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Report: Optical transport market grew 14% in Q2

According to a report from Dell’Oro Group, a source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks and data centre industries, the Optical Transport equipment market grew 14 per cent year-over-year in Q2 2025. This high growth rate was primarily attributed to the rising demand for disaggregated WDM and data center interconnect (DCI). “Following six […]

August 22, 2025

Survey: Networks won’t handle future bandwidth growth

RtBrick has released its State of Disaggregation report, examining the current state of networks globally and telecom operators’ efforts to address surging customer demands. The survey revealed operators are at risk of being overwhelmed by the demands of streaming bandwidth in the next five years. The industry recognises it needs to adopt next-generation disaggregated networks […]

August 21, 2025

OpenVault: Historic shift in QoQ broadband usage

A small-but-historic shift in growth rates is signaling an acceleration of broadband consumption, according to the latest edition of the OpenVault Broadband Insights (OVBI) report. Data collected by OpenVault’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) network management and monitoring solutions showed that average per-subscriber usage for the second quarter of 2025 was 664.2 GB – an increase of 1 […]

August 21, 2025

UK Space Agency absorbed by British government

The move by the UK government to shift the UK Space Agency into its Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT) has been described as both good news, and bad, for the UK space sector. The UK Space Agency (UKSA) is an independent government-backed entity, and the core news is that it is being scrapped […]

August 21, 2025By Chris Forrester

Sunrise reports “stabilised revenue” in Q2

Sunrise, the Swiss telco, has reported a “solid but softened” net increase of 18,000 mobile postpaid subscriptions in Q2 2025, while the number of Internet subscriptions remained unchanged on an organic basis. Price increases and the resulting deliberate broad reduction of aggressive price promotions were cited as driving factors. Compared to the previous quarter, revenue […]

August 21, 2025

Alaska Airlines selects Starlink

Starting in 2026, Alaska Airlines guests can enjoy Starlink Wi-Fi with ultra-fast speeds and lower latency – unlocking seamless access to live gaming, real-time messaging and high-quality streaming across multiple devices. Alaska Airlines is set to bring fast, responsive and reliable Wi-Fi to its fleet starting in 2026, with all aircraft – regional, narrowbody and […]

August 21, 2025

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 breaks launch record

Elon Musk issued congratulations to his SpaceX rocket and launch team on achieving 100 launches already this year. Musk said the record is impressive given that the launches have lofted about 1,800 tonnes of payload into orbit, and accounting for more than 90 per cent of all Earth mass to orbit. SpaceX has achieved a […]

August 20, 2025

Mynaric exits Chapter 11

Munich-based Mynaric, which makes satellite laser terminal links, has exited the German version of Chapter 11 (StaRUG). Back in March, Sir Peter Beck’s Rocket Lab announced plans to acquire Mynaric but there’s now a new owner in place. The new owner is JVH-Holding, which had been Mynaric’s main creditor but agreed to waive $105 million […]

August 20, 2025By Chris Forrester

Viasat’s 3-F2 satellite gets ready to ship

California-based satellite operator Viasat says that its latest satellite, its much-delayed Viasat-3 F2 craft, is ready to ship to its launch site by the end of September, for launch by a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V-551 rocket. This suggests the satellite will likely launch in late-October or early-November. Viasat added that progress on its […]

August 20, 2025By Chris Forrester

India: Nokia, Netplus deliver advanced IPTV services

Nokia has announced that Netplus, the Indian Internet Services Provider (ISPs), has deployed the latest 400G routing technology and software-defined access network (SDAN) platform from Nokia, to scale its high-speed broadband and IPTV services across Punjab and other cities. The deployment enables Netplus to deliver more immersive and flexible services to nearly two million users […]

August 20, 2025