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. […]
Satellite mega-constellation OneWeb is looking to raise another $1 billion (€0.9bn) as it starts work on orbiting 30 satellites per month in a few weeks. OneWeb is backed in part by Japanese media conglomerate SoftBank, although there are also reports that SoftBank is looking to exit the business. OneWeb wants to circle the planet with […]
An Ofcom report monitoring UK consumer supplier switching in the communications market reveals that in the last 12 months: 12 per cent have switched broadband provider 12 per cent have switched mobile phone provider 11 per cent have switched landline provider The figures also show a possible reason behind this activity, as providers are failing […]
Eutelsat’s poor Q1 trading numbers announced after the close of the market on October 30th and a downward revision to its expected revenues over the next nine months resulted in a severe fall in its stock market share price in early trading October 31st. Eutelsat’s share price tumbled 11.83 per cent (€2.19) to €16.29 (and […]
Harmonic has announced that DSA, a non-profit antenna association that offers cable services in Denmark, will power its new Gigabit internet services with Harmonic’s CableOS virtualised cable access solution. Featuring a scalable, software-based architecture, the CableOS solution will enable DSA to overcome the space, power and operational complexities typically associated with hardware while unleashing-fast broadband […]
The FCC has yet to make its mind up on whether to grant the C-Band Alliance its permission to auction of 300 MHz of satellite spectrum over the US. But the CBA is very much ready to proceed with its plans. On October 29th the CBA, in a filing to the FCC, said it had […]
The US Congress Energy & Commerce Committee held a formal hearing into the C-Band Alliance’s plan for spectrum reallocation over the US on October 29th. The meeting did not go well for the Alliance. The Committee already has a Bill (the C-Band Act) before Congress and the Bill is co-sponsored by Democrats and Republicans, and […]
Most leading airlines are now offering, or plan to offer, WiFi and broadband connectivity onto their aircraft. Intelsat, along with the world’s other major satellite operators, are already benefitting from supplying bandwidth to the likes of Gogo, Panasonic Aviation, Thales’ InFlyt, Global Eagle and others. Intelsat’s CEO Steve Spengler specifically addressed the demand for aircraft […]