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). […]
NSR’s Wireless Backhaul via Satellite 10th Edition report forecasts the global installed base of satellite backhaul sites will surpass 67,000 by 2025 and will generate $2.1 billion in revenues. Mobile Backhaul will generate the majority of growth led by Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. The new vertical IP Content Distribution, serving capacity offload and content distribution […]
In Flight connectivity specialists Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) says passengers travelling between North America and Europe on Icelandair are now the first in Europe to enjoy ‘jetway to jetway’ Wi-Fi access during the whole of their flight. The service is available on Icelandair’s Boeing 757 and 767 flights on 43 destinations across Europe and North […]
Satellite Internet, a specialist satellite ISP, is seeing a growing level of interest in the supplementary element of BDUK’s Basic Broadband For All scheme which aims to provide affordable broadband services of at least 2Mbps to all UK premises. Satellite Internet has been an approved provider under the Supplementary Scheme since its launch last December, […]
UK spectrum regulator Ofcom is examining future demand for satellite bandwidth over the UK in a new Space Spectrum Strategy consultation document issued March 1st (and which closes for comments on May 10th this year). One of its key findings, which is open to comment, is that it sees there being enough satellite spectrum – […]
Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat says it has reached a total of 6,000 channels on its fleet of satellites. Eutelsat is now carrying more than 2,200 free-to-air channels, on 50 pay-TV platforms. Eutelsat says it continues to register strong channel growth in fast growing markets, notably in the Middle East and Africa, with one out of […]
February 9th saw a major announcement from Eutelsat and California-based ViaSat which sees the two satellite operators coming together in a strategic partnership designed to promote and develop satellite-delivered broadband over Europe. One well-placed analyst thinks it could be the harbinger of even greater co-operation between the two, and even mentions the possibility of a […]
ViaSat of California is the hugely successful high-speed satellite broadband service with some 660,000 paying subscribers. It owns and operates the Exide Internet service provider. It has linked with Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat in a partnership which will combine Eutelsat’s current European broadband business with ViaSat’s broadband technologies and consumer Internet Service Provider (ISP) business […]