In-flight entertainment and connectivity specialist Gogo has reported its 9-month financial results revealing that losses are down, with a net loss of $22.9 million (€20.7m), improved from a net loss of $37.7 million in Q3 2018. Gogo surpassed 1,500 total commercial aircraft installed and activated with satellite in-flight connectivity (IFC), and helped by Delta Air […]
Spain’s largest telco Movistar has been fined €6 million for discriminatory actions against its rivals when repairing breakdown in its copper and FTTH networks used by third parties. The company took too much time and delayed without justified cause the provision of its services when repairing breakdowns in the networks used by its competitors. The […]
US telco giant AT&T has proposed its own plan for a private C-band auction to reallocate satellite spectrum over the US. AT&T is almost certain to be a buyer of some of the released satellite spectrum. The AT&T ‘variation’ on the C-Band Alliance’s well-rehearsed scheme, suggests that the spectrum should be released extremely promptly and […]
SpaceX is planning to launch 60 of its ‘Starlink’ mini-satellites on November 11th. This second batch of satellites will help populate the proposed $10 billion mega-constellation that SpaceX is planning, and adds to the 62 already orbited in May 2019 (not all of which are still active). SpaceX admits that the hard work in completing […]
A new report by economist firm Oxera has revealed how widespread access to Internet speeds of at least 1 Gigabit per second will lead to transformative changes in the way people across Europe interact, socialise, work and stay healthy. The report, commissioned by converged video, broadband and communications company, Liberty Global, details four key areas […]
The fourth largest telco operator in Spain, MásMóvil, has signed a deal with Funds Macquarie Capital and Aberdeen Standard Investments to sell them 940,000 building units FTTH network in the country for €218.5 million. Macquarie Capital will set up a new company to offer broadband connections to homes and enterprises in five Spanish cities: Madrid, […]
Satellite builder Maxar Technologies reported that it had won an important order for a geostationary communications satellite. It did not name the customer but the order comes after a difficult period of drought for the business and in particular its former Space Systems/Loral division, now called Maxar Space Solutions segment. Maxar’s CEO Dan Jablonsky, speaking […]
EE’s data team looked into how fans used their mobiles to follow the home nations during the Rugby World Cup tournament. The early morning schedules, with games kicking off at 08:15, 09:00 and 11:00 for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals, drove spikes in mobile data on the EE network, as fans opted to watch on […]
Giles Thorne, media analyst at investment bank Jefferies, speaking about the eventual C-Band decision for the reallocation of spectrum over the US for 5G usage, sums up the position perfectly, saying ‘The C-Band Home Strait’ in his comprehensive report on the current state of play. He admits that the past year or so has been […]
Microsoft and Nokia have announced a strategic collaboration to accelerate transformation and innovation across industries with cloud, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT). By bringing together Microsoft cloud solutions and Nokia’s expertise in mission-critical networking, the companies say they are uniquely positioned to help enterprises and communications service providers (CSPs) transform their businesses. […]