Chris Forrester is one of the most experienced and highly regarded journalists in the field. His insight and analysis, particularly in the satellite and pay-TV arena, is highly prized. He has written for all the major business journals in the sector as well as several national newspapers.
For sci-fi writers the prospects of orbiting ‘space tugs’ have been a staple of their writings. Whether to somehow rescue problem satellites, or simply act as an orbiting refuelling source, the ‘satellite life extension’ concept seem to have all the common sense logic that would propel the idea into real world usage. ‘Not so’, seems […]
ViaSat of Carlsbad, California, has agreed a $188 million (€165.3m) insurance claim as compensation for antenna failures on its ViaSat-2 satellite. Some $44.4 million has already been banked. ViaSat operates high-speed fixed and mobile broadband services to North American consumers as well as government and large commercial users. The operator is expanding over Europe and […]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX project has a sister operation in the form of Starlink, a plan to launch around 4425 satellites in order to girdle the Earth and provide high-capacity broadband to every part of the planet. Starlink’s overall aim is to populate is fleet with up to 10,000 satellites in order to cope with anticipated […]
The C-band Alliance (CBA) of Intelsat, SES, Eutelsat and Telesat told the FCC on October 29th that a market-based approach represented the fastest way to repurpose C-band over the US, essential if a speedy approach is needed to free up bandwidth for 5G telephony. “The Market-Based Approach will minimise the need for Commission intervention and […]
LG makes the best panels for OLED manufacturers, and there is no doubt that their ‘best of breed’ quality is appealing for their own branded displays as well as those of its retail rivals. But according to analysis by Bob Raikes of Display Daily the South Korean electronics giant is some way off from making […]
The drive to see a speedy adoption of 5G technology in the US has seen the C-Band Alliance (CBA) increase the amount of downlink spectrum they could free up. The CBA’s initial proposal was to make available 100 MHz of C-band spectrum. Now the consortium of Intelsat, SES, Eutelsat and Telesat are offering 200 MHz […]
The C-Band Alliance (CBA) is talking with the FCC over proposals to use satellite’s C-band frequencies to help boost take-up and deployment of 5G cellular, but the plan is not going down well with some satellite operators. CBA is made up of Intelsat, SES, Eutelsat and Telesat. The concerns are coming from Hispasat of Madrid, […]
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) says that its studies show that satellite-based Ka-band is much more robust and less affected by tropical rain-fade than previously anticipated. The ITU’s studies remove a significant issue which has seen satellite operators and telcos favouring Ka-band, and its ‘spot beam’ technology over more conventional C-band and Ku-band spectrum (at […]
Satellite operator SES unveils its Q3 results on October 26th. One investment bank has rated SES “Outperform” in advice to investors, and paints a rosy picture. Exane/BNP says that the potential gain from the US C-band spectrum realignment could be worth €10 a share in financial benefit. The bank says: “We continue to see €10 […]
A recent 5G Summit meeting in the US saw the Federal Communications Commission’s chairman Ajit Pai update and outline the FCC’s thoughts on the proposed C-band restructuring by the new Consortium of Intelsat, SES, Eutelsat and Telesat. Chairman Pai reminded delegates of the FCC’s recent work, saying: “The FCC has been extremely aggressive in making […]
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