According to a report published by Dell’Oro Group, the worldwide telecom equipment market grew 6 per cent year-over-year (Y/Y) in the past twelve months. The majority of growth was driven by Mobile RAN and Optical Transport sales. Equipment manufacturer revenue in these two technology areas grew 10 per cent and 8 per cent, respectively. The […]
A report from Northern Sky Research (NSR) predits that the market for satellite-based Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) connectivity will be worth $11.6 billion (€10.4bn) over the next 10 years. All M2M and IoT applications will grow, with total retail revenues to rise at 6.6 per cent CAGR over the coming decade, with […]
Two of the UK’s most westerly island communities are now among the best connected too – as new full fibre broadband networks go live in the Outer Hebrides/Na h-Eileanan Siar. Grimsay is a tiny island roughly three miles long and half again in width, joined to North Uist and Benbecula by a causeway. A single-track […]
In-Flight Connectivity company Gogo has secured a $30 million revolving credit facility. Chicago-based Gogo took the opportunity to reaffirm its overall guidance for this year’s Free Cash Flow improvement to be at least $100 million. “The closing of our $30 million revolving credit facility provides additional buffer capital and represents another important step in the […]
Singapore-based (but Vanuatu-registered) Kacific Broadband is readying its Kacific1 which will be a high-throughput satellite operating over the Pacific and south-East Asia regions. Boeing is building the so-called ‘condominium’ craft and it is scheduled for launch later this year on a SpaceX rocket. The satellite is better known as SkyPerfect’s JCSAT-18, which will take the […]
Eutelsat Communications has announced the safe arrival of EUTELSAT 5 West B at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, where it is due for launch on a Proton Breeze M rocket on September 30th, overseen by International Launch Services. Built by Airbus Defence and Space and Northrop Grumman, EUTELSAT 5 West B will serve video markets […]
Premium sports streaming platform DAZN has partnered with Italian broadband operator Fastweb to launch a joint package of services. The package, ‘Fastweb Casa e DAZN’, combines the live and on-demand sports offer of DAZN with Fastweb’s high-speed internet and fixed telephony services. The new package costs €40.95 per month (€39.95 for online activations) and subscribers […]
The space agencies of India and France have signed an agreement to develop a constellation of broadband satellites. The constellation will carry telecommunications, radar, and optical remote-sensing instruments, which are supposed to be the world’s first space-based system that can track ships continuously. The agreement was signed by France’s CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall and […]
UPC is currently preparing for the introduction of a 1 gigabit offer which will soon be available throughout Switzerland. In doing so, UPC is making a fundamental contribution to digitisation in Switzerland. For this purpose, the company has continuously and systematically invested in its high-performance cable infrastructure. A further step in the direction of giga-speed […]
Euskaltel, Spain’s fifth largest telco, controlled by UK’s Zegona, has launched a low cost convergent package at €19.90 a month to boost subscriptions and take position in its forthcoming national expansion. The package includes a 500Mbps fibre broadband, 20GB of data, pay-TV and unlimited mobile calls for six months at €19.90 (€65 regular price from […]