BT has hired over 900 apprentices and graduates over the past 12 months and has revealed it will hire a further 700+ for its September 2020 intake. BT has committed to creating many more digital roles in 2020 and is offering a range of apprenticeships which will develop into the cyber security experts, software developers, […]
Maxar Technologies has won the contract to build Intelsat’s next satellite I-40e, one of its next-generation craft and set to be launched in 2020. The satellite will also carry an important NASA payload (‘Tempo’) which will monitor pollution in the troposphere. “When it’s launched, Intelsat 40e will be the newest addition to our next-generation Intelsat […]
Henrik Clausen has been named CEO of Danish telco TDC. Clausen comes with extensive experience from the telecommunications industry. From 2005 to 2010, he was CEO of Telenor’s Danish business. From 2010 to 2014, he was chief executive of the listed Malaysian company DiGi and from 2014 to 2016 he was director of strategy and […]
Northrop Grumman’s ‘Mission Extension Vehicle’ the robotic MEV-1 has arrived on station. Launched in October 2019 it is now resting, in orbit, a few hundred kilometres away from its target satellite to be rescued, the 18-years-old Intelsat’s I-901 which is running out of fuel. MEV-1’s task is to rescue the Intelsat craft, and extend the […]
Princess Cruises, a brand of the Carnival Corporation, has announced a new dimension in its connectivity partnership with SES and will become the first global cruise ship fleet with early access to SES’s O3b mPOWER network augmenting the Princess MedallionClass experience as it scales across the fleet. SES is enabling global, high-performance connectivity to Princess […]
In what has been a torrid time for the world’s two largest satellite operators (SES share price down 10.9 per cent and Intelsat 17.7 per cent on January 30th), one bank report has a tiny glimmer of positive news for the C-Band Alliance (CBA). The losses, in terms of share value is massive. For example, […]
FTTH continues its rapid growth in Spain and now has over 9.7 million lines – up 145,738 since October 2019, according to latest data from the CNMC. Year-on-year. FTTH lines increased by 1.7 million to the detriment of ADSL with a 1.2 million drop. Over the last four years FTTH has risen by 5.34 million […]
Following his election as Chair of the UK House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Julian Knight MP has set out three areas he sees as priorities during his tenure. He said he was “delighted” to have secured the support of the House to lead the DCMS Committee in the new Parliament. “Having […]
OneWeb expects to launch its first major batch of 34 satellites on February 7th, weather permitting. Launch time should be 02.42 local time at Baikonur and there will be a live telecast of the launch. OneWeb says this launch marks the start of a regular launch campaign during 2020 and represents one of the largest […]
Extreme Networks, the official Wi-Fi solutions provider for the seventh consecutive Super Bowl, has announced it will blitz Super Bowl LIV with Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi analytics solutions to fuel the digital game day experience for fans attending the game in Miami on February 2nd. Further enhancing the fan experience, Extreme is working with Verizon to […]