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Alaska Airlines selects Starlink

Starting in 2026, Alaska Airlines guests can enjoy Starlink Wi-Fi with ultra-fast speeds and lower latency – unlocking seamless access to live gaming, real-time messaging and high-quality streaming across multiple devices. Alaska Airlines is set to bring fast, responsive and reliable Wi-Fi to its fleet starting in 2026, with all aircraft – regional, narrowbody and […]

August 21, 2025

Starlink offering discounted kit

The Elon Musk-owned Starlink broadband by satellite system is cutting sign-up prices. Starlink standard kit (dish and modem and cable) is now 50 per cent off in a number of countries. The discount can apply to residents of the listed countries below but depends precisely where the new subscriber lives. Some regions are still ‘over-subscribed’ […]

August 15, 2025By Chris Forrester

AST SpaceMobile plays Game of Phones

The banking analysts have had time to chew over AST SpaceMobile’s half-year update. The advice given is – at best – mixed. Some analysts have increased their Price Targets while other have reduced or softened their Targets. Recent Analyst Price Target Changes for AST: · B Riley was $44, now $60 · Deutsche Bank was […]

August 14, 2025

Ontario cancels Starlink contract

Canada’s anti-Trump sentiment has manifested itself in a major loss to Elon Musk’s Starlink broadband-by-satellite system. The Canadian province of Ontario has cancelled an order for Starlink services worth $100 million (€86.6m) and intended to connect 15,000 rural and isolated homes in the region. The deal was originally announced in November 2024 and helped by […]

August 5, 2025By Chris Forrester

Amazon dismisses OneWeb as a rival

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy didn’t mention Elon Musk’s Starlink, or Eutelsat’s OneWeb, or Canada’s Telesat Lightspeed or any of the ever-growing list of would-be low Earth orbiting (LEO) satellite constellations in remarks on Amazon’s Q2 analysts call. But he did say that Amazon’s Project Kuiper would be one of only two major players in LEO. […]

August 4, 2025By Chris Forrester

Starlink explains real risks of orbital collision

SpaceX’s Starlink mega-constellation regularly reports its anti-collision efforts for its satellites in orbit. In the six months to the end of May it says it made 144,404 collision-avoidance manoeuvres. SpaceX, in a report to the FCC, says 59,414 movements were carried out by its 1st Generation satellites, and 84,990 by its 2nd Generation craft. In […]

July 30, 2025

Starlink, T-Mobile D2C goes live over US

Starlink’s direct-to-consumer cellular service, in conjunction with T-Mobile, is now live across the US and not just for T-Mobile clients. T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert announced that the Starlink-powered service is officially out of its beta-testing phase, though it only supports text messaging and location-sharing at the moment. T-Satellite is currently available as a standalone subscription […]

July 25, 2025

Starlink sees “amazing growth”

A study from Dr Tim Farrar’s TMF Associates talks of Starlink’s “amazing revenue growth” in the context of a satellite industry that does not grow fast. “In fact,” Farrar said, “Starlink’s near $2 billion of international broadband service revenues reported in 2024 compares to about $3 billion for all other satellite operators combined, a roughly […]

July 16, 2025

India’s Ananth Tech challenges Musk, Bezos et al

Hyderabad-based Indian company Ananth Technology has been licensed to launch satellite services over the country, beating the likes of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and others including OneWeb in their applications to start direct-to-consumer services. This approval marks the first instance of a private Indian firm venturing into the satellite broadband market using indigenous satellites. Recently, […]

July 11, 2025

Indian approval for Starlink

Starlink can start operating over India. Elon Musk’s Starlink has been given approval by India agency IN-SPACe (Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre) to start services. In June, Starlink was provided with a licence by the government to launch GMPCS (Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite) services, VSAT Services and ISP Category-A under unified […]

July 10, 2025By Chris Forrester