SoftAtHome and Orange Jordan have announced the imminent deployment of a fully prpl-based broadband solution with a home gateway and Wi-Fi repeater powered by prplWare and complementary SoftAtHome products. The new home gateway and Wi-Fi repeater are powered by prplWare, which includes the prplOS and prplMesh. prpl extends the Orange device’s shelf life and brings […]
British Airways (BA) is in discussions with SpaceX and Amazon’s Project Kuiper with the prize being the outfitting of its entire jet fleet with either Starlink Wi-Fi or Kuiper’s service. BA’s long haul fleet currently uses Intelsat’s 2Ku system, while its short haul fleet uses Viasat‘s EAN (European Aviation System). The question now is whether […]
The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), the industry body dedicated to improving Wi-Fi standards and services, has released the WBA Industry Report 2025, with 81 per cent of respondents to its annual industry survey planning deployments of WBA OpenRoaming, an 18.9 per cent increase on 2024. Of those, 25 per cent were already rolling out the […]
Freshwave, a UK mobile infrastructure provider, has secured a committed credit facility of up to £100 million (€120.8m) from Guggenheim Investments, on behalf of certain clients, to fund its continuing growth trajectory. Guggenheim Investments is the global asset management and investment advisory division of Guggenheim Partners. This funding builds on the investment made to date […]
The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), the industry body dedicated to improving Wi-Fi standards and services, has released an updated Operator Managed Wi-Fi (OMWi): Reference Architecture and Requirements technical report. This update includes enhanced technical and operational requirements and introduces open-source, OMWi-compliant implementations from partners such as the prpl Foundation, and RDK-B. It delivers a a […]
Eutelsat has agreed a partnership with Clear Blue Technologies, a specialist in smart energy solutions. This collaboration will expand and improve connectivity solutions across Africa by launching power-efficient broadband services to support businesses, community WiFi networks, even in the most energy-constrained environments. In regions where access to stable electricity is a hurdle, the convergence of […]
NETGEAR, a provider of networking products that power businesses of any size, has announced the launch of Engage 2.0, a major upgrade to the powerful platform designed to streamline management of audiovisual (AV) networks. NETGEAR Engage 2.0 is free and available to download now. The convergence of AV and IT environments and return of large-scale […]
The full allocation of the 6 GHz band to Wi-Fi delivers the highest economic impact for India and enables the development of innovative products and services, the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA) announced at the 4th Indian Spectrum Management Conference. The economic value for allocating the full 6 GHz for unlicenced use would amount to approximately […]
Neo Space Group (NSG), a PIF-owned company and Saudi Arabian provider of satellite communication services, has been chosen by Turkish Airlines to equip its upcoming fleet of 14 A350 aircraft, currently in production and set for delivery in 2026 and 2027, with NSG’s IFC solution. Turkish Airlines is the first European carrier to partner with […]
Virgin Media O2 has helped thousands of people affected by data poverty get online with free WiFi through its partnership with technology charity, Jangala. Virgin Media O2 and Jangala have reached a milestone of providing more than 1,000 internet-enabling ‘Get Boxes’ to charities and local authorities across the UK. The organisations are committed to rolling […]