Panasonic Avionics Corporation, a specialist in in-flight entertainment and connectivity, has signed a multi-year agreement for Ku-band capacity on two multi-beam payloads on the EUTELSAT 10B satellite, due to be launched in 2022. This contract with Eutelsat Communications will enable Panasonic to provide multiple gigahertz of new extreme throughput (XTS) Ku-band connectivity to airlines and […]
Bigblu Broadband (BBB), a provider of alternative fast broadband services, has provided a trading update for the 12-month period ended November 30th 2019. Trading for the year was in line with management expectations with continued improvement in the Company’s key performance indicators including customer additions, revenue growth, ARPU’s and EBITDA margin. During the period the […]
Spain’s largest broadcasting agency, Cellnex Telecom, has reached an agreement with Orange to acquire its 1,500 telecommunication sites for €260 million. The move sees Cellnex strengthens its position in Spain given that the towers and antennas are located in urban, suburban and rural areas across the country. Cellnex and Orange Spain have also signed an […]
The slowest broadband in the UK, with an average download speed of 0.22Mbps, is found in Kingsclere, Huntington in York, according to the latest consumer speed tests collated by uSwitch.com, the price comparison and switching service. Kingsclere suffers average speeds a staggering 829 times slower than the UK’s fastest street, Darwin Street, Livingston in Scotland, […]
According to a report by Dell’Oro Group, global revenue for broadband access equipment market decreased 12 per cent year-over-year to $3.2 billion. A 371 per cent year-over-year increase in XGS-PON OLT revenue and continued growth of XG-PON1 OLT ports and CPE offset continued DSL declines. “Operators’ continued push to increase their fibtr investments is resulting […]
Nilesat has ordered a new satellite (Nilesat 301) from Thales Alenia Space. The contract covers both the launch of the craft as well as the build. The contract says that Nilesat 301 will be launched in January 2022 to take over from Nilesat 201 which will reach the end of its working life in 2028, […]
The bill for Vodafone’s acquisition of ONO continues to increase following the Spanish Courts decision obliging Vodafone to pay huge bonuses to ONO’s former executives. The Courts have ruled that Vodafone must pay up to €55 million to the former directive board of ONO in compensation for the executives bonuses that the company refused to […]
Today (December 3rd) is the start of a two-day London High Court hearing which should have seen a routine approval of the agreed buy-out of Inmarsat by a consortium including Apax Partners, Warburg Pincus, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board. However, the hearing is far from automatic in that a […]
Starting immediately, Vodafone Together customers will receive Apple TV 4K with unlimited broadband and unlimited data. Customers can enjoy unlimited streaming both in and out of the home with superfast broadband, unlimited mobile data and Apple TV 4K in one package. Customers receiving an Apple TV 4K will also enjoy a limited time offer of […]
Half of small businesses in the creative industry say technology helps them compete with larger organisations – and levels the playing field in a fiercely competitive industry – according to findings by Vodafone. The research, which surveyed 500 creative industry small businesses in the UK, revealed that 40 per cent produce their best ideas and […]