Channel Islands-based OneWeb, which is looking to launch 900 satellites to girdle the Earth, is linking with aerospace giant Airbus Defence & Space to build the constellation. A new 50/50 joint-venture, OneWeb Satellites, owned equally by OneWeb and Airbus, is to build the new global communications satellites. The j-v will also then seek other business […]
RRMedia, a provider of global digital media services to the broadcast and media industries, has been selected to support Eutelsat’s African satellite broadband initiative. RR Media’s Middle East Media Center will host an important hub to connect and deliver new-generation broadband services to Sub-Saharan Africa. This initiative will leverage satellite technologies to increase the number […]
Consumers can already access broadband and media via smartphones whether they’re sat in a car, on a train and increasingly in the air. However, a new link between Toyota and Kymeta Corp has come up with a satellite antenna that’s capable of handling very high-speed data to cars at domestic-type broadband rates. The technology was […]
In what the UK’s Department of Culture, Media and Sport describes as “an early Christmas present”, homes and businesses in some of the most remote areas of the UK are to be offered a subsidised satellite broadband connection if they are currently unable to obtain an affordable broadband service of at least 2 Mbps. The […]
Eutelsat celebrated the 10th Anniversary of its listing on the Paris bourse by holding an Investors Day in Paris on December 1st. The mood was decidedly upbeat , and presentation followed presentation in outlining the opportunities – and obvious challenges – ahead. Outgoing CEO Michel de Rosen told analysts that the company had grown significantly […]
Interviewed as its annual Connected Nations report is published, Ofcom’s chief executive, Sharon White said the status quo between BT and its subsidiary Openreach, which provides the infrastructure connecting people to the internet, is unlikely to continue.Ofcom is currently reviewing the company’s provision of ‘superfast’ broadband. Critics of BT say it has not invested enough in […]
The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance – a global organisation advocating for laws and regulations that will lead to more efficient and effective spectrum utilisation – has joined a range of satellite and broadcasting industry bodies in supporting the decision made at the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU’s) World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-15) to maintain the ITU’s primary allocation […]
The world’s governments have resoundingly affirmed a clear vision for the importance of many vital and irreplaceable services provided today over satellite. They also agreed on a clear framework for future access to satellite spectrum for innovative satellite communications. This was accomplished by agreeing to preserve and create new additional valuable spectrum for fixed and […]
SES Techcom Services, a subsidiary of satellite operator SES, will be expanding its Astra Connect broadband service in Africa for the Enterprise and Oil & Gas markets via the Newtec Dialog multiservice platform on SES’s ASTRA 2G satellite. SES is extending its current relationship with long-term partner Newtec – a specialist in designing, developing and […]
Spacecom, operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, has announced that the AMOS-5 satellite at the 17°E prime orbital position is now providing Cameroon with Sub-Saharan Africa’s first large-scale cellular-satellite hybrid broadband Internet project. Spacecom is cooperating with Ringo, a Cameroon ISP, to supply over 120 educational institutions, community centers and rural villages with stable and […]