Kagan, a media research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence, estimates that 4G adoption in Finland reached 56 per cent of total mobile subscribers in 2016, with customers in the Nordic country using more data per capita than in any European country due to the availability of low-priced, unlimited access to sophisticated mobile networks. The […]
UK-based Satellite Solutions Worldwide Grp Ltd (SSW) has signed a sales and marketing agreement with Eutelsat and ViaSat joint-venture for a European-focused broadband-by-satellite service. The Eutelsat/ViaSat joint venture involves immediate use of the Eutelsat Ka-Sat satellite as well as a new ViaSat craft yet to be launched. SSW says that it has achieved a key […]
The Al Yah 3 satellite has been delivered to Arianespace’s French Guiana launch site. Built by Orbital ATK for owners Mubadala Development, Abu Dhabi’s strategic investment business. Al Yah 3 (YahSat-3) carries 53 active Ka-band user beams. The Ka-band spot beams provide two-way communications services to facilitate high-speed delivery of data to end-user applications such […]
Ericsson forecasts there will be 1 billion 5G subscriptions for enhanced mobile broadband by 2023. This prediction is among the key statistics presented in the November edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report. Expected to be deployed first in dense urban areas, 5G will cover over 20 per cent of the world’s population by the end of […]
Rocket company Arianespace is the pride and joy of Europe’s space agencies, and in particular, the French government, which sees the Ariane rocket as a pinnacle of its engineering prowess. But Arianespace is under severe threat from Elon Musk’s SpaceX, and news that Germany’s DLR Aerospace Centre – a heavyweight contributor to the European Space […]
Facebook says it is pioneering new technologies by working with aerospace company Airbus to “bring affordable connectivity to more people, faster. This includes our work on the Aquila program, a high-altitude platform station (HAPS) broadband connectivity system.” Facebook explains that the technology will eventually augment terrestrial and satellite networks from approximately 20 km above ground, […]
Intelsat wants to modify how its C-band frequencies are used over the US. It has in mind using bandwidth over metropolitan areas for 5G activity. Intelsat (and Intel) has submitted proposals to the FCC. SES, which also has potentially extremely valuable C-band frequencies over the US (because of its acquisition of the ‘Americom’ fleet of […]
The average UK mobile subscriber could consume as much as 18 GB of data per month in 2021, according to CCS Insight’s latest UK mobile operator forecast. With consumers’ appetite showing little sign of relenting, this would represent a massive seven-fold hike from today’s 2.5 GB average. Such a leap would require network operators to […]
ViaSat’s plan for its ViaSat-3 global scheme and which includes plans for a broadband satellite over Europe, in which Eutelsat is closely involved, is tapping into European Space Agency (ESA) funding help with a cost-sharing scheme to help develop the consumer terminals and gateway access points for the proposed services. Specialist trade publication Space Intel […]
Speedcast, a specialist in providing fully managed, remote communication and IT solutions, and satellite operator SES have announced an agreement to provide several hundreds of Mbps of connectivity into Peru. This is the first agreement between the companies in Latin America to provide Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) capacity with high throughput capabilities and low latency. […]