A report from International Data Corporation (IDC) presents its inaugural forecast for the worldwide 5G network infrastructure market for the period 2018–2022. With the first instances of 5G services rolling out in the fourth quarter of 2018, 2019 is set to be a seminal year in the mobile industry. 5G handsets will begin to hit […]
ViaSat of Carlsbad, California, has agreed a $188 million (€165.3m) insurance claim as compensation for antenna failures on its ViaSat-2 satellite. Some $44.4 million has already been banked. ViaSat operates high-speed fixed and mobile broadband services to North American consumers as well as government and large commercial users. The operator is expanding over Europe and […]
A study from Juniper Research found that annual operator billed revenues from 5G connections will approach $300 billion (€263.8bn) by 2025, rising from $894 million in 2019, its anticipated first year of commercial service. This is an average annual growth of 163 per cent in its first six years. The study, 5G Market Strategies: Consumer […]
Telstar 18 Vantage, a new high-throughput satellite launched on September 10th, is now operational at 138 degrees East and offering commercial services. The Telstar fleet is operated by Ottawa-based Telesat. Built by Space Services/Loral (SS/L), a Maxar Technologies company, Telstar 18 Vantage is the latest in a new generation of Telesat satellites with capacity optimised […]
The C-band Alliance (formed by Intelsat, SES, Eutelsat and Telesat) is stressing that its proposed restructuring of C-band frequencies for 5G usage over the US will not exceed 180 MHz (plus a 20 MHz guard band) in the proposed speedy time-frame of 18-36 months. The consortium’s previous discussions with the FCC had offered 100 MHz […]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX project has a sister operation in the form of Starlink, a plan to launch around 4425 satellites in order to girdle the Earth and provide high-capacity broadband to every part of the planet. Starlink’s overall aim is to populate is fleet with up to 10,000 satellites in order to cope with anticipated […]
Eutelsat unveiled its Q1 results (to September 30th) and warned of slower progress for the rest of its fiscal year. The results were issued after the market closed on October 30th. As the market opened on October 31st, its share price crashed 12.37 per cent to €18.34. The revenue news was generally bad, and given […]
Intelsat’s CEO Stephen Spengler told analysts during its Q3 conference call that the C-band Alliance’s (CBA) plan to free up C-band capacity for the USA’s speedy adoption of 5G would be limited to 200 MHz, and that this bandwidth was the highest slice of spectrum likely to be available in the short-to-medium term. Spengler said […]
The C-band Alliance (CBA) of Intelsat, SES, Eutelsat and Telesat told the FCC on October 29th that a market-based approach represented the fastest way to repurpose C-band over the US, essential if a speedy approach is needed to free up bandwidth for 5G telephony. “The Market-Based Approach will minimise the need for Commission intervention and […]
California-based broadband satellite operator ViaSat has awarded the launch contract for its latest craft to SpaceX and one of its ‘Heavy’ versions. The giant satellite will be ready for launch in the 2020-2022 time frame. This is the second-time ViaSat has awarded a contract to SpaceX although the previous agreement was scrubbed in favour of […]