Utah-based low-cost airline Breeze has chosen Viasat to supply broadband and WiFi connectivity to its fleet of aircraft. Breeze flies year-round routes throughout the US as well as seasonal routes during holiday seasons. Its current fleet comprises Airbus and Embraer aircraft and has just acquired 10 extra Airbus aircraft for delivery by the end of […]
CommScope, a specialist in home networks solutions, has announced its entry into the UK retail Wi-Fi router market with the launch of its ARRIS SURFboard mAX and ARRIS SURFboard mAX Dash whole home mesh systems. Leveraging the success of the US-based ARRIS SURFboard retail home networking product suite, CommScope Home Networks is introducing the following […]
Airties, a provider of managed Wi-Fi solutions for broadband service providers, is collaborating with Qualcomm Technologies, for Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) connectivity solutions. Specifically, the two companies are collaborating to optimise Airties’ managed Wi-Fi solutions to integrate more easily on broadband carrier platforms, featuring Qualcomm 5G Fixed Wireless Access Platform. “Fixed Wireless is unquestionably reshaping […]
Nearly a quarter (24 per cent) of the Brits say they are frightened of having no phone service, one in ten (11 per cent) are terrified of slow WiFi speeds, and one in five (20 per cent) are now more scared of being ghosted on a dating app than the thought of real ghosts. A […]
SoftAtHome, an independent software company for broadband, video, and analytics, has announced that its products Wifi’ON and Eyes’ON are powering the new Orange Luxemburg Fibre-based Livebox and Wi-Fi booster. Deployment of the new Home Gateway and the repeater is scheduled for the second quarter of 2023. With the continued deployment of fibre and the launch […]
A report from Persistence Market Research says that the demand for in-flight broadband and related connected services is expected to grow by a CAGR of some 14.1 per cent, and is forecast to reach a value of $32.75 billion (€30.5bn) by 2033. The research says that in-flight services market was estimated to have a market […]
Airties, a specilaist in managed Wi-Fi solutions for broadband service providers, and Domos, a provider of end-to-end latency management and service assurance, have announced a strategic alliance to provide enhanced latency management capabilities to broadband service providers around the world. Specifically, Airties and Domos will jointly own the latency monitoring software module, based on Domos’ […]
Network services and consumer experience pioneer Plume has announced an important home security enhancement to its recently launched Full Stack Optimization offering that enables the measurement and prioritization of traffic down to the application category level. Through the addition of a fourth application category—‘Home Security’—building on Streaming, Gaming, and Video Conferencing, Plume is now able […]
Network services and consumer experience pioneer Plume has issued its latest Plume IQ report for July 2023, revealing Plume’s Quality of Experience (QoE) scores have remained consistently high, despite rising WiFi load, congestion and interference. Over the last three months, Plume IQ has highlighted a growing QoE risk for home networks globally by analysing Plume […]
Airline passengers can – on some aircraft – already enjoy free in-flight WiFi. Other airlines allow their premium passengers either totally ‘free’ broadband or a service that’s good for a set number of minutes. Of course, none of these are truly ‘free’ in that the savvy airline operator has already built the cost of supplying […]