Inmarsat CEO Rupert Pearce told analysts August 2nd that the recent EchoStar bid for Inmarsat was so unacceptable that any dialogue or engagement would have been seen as weakness. Pearce said that the EchoStar experience would not alter Inmarsat’s strategy, which would not change given that the company has a strong core business. “They had […]
Intelsat says that its delayed launch of the I-38/Azerspace-2 so-called ‘condominium’ satellite, will now take place in September on an Arianespace rocket. The launch had been delayed since May 2018 because India removed its GSAT-11 as a co-passenger on the Intelsat launch, for re-inspection. Intelsat has decided to launch another of its condo-sat craft, a […]
Eutelsat’s CEO Rodolph Belmer told analysts on August 1st that he was staying the view to be “more prudent than most of estimates made at the moment” of the potential revenue gains from the reassignment of C-band spectrum over the US. Eutelsat has only around 5 per cent of the C-band market over the US […]
Despite falls in overall revenues (down 1.9 per cent like-for-like) Eutelsat’s CEO Rodolphe Belmer says that the satellite operator is on the mend. “I would highlight the progressive improvement throughout the year for the five operating verticals. Moreover, in terms of financial discipline, we are ahead of plan on the LEAP cost savings programme. Elsewhere, […]
Gigabit Internet is now available to 301 million people across 49 countries, according to the latest data in the Gigabit Monitor from VIAVI Solutions. The volume of gigabit Internet deployments has increased by 38 per cent since May 2017. This means that 4.2 per cent of the global population now has gigabit internet available to […]
A year from now and the FCC should have its answer for the consortium of Intelsat, SES, Eutelsat (and Intel) in their quest to sell some of their C-band satellite spectrum over the US. The consortium is offering an initial 100 MHz of bandwidth, but some members of the FCC are saying 200-300 MHz of […]
Satellite operator Intelsat’s CEO Steve Spengler spoke of the company’s “great opportunity” and cited the near-completion of the deployment of its new ‘Epic’ fleet of craft and the raising of $633 million in fresh capital. He was speaking during the release of Intelsat’s Q2 results. But Spengler’s main comments were focused on the FCC’s enthusiasm […]
SES is continuing its commitment to satellite-enabled 5G networks by providing satellite fleet capacity, ground infrastructure and end-to-end solutions to the 5G Verticals Innovation Infrastructure (5G-VINNI) project. These contributions will enable 5G demonstrations and validation of the target 5G Key Performance Indicators and use cases. The project will explore solutions in areas such as public […]
Telesat has signed contracts with a consortium comprising Thales Alenia Space and Maxar Technologies/SS-L to carry out the preliminary design for the proposed ‘super constellation’ of Telesat Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) satellites. Telesat wants to operate an initial 120 LEO satellites, and have them in orbit by 2021. Ottawa-based Telesat, in its statement, said the […]
Vodafone Spain has started its deployment of 5G NSA networks in major Spanish cities including Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Valencia, Bilbao and Malaga. Vodafone, along with Huawei, has installed 30 x 5G antennas in the different cities located in the centres, Universities and technological hubs to test the 5G services. The company has used the 3.7 […]