OneWeb wants to girdle the planet with around 650 satellites to provide global broadband coverage. To do this the company needs the permission of major countries to send and receive signals from the overhead satellites. Russia has refused to grant these rights to OneWeb. OneWeb had applied to the Russian State Commission for Radio Frequencies […]
A major challenge for the new cluster of smaller satellite operators is safely releasing the satellites from the carrying rocket. When the rocket might be carrying 30-60 small – but extremely valuable – satellites the dilemma is critical. Now a member of a French grouping of ‘space enablers’ under the banner of the Newspace Factory […]
Eutelsat’s CEO Rodolphe Belmer, speaking to analysts following its results announcement, said there was – as yet – no agreement between the C-Band Alliance (CBA) partners as to how – or how much – cash could be “donated” to the US Treasury as part of the bargaining over the FCC’s decision to permit reallocation of […]
Paris-based Eutelsat says it is still suffering from a challenged operating environment which continues to weigh on the revenues of its core businesses. At June 30th 2019, the total number of channels broadcast by Eutelsat satellites stood at 7,092, up 2.4 per cent year-on-year (+3.9 per cent excluding the disposal of EUTELSAT 25B). HD penetration […]
UK-based rural broadband-by-satellite ISP Bigblu Broadband and Avanti Communications are in dispute, and Avanti has seemingly terminated connectivity allegedly “without notice” to Bigblu’s clients. The news comes just days after a highly positive story in the Investors Chronicle on Bigblu’s trading update for the half-year to the end of May, which reported that BigBlu added […]
A few positive words on July 26th from SES CEO Steve Collar on the prospects for a favourable agreement from the FCC helped send share prices for the key member of the C-Band Alliance on a firm upward trajectory. For example, Intelsat – which would be a major beneficiary of an FCC agreement – rose […]
Satellite operator SES has described its Half Year 2019 Results as “solid”, with continued revenue growth in Networks, strong control over cost and discretionary spending and important progress towards reshaping SES with the objective of delivering exceptional services and driving customer success. Reported revenue was €961.4 million, down 5.1 at constant FX, with underlying revenue […]
Japan’s media conglomerate SoftBank says it has signed a “business agreement” in order to “advance” OneWeb’s commercial services in preparation for the satellite operator’s high-speed, low latency global connectivity services. SoftBank is a major $1bn+ investor in OneWeb (along with Airbus, Intelsat, Coca Cola, Bharti and others). Details of the agreement are sketchy, other than […]
Ottawa-based satellite operator Telesat has won a hugely valuable contract from the Canadian government. The overall value of the contract, designed to fill the “digital divide” for Canadian citizens and wider audiences, is worth some C$1.2 billion (€0.82bn) over a 10-year period. This revenue stream includes a contribution of up to C$600 million from the […]
Charlie Ergen’s DTH pay-TV Dish Network definitely has a role in the success of the T-Mobile/Sprint giant merger. Dish will pay in $5 billion for certain wireless assets, including Boost Mobile, and this has opened the door for a Dept. of Justice approval for the merger. Dish’s funding is reportedly split two ways, with $1.5 […]