Investments in higher-speed upstream plant can pay dividends for Fibre and DOCSIS broadband providers, according to the Q4 2025 edition of the OpenVault Broadband Insights (OVBI) report. A first-ever point-in-time comparison of Fibre vs DOCSIS subscribers in a selected broadband system provided insights into usage when consumers have access to increased upstream speeds. OVBI reports […]

A week ago, Europe’s Arianespace launched its first rocket for 2026 as part of an expected cadence of around six flights this year. Meanwhile, on Valentine’s Day, SpaceX launched its 600th Falcon 9 rocket from its West Coast launch site at Vandenburg Space Force Base and took a batch of 24 Starlink satellites onto their […]

Eutelsat’s CEO Jean-François Fallacher has announced that the satellite operator has cancelled FlexSat, a geostationary satellite that was to be positioned to serve the Americas. Eutelsat has cancelled procurement of Flexsat Americas, after a review of the business case. Flexsat was a software-defined satellite Eutelsat ordered from Thales Alenia Space in 2022. This will save […]

Starlink is connecting more than 10 million ‘active customers’ with high-speed internet across 160 countries, territories and many other markets. “Thank you to all our customers around the world,” said a message from the company’s president and COO Gwynne Shotwell. Starlink was also licensed to operate in Vietnam, it was announced on February 14th. Vietnam’s […]

AALTO HAPS, an Airbus subsidiary that manufactures, operates, and will deliver services using Zephyr, is targeting its second launch and landing site to be built in northern Australia. ohe announcement comes alongside AALTO’s call to Australian industry R&D and education bodies as it seeks to cultivate a national Stratospace technology ecosystem that will help create […]

Eutelsat’s mid-year presentation saw CEO Jean-François Fallacher confirm the financial objectives for the full year ahead (Eutelsat’s financial year end is on June 30th). He noted upgrades from both Moody’s and Fitch ratings agencies. As to the company’s key division, the outstanding highlight was the LEO (OneWeb) activity which rose almost 60 per cent and […]

More than half of UK broadband customers are paying £30 (€34.42) or more per month for their service, according to research from Hyperoptic, with nearly one in five paying £40 or more. The findings come as Ofcom reports that 1.6 million people switched broadband or landline provider in the past year following the introduction of […]

UK-based rocket builder Orbex, now in financial administration, could have a rescuer. In a press statement on February 12th, Skyrora confirmed it intends to explore the purchase of select Orbex assets, including the Sutherland Spaceport, following the announcement that the company has appointed administrators. Skyrora is a British private space company based in Glasgow, Scotland […]

Telia Norway has become the country’s first operator to complete a nationwide 5G network rollout in 2024, and says it is now the fastest in launching commercial 5G standalone (SA). Available across Telia’s entire Norwegian footprint as Advanced 5G, this technology enables businesses and public services to reserve a dedicated slice of Telia’s 5G network […]

SES of Luxembourg is the world’s largest operator of geostationary (Geo) satellites. Geo craft operate at 35,786 kms above the Equator. Buying Intelsat and its Geo fleet means that it has around 100 Geo craft in its overall portfolio. Dr. Bryan Benedict, Senior Director of Innovation at SES Space & Defence, speaking at the SmallSat […]