Eutelsat’s Q1 numbers (it has a trading year that ends on June 30th) shows overall revenues down by 2.2 per cent YoY at €293 million. The division with the largest fall in revenue is Video, and which still accounts for 47 per cent of revenues, and where its DTH revenues amounted to €134 million, down […]
Analysts at BryceTech have examined 2024 data on behalf of the Satellite Industry Association (SIA) to provide a snapshot of the satellite sector’s role in the global space economy. In 2024, the satellite industry accounted for $293 billion, or 71 per cent of the $415 billion global space economy. Bryce’s highlights show that as of […]
NASA’s Acting Administrator Sean Duffy sys that SpaceX’s Moon Lander programme is running late. He praised the Elon Musk business but admitted that SpaceX is behind on the schedule. Duffy said that NASA would reopen the contract to other bidders. “The President wants to make sure we beat the Chinese — he wants to get […]
AST SpaceMobile is adding to its borrowings, raising $1 billion (€0.86bn) of convertible debt, but using some of its cash to pay off $50 million of existing borrowings. The $1 billion sum is made up of $850 million in new debt, but is giving the lenders the option to increase by $150 million in their […]
SpaceX launched its 10,000th Starlink satellite on October 19th at 17.39 UTC. Some observers said there had been a malfunction but SpaceX later confirmed all the satellites had been deployed and the valuable booster stage of the rocket successfully landed on its floating drone ship eight minutes after launch. Indeed, the day represented a double […]
America’s broadband providers invested $89.6 billion (€77.2bn) in US communications infrastructure in 2024, according to USTelecom – The Broadband Association’s 2024 Broadband Capex Report. This near record-high investment brings the industry’s total to more than $2.2 trillion since 1996, underscoring broadband’s essential role in powering the US economy and enabling innovation in the age of […]
Tele2, the Swedish multinational telco, has announced its consolidated results for the third quarter of 2025, reporting strong equity free cash flow, and full year 2025 guidance on capex to sales lowered, while maintaining focus on growth initiatives. Highlights include: End-user service revenue of SEK 5.6 billion (€0.52bn), up 2 per cent organically compared to […]
Better in-flight streaming and video-calling might just become more accessible thanks to a project supported by the European Space Agency (ESA). Building upon the success of an experiment for a new type of antenna terminal together with ESA, Viasat – a specialist in satellite communications – now plans to commercialise its new in-flight connectivity (IFC) […]
Vista, the private aviation group, has announced a partnership with Gogo to bring the new Gogo Galileo broadband connectivity system to its global fleet. The rollout will begin in November across Vista’s European fleet, followed by implementation in the United States and Asia from January 2026. This will see one aircraft upgraded with the Gogo […]
Down detector sites were overwhelmed this morning [October 20th] as a problem with AWS meant many heavily used apps including Snapchat, Zoom, Duolingo and Peleton did not work. In addition hundreds of companies had problems with sites, including banks and the UK tax collector HMRC. By mid-morning Amazon Web Services said “We are seeing significant […]