SpaceX to launch 60 satellites on Nov 11
SpaceX is planning to launch 60 of its ‘Starlink’ mini-satellites on November 11th. This second batch of satellites will help populate the proposed $10 billion mega-constellation that SpaceX is...
View ArticleAT&T pitches C-Band auction scheme
US telco giant AT&T has proposed its own plan for a private C-band auction to reallocate satellite spectrum over the US. AT&T is almost certain to be a buyer of some of the released satellite...
View ArticleMovistar fined for ‘discrimination’ against rivals
Spain’s largest telco Movistar has been fined €6 million for discriminatory actions against its rivals when repairing breakdown in its copper and FTTH networks used by third parties. The company took...
View ArticleGogo ups guidance for 2019
In-flight entertainment and connectivity specialists Gogo has reported its 9-month financial results revealing that losses are down, with a net loss of $22.9 million (€20.7m), improved from a net loss...
View ArticleOneWeb will fight Intelsat legal action
OneWeb is to delay the launch of its first batch of 34 satellites until the New Year, saying that they want to give the craft additional checks. They will then be flown to the Russian cosmodrome in...
View ArticleCBA gets tough with US lawmakers
The C-Band Alliance on November 7th sent a strongly-worded seven-page letter to two senior members of the US House Sub-committee on Communications & Technology. The letter starts politely enough,...
View ArticleUnited acquires Vivacom for €1.2bn
United Group, the South Eastern European telco, has agreed to acquire Vivacom, the largest telecoms operator in Bulgaria, for €1.2 billion. This acquisition marks the second transaction since New York...
View ArticleAMOS-17 satellite wins Angola contract for HTS capacity
Spacecom, operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, has announced that a leading Angolan satellite services company has signed a contract for C-Band HTS capacity on the newly launched AMOS-17 communication...
View ArticleLG, SK Telekom to buy Korean cable TV operators
Korea’s antitrust agency has given conditional approvals for LG Uplus and SK Broadband to purchase the country’s No. 1 and No. 2 cable TV operators CJ Hello and t-broad, respectively, according to the...
View ArticleEutelsat upsets CBA plans
It is for the FCC to determine the terms and financial obligations of the C-Band Alliance’s scheme for the restructuring of satellite spectrum over the US. While nothing is yet agreed, a consensus has...
View ArticleVodafone, Openreach full-fibre broadband deal
UK multiplay telco Vodafone is expanding its Gigafast Broadband roll-out to bring full fibre services to many more consumers and small businesses in the UK after striking a new commercial deal with...
View ArticleSpaceX launches 60 satellites
SpaceX placed another 60 of its Starlink satellites into orbit on November 11th. The lift-off took place at 09.56 am Florida-time from Cape Canaveral. Deployment of the 60 craft was confirmed barely...
View ArticleEutelsat C-Band proposals would hurt SES
Last week Eutelsat and the C-Band Alliance (CBA) submitted fresh filings to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Eutelsat’s was a radical series of suggestions, while the CBA gave further...
View ArticleTelia’s $957m acquisition of Bonnier approved
The European Commission has approved Telia Company’s $957 million (€868.6m) acquisition of Bonnier Broadcasting, including TV4, MTV and C More. Telia, the Swedish telco, says its networks and broad...
View ArticleNo LEO decision yet from Telesat
Ottawa-based Telesat is looking to order up to 300 Low Earth Orbiting satellites, and had been expected to confirm its supplier about now. However, Telesat’s CEO Dan Goldberg told analysts that it was...
View ArticleOrange boosts connectivity in West Africa
At AfricaCom, Orange is announcing the construction of a new international backbone network in West Africa. This infrastructure will be built around a terrestrial fibre optic network coupled with...
View ArticleLeoSat gives up on project
World-be satellite operator LeoSat has abandoned its launch plans. It was reported back in September that LeoSat was having difficulty in raising the next stages of its financial needs. On Oct 21st...
View ArticleOneWeb and Intelsat “never had a contract”
Despite all manner of negotiations spread over some 17 months between would-be mega-satellite operator OneWeb and Intelsat, the pair never actually reached an agreement, says OneWeb in an application...
View ArticleIntelsat hurt by C-Band confusion
Intelsat’s share price fell back 12.34 per cent on November 12th, badly hurt by a negative report from investment bank JPMorgan and amid concerns that there are now significant “complications” in how...
View ArticleReport: Cord-Cutter broadband use passes 500GB a month
US cord cutters’ average broadband usage has risen rapidly to more than half a terabyte of data per month creating largely untapped opportunities for service providers, according to the Q3 2019 OVBI...
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