SpaceX’s Starlink has managed to launch 349 of its Direct-To-Cellular (D2C) satellites in less than a year. While this is an admirable achievement the fleet is currently only able to manage simple Text/SMS messages to users in remote areas. The 349 launched craft represent some 90 per cent of the target constellation. The first Starlink […]

SpaceX’s Tender Offer is for $1.25 billion (€1.19bn) of new shares and is priced at $185 per share. It values the rocket-to-broadband company at about $350 billion, according to Bloomberg Business. The Tender Offer is open to ‘Accredited Investors; or to existing employees. The share price of $185 is well ahead from the $112 set […]

The new Donald Trump administration, and a new chair at the FCC (Brendon Carr), is increasingly expected to permit operators such as Starlink and AST SpaceMobile to begin transmitting and receiving calls direct-to-devices and including consumer smartphones. As Armand Musey (partner at consultancy Summit Ridge Group) suggested during the recent 13th Americas Spectrum Management Conference […]

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is reportedly set to mount a Tender Offer this December. The plan is to sell existing shares at around $135 (€128m) each. The end result would be to value SpaceX at around $250 billion. A Tender Offer, usually taken up by existing shareholders, means new shares are not issued. Therefore, the move […]

SmartCIC Global Services, the connectivity and managed services arm of SmartCIC Group, has launched its managed Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite service. SmartCIC will leverage its network of 25,000+ engineers to deploy the solution across 30 countries around the world. The LEO service is powered by Starlink. Customers can opt for a standard enterprise terminal […]

The past months have seen a tennis match of submissions volley back and forth between SpaceX and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over granting SpaceX and its Starlink satellites access spectrum and link with the world’s smartphones. SpaceX urgently wants access, and the FCC has – to date – firmly declined. A report from Scotiabank […]

November 7th saw satellite operator SES present its latest set of numbers. By and large the all-important analysts thought they were solid, and there was an initial uptick with share prices jumping from €3.50 to €3.81. But within a few hours that optimism had vanished and SES suffered the ignomany of falling to a 52-week […]

Starlink is pausing its subscriber drive in several African countries because of “soaring demand for its broadband service”. SpaceX says too many users are trying to access the Starlink service in those regions which are currently at network capacity. One local commentator said that Starlink demand has been “skyrocketing”. One source said that Starlink’s network […]

SpaceX’s Starlink has received “in principle” approval by India’s Telecom ministry to begin services in the country. Starlink joins Eutelsat’s OneWeb in having some key approvals granted. However, while OneWeb is focused on working with the Bharti Airtel telco and will not supply broadband to individual consumers, Starlink will be targeting individual users throughout India […]