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SES plays key role in delivering World Cup

Satellite operator SES, along with its US-based subsidiary Intelsat, are helping deliver the World Cup football championship to broadcasters around the globe. SES says it is delivering live tournament coverage from North America to broadcasters around the world, leveraging a hybrid distribution model that combines satellite, fibre, and IP for reliability “at massive scale”. SES […]

June 10, 2026By Chris Forrester

Aruba launches VPN

Aruba, one of Italy’s leading companies in the cloud, data center, and digital services sectors, has launched HakunaVPN, a new Virtual Private Network solution designed for users and professionals who want to browse the internet in a simple, secure, and private way. Today, much of our lives revolve around an internet connection: remote work, travel, […]

June 10, 2026

Report: Wi-Fi 7 remains nascent in most markets

Wi-Fi is the last-mile workhorse that carries the vast majority of indoor internet traffic, supporting an increasingly dense network environment of smart home systems, enterprise IoT endpoints, and security infrastructure. While the demands of all these applications on Wi-Fi continue to diversify, the active end-user experience is ultimately governed by the device used most frequently […]

June 8, 2026

Data: Poland tops mobile download speeds

Between January and the end of April 2026, Poland displays the fastest average mobile download speed among countries of comparable size, according to nPerf data. Poland consequently surpasses Germany and the UK, in a ranking where significant gaps remain between the 20 nations analyzed. Over the period studied, Poland stands out with an average mobile […]

June 1, 2026

Survey: UK failing to deliver reliable digital connectivity

Digital connectivity is now as fundamental a utility as water, electricity and gas. But it is not treated as equally important. The UK is failing to deliver the reliable connections that the economy and the public depend on to run successful businesses and lead full lives, able to access the health, wellbeing, education and leisure services […]

June 1, 2026

Lightning Fibre to launch Wi-Fi 7 portfolio with Genexis

Genexis, a European provider of broadband solutions for the home, announces that Lightning Fibre will launch Genexis’ Wi-Fi 7 solutions including the Aura E750 gateway and Home CX750 extender to elevate home experience and future-proof its full fibre network. These new products will deliver faster speeds, lower latency, and improved reliability, supporting Lightning Fibre’s continued […]

June 1, 2026

Freeview NextGen launching in New Zealand

Freeview is set to launch Freeview NextGen in New Zealand, a new service expanding its ability to TV channels to Kiwis in an increasingly streaming-led world. Built on the global DVB-I standard, Freeview NextGen is on track to be the world’s first nationwide free-to-air TV platform powered by this solution. This new service delivers channels […]

May 18, 2026

Data: Starlink’s airline connection speeds rise

Data from measurement specialists Ookla says that SpaceX’s Starlink broadband service has captured almost half (47.8 per cent) of all commercial airline connectivity traffic during Q4 2025. Viasat (25.1 per cent) and Panasonic Avionics (12.8 per cent) held the second and third largest share. Inmarsat and Intelsat were the next two largest providers according to […]

April 29, 2026By Chris Forrester

Brazil: Nicnet partners with Aprecomm

Nicnet, the Brazilian fibre optic internet providers, has announced a partnership with Aprecomm, a provider of AI-driven network and customer experience (CX) solutions, to enhance broadband performance and customer satisfaction across its network. “In markets such as Brazil, Chile, and Argentina, the shift to fibre has raised expectations and intensified competition. As a result, quality […]

April 29, 2026

Starlink Wi-Fi aboard Emirates A380s

Emirates’ flagship A380 aircraft is set to reach new heights as the first installation of next-generation Starlink Wi-Fi onboard has been completed. The Emirates A380 was one of the first commercial aircraft in the world to offer internet to its customers, with first generation systems offering a total aircraft bandwidth of less than 1 Mbps.  […]

April 28, 2026