The UK, Canada, South Korea, and the US all boasted the highest performing ISPs of 2025, according to the Netflix ISP Speed Index, a regular report on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best prime time Netflix streaming. Telus – Fiber Optic in Canada, LG U+ in South Korea, Virgin in the UK and […]
British Airways’ first aircraft equipped with Starlink Wi-Fi has taken to the skies, becoming the first flight operated by a UK airline to feature the technology. The 787-8 aircraft bound for Houston is the first in the airline’s fleet to be connected, giving customers free access to reliable internet for streaming, working and staying connected. […]
Globalsat Group has announced an agreement to become an authorised reseller for Amazon Leo, the low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite network. Under the terms of the agreement, Globalsat will provide high-speed, low-latency broadband connectivity to enterprise customers with mission-critical operations throughout North, Central and South America. The partnership marks a significant expansion for Amazon Leo’s commercial […]
AsiaSat, claiming contract breaches, has started legal actions against Indian broadcasting giants Zee Entertainment and JioStar. AsiaSat is being restricted from transmissions into India effective March 31st. One of AsiaSat’s complaints is India’s restrictive access to satellite spectrum and India’s approach to foreign companies operating – or wishing to operate – in India’s expanding space […]
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) and 3 are entering into a commercial partnership that brings together global operational connectivity and improved passenger experience. As part of the agreement, 3 will manage SAS’s worldwide operational mobile communication and will enable free access on SAS aircraft equipped with Starlink for EuroBonus members and customers of 3. The collaboration gives […]
To meet the growing demand for satellite connectivity services in the UK, comms regulator Ofcom has decided to make more spectrum available for satellite gateway earth stations. Satellite communication systems rely on gateway earth stations which enable large volumes of data to be transmitted between Earth and space, and then onwards to the internet or […]
SWISSto12 – a manufacturer of advanced satellite and payload systems – has announced the inauguration of a purpose-built assembly facility in Renens, Switzerland, to support the industrial-scale production of its HummingSat geostationary satellite platform. HummingSat is SWISSto12’s new class of small geostationary satellite, empowering nations and operators to deploy resilient communications with greater autonomy and […]
Tech giant Nvidia has revealed that it is working on a suite of new chipsets which will be combined with a processing computers for use in space and orbiting data-centres. “It’s going to start data-centers out in space. Of course, in space there’s no conduction, no convection, there’s just radiation, so we have to figure […]
A Falcon 9 launch from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on March 16th marked the 27th Starlink mission of the year to date with 728 satellites placed into orbit. This is 177 more than the 551 deployed by end March 2025. This week will see a total of 137 satellites to be launched […]
Ottawa-based Telesat is to add military spectrum Ka-band frequencies to its upcoming Lightspeed fleet. An added 500 MHz of spectrum will be incorporated onto the first 156 satellites “to meet growing requirements of allied defence users,” said Telesat. The satellites are being built by MDA Space and the new functionality will not impact deliveries of […]