Allison Kirkby will assume the position of President and CEO of Telia Company, Swedish-Finnish multinational telco, in May. Telia Company’s Board of Directors appointed Kirkby as the next President and CEO of Telia Company on October 24th 2019, with the expectancy that she would start the role in Q2 2020. “I remain super excited about […]
BT has launched a new managed software defined wide area network (SD-WAN) service for UK business customers, as it continues to develop its portfolio of converged business networking products. BT says the new Managed SD-WAN offering enables secure, high-bandwidth connections across multiple sites using fixed and mobile networks. As part of the launch, BT is […]
Vodafone and Rakuten have joined forces to launch SpaceMobile, the world’s first mobile broadband network located in space, to widen the mobile coverage around the globe. Joined by AST and Science, both partners will invest €115 million, along with other companies including American Tower, Cisneros, Samsung Next and the founder of the project Abel Avellán, […]
SES CEO Steve Collar, speaking exclusively to Advanced Television, says that while the company is waiting for the FCC’s final text of its Order in regard to C-band, he was confident that the core terms outlined by the FCC would stay in place, and that SES could totally meet its obligations. He said he was […]
Virgin Media has announced that it will be insourcing all of its customer-facing install and service activity to further enhance the experience given to its customers. This change, made following direct customer feedback, will see Virgin Media increase its directly employed engineer workforce by more than 700 taking its total number to 1,800. This will […]
A ground-based pressure test of Elon Musk’s new massive Starship SN1 prototype rocket resulted in catastrophic failure of the vehicle. The Starship concept has three distinct aims. The first is to act as a sub-orbital passenger vehicle to traverse the planet in record-quick times. Musk in 2017 talked about reaching destinations that would normally take […]
Nokia is expanding its fibre access portfolio to include new solutions and innovations that will enable service providers to deliver a gigabit experience to everyone, sooner. The enhanced portfolio includes a new Lightspan MF access node designed for the 5G era, a new Beacon 6 in-home gateway that supports 5G mobile data offloading and several […]
While SES and Telesat were quick to endorse FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s confirmation on February 28th of the C-band proposals to auction and reassign 280 MHz of satellite spectrum over the US, others were less keen. The Small Satellite Operators (including Permira-owned ABS) objected most strongly to the FCC decision. ABS Global Chairman and CEO […]
SES has reported revenues “in line” with financial expectations, but the numbers showed that group revenues fell 1.3 per cent. SES announced that its “A” general class shareholder Dividend would be 40 euro-cents per share, a fall of 50 per cent on last year. It is its A class shares that are held by the […]
A report from the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) shows 71 per cent of Australians with a TV set in the home used at least one paid video streaming service in 2019. One in 10 Australians had four or more subscription services in the home in 2019, up from just four per cent in […]