Analysts at Quilty Space have updated its model to include a forecast for Starlink’s broadband-by-satellite division for 2026. Quilty projects revenues of $15.9 billion (€13.6bn), EBITDA of $11 billion, and Pro-forma free cash flow of $4.9 billion. Quilty’s report suggests that by the end of this year Starlink could have 8.2 million customers, and “sustaining […]
Novaspace’s 13th edition of its Prospects for In-Flight Connectivity Report finds NGSO services poised to revolutionise in-flight connectivity (IFC) standards. NGSO’s share of commercial aviation IFC is set to skyrocket from just 1 per cent in 2024 to 63 per cent by 2034, driving 76 per cent of total operator revenues by decade’s end. “2024 […]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been something of a thorn in the side of Charlie Ergen’s EchoStar, and frequently complaining that EchoStar’s use of its wholly-owned 5G cellular spectrum was inadequate. The past month has seen EchoStar agree a $17 billion deal to sell wireless spectrum to Elon Musk’s SpaceX as well as a […]
A report from ARK Investment Management forecasts that Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship business, which carried out its tenth test flight on August 26th, is likely to be valued at some $2.5 trillion (€2.1tn) by the end of the decade. The rocket’s upper Starship spacecraft, which is designed to one day carry cargo or humans to […]
Babeleye, a specialist in content metadata solutions, has announced the extension of its strategic partnership with satellite operator Eutelsat. This renewed collaboration further solidifies Babeleye’s role as metadata provider for Sat.tv, Eutelsat’s FTA satellite television service across Europe, Africa and the Middle East. The Sat.tv service, designed to offer a user-friendly satellite TV experience to […]
Capgemini, a specialist in business and technology transformation, Thales, a global player in advanced technologies for the Defence, Aerospace and Cyber & Digital sectors, and Thales Alenia Space, a joint company between Thales (67 per cent) and Leonardo (33 per cent), have been selected by the French Space Agency (CNES) as part of a government-backed […]
UK comms regulator Ofcom has confirmed that it will move ahead with plans to make the UK the first country in Europe to enable standard smartphones to connect to satellites using mobile spectrum bands. It means that services could soon be offered in the UK to enable standard smartphones to make calls, send texts and […]
According to the Indian government, the total number of broadband connections in the country at the end of 2024 stood at 944.96 million (cellular 903.78 million, wireline 41.19 million) and the market is growing. It is commonplace for millions of Indian consumers to own multiple handsets (one for work, for family, etc). But the market […]
It seems that Charlie Ergen and EchoStar have decided to trim – if not exit – the satellite direct-to-consumer market. It is selling its AWS-4 and H-Block licences (c. 50MHz of spectrum) to SpaceX for $17 billion (€14.5bn), with up to $8.5 billion in cash and $8.5 billion in Starlink equity. SpaceX will also assume […]
A partnership between Qatari satellite company Es’hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company, and neXat, creators of the first satellite-specific open OSS/BSS platform, seeks to improve the way managed services are accessed and delivered across the Middle East and Africa. Es’hailSat will use the neXat platform to make it easier for its channel partners – such as […]