Would-be broadband-by-satellite operator OneWeb has suffered a refusal by Russia for permission to beam its signals over Russia. It is quite possible that OneWeb, backed by Japanese media giant SoftBank, has fallen foul of the current trade war between the US and Russia. Russia’s federal telecoms regulator Roskomnadzor has rejected OneWeb’s application, citing as its […]
Inmarsat has signed an agreement with local inflight connectivity companies Turkish Technic and Havelsan to bring Inmarsat’s inflight broadband and live TV solutions to Turkish Airlines. Ahmet Karaman, Turkish Technic’s CEO said the agreement would provide a “seamless” inflight experience for passengers. Inmarsat looks forward to joining forces with two leading Turkish firms “to provide […]
Panasonic Avionics and Turkish Airlines says they are making a major commitment for inflight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) solutions to be installed on 50 wide-bodied Turkish Airlines aircraft and with options for a further 10 aircraft to be equipped. Panasonic’s X-Series IFEC system includes inflight Wi-Fi, mobile phone use, and global live television, and will […]
Just a few days after seeing its latest satellite launched into orbit, and only a few weeks following an announcement over financial restructuring, Avanti Communications says it may not be able to meet its debt obligations. London-based Avanti, which supplies satellite capacity over Europe, the Mid-East and Africa, told shareholders on April 9th that unless […]
The surprising announcement that Eutelsat will launch its own consumer-focused ‘broadband’ high-speed satellite, and as a result not proceed with a planned joint-venture with ViaSat, dramatically changes the competitive landscape over Europe. The winner might well be consumers who will shortly gain access to two rival systems offering similar extremely high-speed capacity, and likely to […]
Eutelsat is ordering up a new broadband satellite from Thales Alenia which is replacing a planned joint-venture with California-based ViaSat. Konnect VHTS (Very High Throughput Satellite) is the new craft. Eutelsat, in a statement said: “The investment in Konnect VHTS replaces the project of a joint investment with ViaSat in a ViaSat 3 satellite for […]
A report from Northern Sky Research (NSR) pointedly asks where is the flow of business that was expected in terms of ‘connected vehicles’. Specifically addressing its study to the prospects for valuable flat-plate antennas, the devices needed to connect up vehicles to satellite-delivered services, it admits that business is “elusive, and still many years away […]
Driven by growth in mobile data, fixed broadband and pay-TV, the total telecom and pay-TV services revenue in Japan is expected to grow at a CAGR of 2.2 per cent over the forecast period of 2017-2022, according to data and analytics company GlobalData. With a total of 168 million subscriptions in 2017, the Japanese mobile […]
The US Federal Communications Commission has approved an application by SpaceX to provide broadband services using satellite technology in the United States and around the world, a move it says represents another step the Commission is taking to increase high-speed broadband availability and competition in the United States. This is the first approval of a […]
High-speed broadband connectivity for the entire UK has moved one step closer following the laying of legislation setting the design of the broadband Universal Service Obligation (USO) Comms regulator Ofcom now has up to two years to implement the scheme, meaning that by 2020, everyone in the UK will have a legal right to an […]