Last week, satellite operator raised €900 million in order to complete the purchase of mini-satellite constellation O3b. At least one investment bank is asking why SES has moved on O3b now, and so soon after the significant profits warning from Eutelsat. “With the Eutelsat profit warning just 2 weeks ago pointing to dramatic change in […]
Satellite operator SES is raising about €1 billion in order to complete its purchase of O3b (a ‘next generation’ satellite constellation serving the ‘other 3 billion’ unserved and underserved broadband users). SES already owns 50.5 per cent, and has made no secret of its intentions to mop up the segment of O3b that it did […]
Canada’s Telesat says it will construct a new Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation of Ka-band satellites in order to serve its broadband customers. In April Telesat ordered up a pair of experimental satellites (one from Space Systems/Loral and the other from UK-based Surrey Satellite Technology) to help prove Telesat’s new concept, which is to see […]
Eutelsat Communications and Facebook have selected Hughes Network Systems to supply its Jupiter System as the technology platform for satellite broadband services that both companies are preparing to launch in Sub-Saharan Africa. With the selection of the Juptier System, along with high-gain Ka-band spot beam capacity provided by Spacecom’s AMOS-6 satellite, Eutelsat and Facebook are […]
According to telecoms research firm Ovum, Australia’s nbn (National Broadband Network) Sky Muster satellite broadband service will be a world leader in the satellite broadband market. The soon-to-launch A$1.8 billion ((€1.2bn) Sky Muster service will help bridge the digital divide by enabling fast broadband access for up to 400,000 Australian premises including rural, regional and […]
Jersey-based OneWeb, which wants to orbit a constellation of more than 700 small satellites to serve the world’s under-connected Internet consumers, has applied for an FCC licence to operate over the US. OneWeb has opened an office near Washington DC in order to start the process, although the would-be satellite operator will have to secure […]
Satellite operator SES says it has won a capacity order from Facebook to supply bandwidth over sub-Saharan Africa. SES says the order includes capacity on 3 of its satellites (Astra 2G, Astra 3B and Astra 4A) to support Facebook’s Express Wi-Fi . offering. This capacity is additional to bandwidth already taken by Facebook with Eutelsat […]
UK mobile operator EE, part of the BT Group, plans to drive improvements to the EE customer experience with more UK customer service roles, while growing 4G coverage with the aspiration of taking 4G to the very edges of the UK. The investment in coverage will focus on filling in outdoor ‘notspots’ in current 4G […]
Eutelsat Communications has selected Gilat Satellite Networks to power a new range of broadband services in Western Russia. Eutelsat has selected Gilat’s SkyEdge II-c hub with X-Architecture and SkyEdge II-c small user terminals to deliver broadband services using the new Express AMU1/Eutelsat 36C satellite. The hub will be installed at the Dubna satellite centre operated […]
The global television industry is in the midst of a digital revolution, and it is now clear that streaming video and non-linear viewing will be the most disruptive forces this industry has ever experienced, according to a new report – The Digital Revolution Is Disrupting the TV Industry – by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). […]