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 […]
Saudi Arabia’s Taqnia Space (TSC) has signed a multi-year contract with Eutelsat including incremental multi-transponder wide-beam capacity on the Eutelsat 70B satellite as well as the fifth HTS spotbeam on Eutelsat 3B, on which it already operates the four others. This incremental capacity will enable Taqnia Space to add more space assets to its high-density […]
Half-yearly results from satellite operator SES showed video revenues – worth 67 per cent of group revenues – remain under pressure, with the company booking €650 million in H1 2018, but this was 2.3 per cent lower than H1 2017. At H1 2018, SES distributed 7,941 total TV channels globally, up 3 per cent compared […]
Spain’s dominant telcos – Telefonica, Orange and Vodafone – have taken all the 5G spectrum on auction in Spain for €437 million, four times more than the initial price. MásMóvil withdrew from the auction by acquiring directly 80 MHz from other operators. Vodafone has bought 90 MHz of the 5G spectrum for €198.1 million, followed […]
According to Dataxis research, the total Mobile SIM market in Europe is becoming saturated, the subscriber growth is mostly due to rapid adoption of 4G and M2M. At the end of 2017, there were 340 million 4G subscribers in Europe, accounting for 33 per cent of the total mobile subscribers (excluding M2M). 4G connections overtook […]
Analysts at research specialist Frost & Sullivan, in a study of the prospects for satellite-based connectivity services, say that downstream digital transformation, increased usage of Internet-of-Things (IoT), system upgrades by large enterprises, and remote location connectivity are key factors driving satellite-based connectivity service evolution. Frost & Sullivan anticipates increased price competition with high demand for […]
The world’s two largest satellite operators, Intelsat and SES, have enjoyed remarkable valuations of their US-focused C-band spectrum, and the prospects of the FCC permitting a restructuring of that spectrum in favour of 5G. However, the prospective valuations depend on US wireless telcos paying reasonably competitive prices for the spectrum on offer. The formula to […]
According to a report in Wired and which details an FCC Freedom of Information Act request, social media giant Facebook is indeed building – or planning to build – an initial satellite but which could lead to a system to “efficiently provide broadband access to unserved and underserved areas throughout the world”. This is far […]