All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan’s largest airline, is introducing free, high-speed in-flight internet service capable of video streaming for all international classes on its B767-300ER (202-seat configuration, JA625A) aircraft. Powered by the latest system from Viasat, the advanced service ensures passengers enjoy smooth, fast connectivity from boarding to disembarkation, providing a ground-like internet experience in […]

Eutelsat’s OneWeb division saw its revenues grow by more than 84 per cent (€187 million) and now represent about 15 per cent of overall revenue. The numbers emerged as Eutelsat reported its end-of-year results. Total revenues for FY 2024-25 stood at €1.244 billion, up by 2.5 per cent on a reported basis and by 1.6 […]

Canada’s anti-Trump sentiment has manifested itself in a major loss to Elon Musk’s Starlink broadband-by-satellite system. The Canadian province of Ontario has cancelled an order for Starlink services worth $100 million (€86.6m) and intended to connect 15,000 rural and isolated homes in the region. The deal was originally announced in November 2024 and helped by […]

India’s Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is contracted to launch an important heavyweight satellite (FM1) for AST Space Mobile (AST). The launch was originally said to happen in June, then the date slipped to July. Then to August. But now there’s talk of a further delay. India news sources say that – in essence – the […]

NBN Co and Amazon have announced an agreement to deliver high-speed, wholesale fixed broadband to customers in parts of regional, rural and remote Australia via Project Kuiper’s low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite technology. Project Kuiper is Amazon’s satellite broadband business that will provide fast, reliable internet to customers around the world. Amazon is planning to […]

Thaicom, the Asian satellite operator and space tech company, has announced its financial results for Q2 2025. In the quarter, the company reported revenue from sales and services of Baht 535 million (€14.2m), representing an increase of Baht 35 million or 7 per cent from Baht 500 million in Q1 2025 (QoQ). This growth was […]

Satellite operator SES and its Space & Defense division has been awarded a $89.6 million (€77.6m), five-year Sustainment Tactical Network (STN) contract to deliver commercial satellite communications (COMSATCOM) services to the US Army. The STN is an effort to modernise the Army’s logistics network and this partnership will ensure secure, global satellite connectivity for critical […]

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy didn’t mention Elon Musk’s Starlink, or Eutelsat’s OneWeb, or Canada’s Telesat Lightspeed or any of the ever-growing list of would-be low Earth orbiting (LEO) satellite constellations in remarks on Amazon’s Q2 analysts call. But he did say that Amazon’s Project Kuiper would be one of only two major players in LEO. […]

South Africa’s department of communications & digital technologies has stepped in with an effort to solve the long-running dispute between public broadcaster SAB and transmission company Sentech. The move has seen the government publish a tender document in an attempt to solve the dilemma between two state-backed entities. “There has been an ongoing tariffs dispute […]

Oman has been granted ITU permission to initially launch a small satellite to be placed in geostationary orbit at 73.5 degrees East. The satellite is described as a “temporary” craft, but it will be followed by a larger craft. But Oman must move very quickly, and get the small satellite into position by this coming […]