Netflix has released May data from its ISP Speed Index – a monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best prime time Netflix streaming experience. There are a few highlights on the index this month, mostly around speed gains and country ranking movements. Taiwan’s Taiwan Mobile saw the largest increase on the […]
Many of Hollywood’s major studios and broadcasters have come out firmly in support of the C-Band Alliance’s (CBA) plan for a restructuring of its C-band spectrum over the US. The ‘Content Companies’ have written to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) saying that CBS, Discovery, Disney, Fox, Viacom and Univision, are giving the CBA their support. […]
Broadband Forum has revealed that growing momentum around its Connected Home and broadband experience related projects has been the driver behind a spike in new members. Since the beginning of the year, more than a dozen innovative companies have joined Broadband Forum, including Benu Networks, dot11 Labs, F-Secure, Humax, KAON Media, Metaswitch, Pico VR, Plume, […]
According to a report by Dell’Oro Group, a source for market information about the telecommunications, networks, and data centre IT industries, global revenue for broadband access equipment declined 2 per cent year-on-year in Q1 2019, reaching $2.9 billion. Increased shipments of XG-PON1,
Following successful trials with customers in London, Three UK has confirmed it will launch 5G in August with a 5G home broadband service in London. Three then intends to launch both mobile and home broadband offerings in 25 towns and cities across the UK before the end of the year. The move ollows EE which […]
Last week a meeting was held, hosted by the Technology Policy Institute in Washington DC, to hear various presentations and submissions on the increasingly vexed proposal by the C-Band Alliance to restructure 180 MHz of satellite spectrum over the US to help speed the roll-out of 5G. The meeting was held to review – and […]
Avanti Communications has released its audited results for the 18 month period, and confirmed that its ’end of year’ would now be December 31st each year. The satellite operator says that its total revenue for the period was $73.7 million (the previous 12-month period to June 2017 saw revenues of $56.6 million). Avanti says that […]
Subject to weather conditions and the usual last-minute technical glitches, SpaceX is planning to launch its next Falcon Heavy rocket on June 24, at 11.30pm local time. A planned launch date of June 22nd has slipped by two days. The mission is for the US Air Force and its complex Space Test Programme which involves […]
Openreach engineers will use ground penetrating radar (GPR) technology for the first time to help minimise disruption and speed up the deployment of cutting-edge Fibre-to-the-Premises broadband infrastructure (FTTP) in Salisbury. Using GPR allows Openreach’s engineers to see and map out a clear route for its new cables without any drilling, probing or digging. That means […]
Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank is working with OneWeb – in which it has a major stake – to use satellites to support and control self-driving vehicles in Japan. SoftBank says they are installing more than 3300 points at base stations throughout Japan which can provide what is described as centimetre-level accuracy. Testing starts in July. […]