Airbus Space & Defence is already involved in an $85 million joint-venture with would-be satellite operator OneWeb to build a satellite manufacturing factory at Port Canaveral, in Florida. The plan is to shortly start building the first of an initial 900 satellites for the SoftBank-backed OneWeb project to girdle the planet with a new constellation […]
Intelsat and SES, the world’s two largest satellite operators, are anticipating a positive decision from the FCC on July 12th to their proposal (with Intel) on the re-shaping of their C-band frequencies over the US. July 12th will see the FCC commissioners vote on a potential four-step plan that would see the freeing of some […]
Gilat Satellite Networks, a global player in satellite networking technology, solutions and services, has announced a collaborative project with Telesat for development of broadband communication technology using low earth orbit (LEO) satellites. CIIRDF will fund the project to facilitate faster and more secure data transmission over satellite. The joint Canada-Israel innovation project will combine Telesat’s […]
EchoStar has bid an “implied” £5.32 (€6.01) per share for London-based Inmarsat worth in total some $3.2 billion. Denver-based EchoStar quietly made the improved bid on July 3rd ahead of the July 4th holiday in the US. Under the terms of the improved proposal, Inmarsat shareholders would be entitled to receive £2.65 in cash and […]
Not so many years ago Intelsat and SES were arguing strongly for satellite’s C-band frequencies to be protected from would-be predators especially those in the cellular community. Now, with the potential of millions (and some say billions) of dollars of benefits to flow to satellite operators from reassigning some C-band frequencies over the US for […]
In Flight Entertainment (IFE) and broadband connectivity, is a fast-growing business for airlines and their satellite bandwidth suppliers says a study from Euroconsult. The Paris-based research organisation says more than 23,000 commercial aircraft will offer connectivity to passengers by 2027. This is a dramatic increase from the 2017 number of some 7,400 aircraft. Pacôme Revillon, […]
Dawn Harms, VP/Global sales at Boeing Satellite, told delegates to the CASBAA Industry Forum in Singapore that its plans to launch a massive satellite constellation had been paused. Boeing filed an application with the USA’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for permission to build and launch between 1400-3000 small Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) satellites for broadband […]
The fourth-generation (4G) LTE mobile service has had trouble penetrating some indoor office environments. Unfortunately, fifth-generation (5G) comes along with its own complications to this coverage challenge, according to data and analytics company GlobalData. The challenges to good indoor cellular coverage are structural. Newer, more environmentally friendly window glass is hard for wireless signals to […]
Satellite operator ViaSat of Carlsberg, California, says it has introduced the USA’s fastest satellite internet business service, with download speeds available from 35 Mb/s to 100 Mb/s dependent on location. ViaSat’s ‘Inside ViaSat’ blog, issued June 26, stated: “The upgraded business service is made possible by our new ViaSat-2 satellite, the highest-capacity communications satellite in […]
Total pay-TV and telecom services revenue in Indonesia is poised to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.7 per cent over the period 2017-2022, mainly driven by growth in mobile data (4G) and fixed broadband revenues, according to data and analytics company GlobalData. Mobile service subscriptions in Indonesia reached 426.6 million at […]