A modern cruise liner can have as many as 6,000 passengers, plus crew, and is in essence a small town on the water. Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest leisure travel company, says it has contracted with MedallionNet, a “game-changing” connectivity service enabled by SES Networks. “MedallionNet will provide guests with easy-to-access Wi-Fi that features exceptional […]
Orange and Ericsson are carrying out the first 5G trials in Spain in a Madrid street with connection speeds of 15Gbps average (up to 17 Gbps maximum) through the 26 GHz band with up to 800 MHz. With a speed of 15 Gbps, four HD movies could be downloaded in a second or the six […]
Satellite operator SES used the Euroconsult Satellite Business Week event to announce a major contract with Boeing to build seven “super-powered” craft as additional satellites for its O3b fleet. According to SES these new satellites represent a “the beginning of a new era in global cloud-scale connectivity”. SES says the order represents a “rapidly expandable and […]
ATEME has announced that its advanced video compression technology is being used by Arqiva and Samsung Electronics to conduct the first field trial of 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) technology in the UK. The trial, first of its kind in Europe, is taking place from July to December 2017 in central London and involves the […]
Nokia is extending its portfolio of ultra-broadband product and technology solutions to give operators new flexibility to meet consumer demand and enhance mobile network performance as they evolve towards 5G. As mobile broadband traffic continues to grow, operators want to enhance network performance where they see the greatest demand – with first deployments traditionally in […]
Alphasat Communications Ltd (of Ireland), which supplied broadband by satellite to customers in rural Ireland, has appointed liquidators. Alphasat, which was headed by former Irish football star turned pundit Niall Quinn, had a shareholder deficit of some €2.8 million, and creditors (in October 2015 when the last set of accounts were filed) of €3.5 million. […]
EchoStar XX1 satellite has successfully completed its in-orbit testing, and the craft has been handed over to EchoStar by builder Space Systems/Loral. The satellite is based at 10.25 degrees East and can now start operating its S-band Mobile Satellite Services payload (operating as EchoStar Mobile) with its HQ in Milton Keynes, UK. “We are pleased […]
SES says it is to change launch vehicles and launch slots for its SES-12 and SES-14 satellites. Under the new agreements, SES-12 will be launched on a Falcon 9 vehicle from SpaceX in Q1 2018 while SES-14 will be launched on an Ariane 5 rocket, also in Q1 2018. SES says the swap of launches […]
Vancouver-based Helios Wire is ploughing $4 million in additional funding to go towards the launch of two specialist satellites for Internet of Things connectivity. “The funds from this round of financing will be put toward the launch of our first satellite this Christmas, as well as the two other satellites scheduled to be launched during […]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX makes regular headlines for its rocket launches – and impressive landings – but there’s every prospect that Musk’s next major venture extends beyond Tesla cars, Hyperloop trains, and even journeys to Mars, with his plans to build two truly massive satellite constellations for global broadband coverage. Plan 1 is for a total […]