satellite operators is safely releasing the satellites from the carrying rocket. When the rocket might be carrying 30-60 small – but extremely valuable...
View ArticleThaicom “focusing on effective cost management”
Thaicom, Thailand’s first satellite operator has announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30th 2019. Thaicom reported a net profit decrease compared to the previous quarter and...
View ArticleFortnite Season 10 sees 40% spike in BT broadband traffic
BT internet traffic saw an 40 per cent increase in traffic in the space of an hour when Fortnite Season 10 was released in the UK at 9am on August 4th. Fortnite, played by 250 million gamers, recently...
View ArticleIsraeli satellite seeks Facebook contract
SpaceX was due to launch Tel Aviv-based Spacecom’s Amos-17 satellite on August 3rd and has delayed the launch for several days due to a technical problem with the Falcon 9 launch rocket. The earliest...
View ArticleBT ‘seeks assurance’ on doubling FTTH
BT CEO Philip Jansen has visited the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, looking for assurance on ROI if it delivers on the PM’s promise of ‘full fibre broadband sprouting’ in every premises. The PM has...
View ArticleBBC corrects OneWeb Russia “ban” story
A BBC report that satellite mega-constellation operator OneWeb had been blocked by Russia from sending or receiving signals from its orbiting satellites, has been corrected and updated. The BBC quotes...
View ArticleUK ISPs combine to set ‘Boris fibre’ conditions
UK operators have outlined their conditions to make PM Boris Johnson’s demand for full-fibre broadband “for all” by 2025 a reality. They say urgent action is required within 12 months in four key...
View ArticleOneWeb awards $190m contract to HughesNet
Hughes Network Systems, a subsidiary of Charlie Ergen-owned EchoStar, has won an extra $190 million (€ 170m) contract from OneWeb. HughesNet was awarded a $100+ million contract back in 2015. OneWeb is...
View ArticleSuccessful launches for Amos-17, Intelsat I-39
August 6th was a busy night both at the Kourou space centre in French Guiana and at Florida’s Cape Canaveral. Arianespace successfully launched Intelsat’s I-39 as well as the European Data Relay...
View Article“Come fly on my rockets” says Musk
While flying humans into space, and perhaps as far as Mars, might be Elon Musk’s ultimate goal – he is also saying to small satellite designers and operators to join his Falcon 9 club of clients....
View ArticleFCC will adopt “main lines” of CBA proposal
A comprehensive review of the US C-band segment and its restructuring prospects has been issued by Northern Sky Research (C-Band Repurposing for 5G: Impacts and Analysis). The NSR report suggests that...
View ArticleForecast: Less than 80m US pay-TV homes by 2021
Cord-cutting in the US continues to accelerate, with the number of cord-cutting households jumping another 19.2 per cent this year. According to eMarketer’s latest pay-TV forecast, the number of...
View ArticleAnalyst: WiFi dominates in-home net connectivity
The success of Wi-Fi technology is confirmed in new research from Strategy Analytics showing that nearly five billion home Wi-Fi devices are now in use around the world. Furthermore, the report – The...
View ArticleLiberty drops subs, ups share buyback
Liberty Global reported sales from continuing operations down 0.9 per cent in the second quarter as it shed 29,000 cable subs versus a gain of 41,000 in year ago quarter. There were net losses of 5,000...
View ArticleOneWeb responds to Virgin Orbit lawsuit
Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit company is suing OneWeb for $46.5 million alleging that the satellite mega-constellation company has filed to pay agreed cancellation charges for orbiting some OneWeb...
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