There will be 9 billion user-linked subscriptions to wireless services by 2023, up from 7.7 billion today according to forecasts from Strategy Analytics’ Service Provider Group. The report, Worldwide Cellular User Forecasts 2018-2023 predicts that 5G adoption will follow a comparable path to that seen by 4G LTE, but warns that there is limited growth […]
A new conception of broadband is on target to be achieved as the industry experiences an era of unparalleled change and challenge, and networks transform to meet the opportunities of 5G, ‘cloudification,’ the Internet of Things (IoT), gigabit access, open source solutions and the growing influence of Artificial Intelligence (AI). That was the message delivered […]
Bidding has started for the latest batch of UK airwaves as networks look to offer next-generation 5G services and improve existing 4G. The big four mobile networks (O2, Three, EE and Vodafone) will compete with one new player (Airspan Spectrum) to bid for a share of the newly released spectrum. It follows months of legal […]
Philippines broadband telco Globe has won three creative competition Kidlat Awards for its execution of #PlayItRight’s ‘Piracy vs. Piracy’, the company’s homegrown advocacy to encourage Filipinos to download or stream content from legitimate sources.Piracy vs. Piracy was recognised for three awards—Creative Use Of Media, Branded Corporate Social Responsibility and Digital Activation and Campaigns—at the Ad […]
OneWeb, the massive satellite constellation being planned by Greg Wyler and in which Intelsat has a modest shareholding, will be open to other satellite users of its capacity. The news, outlined by Japan media conglomerate SoftBank’s Alex Clavel at the giant Washington Satellite 2018 show, saying that notwithstanding the financial link between OneWeb and Intelsat, […]
Washington-based would-be satellite operator LeoSat is in the process of building (in conjunction with Thales Alenia Space) and launching up to 108 Ka-band craft into a low-earth orbiting (LEO) constellation. It used the 2018 Washington Satellite Show to announce it had signed a “milestone strategic agreement” with speciality antenna business Phasor to develop a broad […]
Six of the world’s leading satellite industry associations have established the Global Satellite Coalition (GSC), an international group through which targeted initiatives will be coordinated and implemented with the combined support of hundreds of member companies based in every world region. The coalition will drive industry priorities with one voice, unlocking opportunities for industry growth […]
Satellite Solutions Worldwide Group, a global player in the delivery of alternative super-fast broadband services, has announces that Quickline Communications (QL), a wholly owned subsidiary of SSW, has been awarded 5G and TV whitespace field trials funded by Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK), part of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, responsible for delivering […]
Rupert Pearce, CEO of London-based Inmarsat, told investors on March 9th that the satellite operator would cut its dividend from 54 cents (in 2016) to 33.6 cents for the past year, to permit the company to place resources behind its growing In-Flight communications and entertainment business. Inmarsat warned that next year’s dividend (that is for […]
One of the difficulties is coping with announcement of new satellite constellations is coming up with a superlative to describe a really large number when describing gigantic plans. The latest news, that a Chinese organisation wants to put up 300 satellites, each operating in low Earth orbit (LEO) to provide “global communications”, definitely puts the […]