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BT, MainStreaming enhance UK video streaming delivery

MainStreaming, the Edge Video Delivery Network, has announced a partnership with BT Group to deliver high-performance, scalable and efficient video streaming across BT’s mobile and fixed networks nationwide. Through deep integration with BT’s network – leveraging on-net capabilities – MainStreaming will launch into the UK market with enhanced delivery capacity tailored for the UK’s largest […]

September 3, 2025

Project Kuiper readies for Sept 25 launch

The next batch of Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites is slated for launch on September 25th from Cape Canaveral. The launch, dubbed KA-03, will be handled by United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Atlas V551 rocket depending on the usual weather and range approval permissions. “This launch continues a new chapter in the commercial launch industry as Amazon […]

September 3, 2025By Chris Forrester

ESA wants ideas, and urgently

The European Space Agency (ESA) is urgently seeking space industry ideas on its ‘intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance’ (ISR) project which calls for a European satellite constellation for military and civil usage. But ESA has set a September 30th deadline for ideas to be presented. This new constellation, called the European Resilience from Space (ERS) is […]

September 3, 2025

Report: Strong ROI for on-premise edge, private wireless adopters

Nokia has released its 2025 Industrial Digitalisation Report developed with GlobalData, which highlights that 87 per cent of on-premise edge and private network adopters are seeing a return on investment (ROI) in just one year while enabling AI-driven use cases. Additionally, 81 per cent of industrial enterprises found setup costs lower, with over half saving […]

September 3, 2025

Viasat unlocks capacity boost for business aviation IFC

Viasat has announced that its JetXP business aviation in-flight broadband service is now delivering five times more capacity across the Eastern US, with a phased nationwide expansion in the coming months. All Viasat’s business aviation customers using the Honeywell JetWave or Gogo Plane Simple Ka-band terminals are benefitting from the capacity boost for a greater […]

September 3, 2025

ITU: Another $2.6tn needed for global connectivity

Achieving universal, meaningful Internet connectivity by 2030 could require an investment of $2.6 trillion (€2.2tn) to £2.8 trillion at current prices, according to the Connecting Humanity Action Blueprint released by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) – the UN agency for digital technologies – and the Communications, Space & Technology Commission (CST) of the Kingdom of […]

September 2, 2025

EGNOS upgraded by European Commission

The European Commission has confirmed a significant upgrade to EGNOS, Europe’s satellite-based flight and positioning augmentation system. On August 25th, the GEO-3 satellite Eutelsat 5 West B moved from test to operational status, broadcasting the EGNOS Signal-in-Space. EGNOS, which stands for the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service, is Europe’s regional Satellite-based Augmentation System (SBAS). SBASs […]

September 2, 2025By Chris Forrester

Netomnia completes £300m junior debt raise

Netomnia, the UK’s second-largest alternative network provider (Alt-Net), has completed its £300 million (€345.1m) junior debt raise. This includes £160 million from existing investors I Squared Capital and Palistar Capital, originally part of the May 2025 funding, and an additional £140 million subscribed through increased commitments from I Squared Capital and Palistar Capital alongside new […]

September 2, 2025

Wyler resurfaces with US HQ plan

E-Space, the French would-be satellite company headed by serial entrepreneur Greg Wyler, is reported by WFAA-TV to be planning to build its US headquarters at Arlington Municipal Airport, near Fort Worth, Texas. The report says that Wyler has been in discussions with City officials since early 2024, and could result in 200 new jobs being […]

September 1, 2025By Chris Forrester

BT completes sale of Irish wholesale and enterprise business

BT has completed the sale of its Irish wholesale and enterprise business unit to Speed Fibre Group. The transaction, first announced in February and valued at €22 million, has now been cleared by the Irish Competition and Consumer Protection Commission. BT will maintain a presence in Ireland post divestment, with over 300 colleagues serving multinational companies […]

September 1, 2025