SpaceX has reportedly told staff it is entering a regulatory “quiet period”, a standard step toward a potential 2026 Initial Public Offering (IPO). Bloomberg reports that SpaceX is exploring a listing that could raise more than $30 billion (€25.6bn) at around a $1.5 trillion valuation, though timing and terms can still change. In an internal […]
AST SpaceMobile now has a fairly dependable launch date for its BlueBird 6 satellite, the first of its ‘second generation’ craft. It will be launched by India’s Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on December 24th from ISRO’s Satish Dhawan Space Center. The India launches have been something of a moveable feast, with assorted dates supplied ranging […]
French investment bank, Exane BNP Paribas, has initiated coverage of Europe’s two giant satellite operators SES and Eutelsat. The news comes as Moody’s downgraded SES (to ba2 from ba1) on its Baseline Credit Assessment, and the ratings agency withdrew its corporate rating and changed its overview from “Stable to Negative”. Exane ranks SES as ‘Outperform’ […]
The Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) has released its annual Fibre Deployment Survey, performed by RVA LLC Market Research & Consulting (RVA), which reveals that 2025 set an all-time record for fibre broadband growth. Fibre broadband deployments reached 11.8 million US homes passed in 2025 alone, totaling 98.3 million FTTH passings when including homes with more […]
SpaceX’s Starlink has struck a partnership with Airtel Africa which will allow its Starlink Direct to Cell satellite to connect more than 173 million people in Africa across 14 countries, powering life-saving connectivity when it’s needed most. This marks the sixth continent for the satellite-to-mobile service and expands its mission to end mobile dead zones. […]
Jennifer Manner, SVP/Regulatory Affairs at AST SpaceMobile, told a Congress Committee (the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology of the Committee on Energy & Commerce) that the satellite Direct-to-Cell business would launch between 45 and 60 of its second-generation BlueBird 2 satellites during 2026. She confirmed that the satellites were under manufacture at its two factories […]
2025’s news cycle was dominated by geopolitical events, fluctuations in the global economy, and advancements in artificial intelligence (AI). However, a surge in widespread, disruptive IT outages – increasingly global in scale and impact – also featured regularly in this year’s news agenda, reports NetScout – a tech company providing network performance, cybersecurity, and observability […]
November 2025 delivered what Nielsen has described as “one of the most historic months to date” in its report of The Gauge, the monthly snapshot of total TV and streaming consumption in the US. The five-week reporting interval produced a 5.5 per cent monthly increase in television usage, with live sports driving broadcast to its […]
Virgin Media O2 has released its 2025 Year in Review, revealing record levels of data consumption in the UK, including an 8 per cent rise in broadband usage and an 18 per cent rise in mobile traffic. Data analysis by the operator reveals this is partly driven by growing customer use of AI, alongside […]
There has been some confusion, not to say argument, as to whether AST SpaceMobile will manage to connect to users when inside a home, office building or while out shopping and inside stores. AST has partnerships with dozens of cellular telcos but the whole rationale for AST is to provide connectivity when out of range […]