Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat reported its Q3 2026 and 9-month trading results after the market closed on May 12th. Its headline results were: • Q3 Operating Verticals revenues of €283.7 million, up 0.9 per cent YoY • Sustained double digit growth in Connectivity, driven by LEO-enabled solutions, up 65 per cent YoY • Successful conclusion […]
Ofcom research has revealed that 89 per cent of UK households can now get gigabit-capable broadband. The media watchdog’s Connected Nations Spring Update reveals that, as of January 2026, gigabit broadband – which delivers speeds of at least 1000 Mbit per second – is available to 27.1 million homes, up from 26.4 million (87 per […]
Satellite operator SES has reported that its increasingly important Networks division continued to grow impressively in Q1 with revenue up 106 per cent YoY, whilst its Mobility segment grew 207.8 per cent. SES reported that it has won $306 million (€260.2m) of new business during the quarter, and even the decline in its once-important DTH/Media […]
Telenor has entered into an agreement with Verdane to establish a joint ownership structure over Telenor Connexion. The transaction values the company at SEK 7.5 billion (€0.69n). The partnership is intended to realise value from Telenor Connexion’s market position while providing the company with access to long-term growth capital through an efficient ownership structure. Over […]
SpaceX’s Starlink broadband-by-satellite system has hit 20 million daily active customers. The most recent 2 million additions came over the course of just 81 days, an average of 24,500 new sign-ups per day. Taking the system back to its October 27th 2020 launch this latest number translates into some 6,000 additions per day. What is […]
Critics of AST SpaceMobile are suggesting that previous launch promises are again slipping. AST now says that its next batch of three satellites (BlueBirds 8,9, 10) will launch mid-June on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. “Vertical integration reaching scale with BlueBird 11 through BlueBird 33 in advanced stages of production and assembly,” said the satellite […]
Open Cosmos has unveiled eight new Earth observation satellites to advance Europe’s ability to monitor climate-related disasters and environmental threats from space at the ESA Earth Observation Commercialisation Forum (ESA CommEO). The final design of the satellites was presented by Tiago Rebelo, CRO of Open Cosmos, along with Cecilia Hernández, Director of Programmes and Industry […]
Teleste and Vecima Networks have announced a new cooperation in Europe to advance a commercially open distributed access ecosystem, combining Vecima’s Entra vCMTS cloud-native virtualised cable access core with Teleste’s Remote PHY node portfolio and complementary local sales and support presence. The cooperation gives European cable operators a way to scale ultra-high-bandwidth services while preserving […]
Ofocm has published the latest figures for complaints received about the UK’s major broadband, mobile and pay-TV providers. These figures cover the final quarter of 2025, from October to December, and show an increase on the previous quarter for the first time since 2023. Complaints about broadband services decreased, while pay-TV complaints stayed the same. […]
On April 30th an Arianespace 64 rocket delivered 32 satellites for Amazon Leo’s mega-constellation. All 32 satellites were deployed over 12 separation events lasting roughly 25 minutes in total and thus helping put the satellites into ideal orbital positions between 450 and 470 kms altitude. That is too high, says SpaceX’s Starlink. The launch provided […]