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Telesat commits to building a LEO mega-constellation

Technically Ottawa-based Telesat is already a member of the LEO ‘club’ given that it launched a ‘Phase 1’ test satellite in January 2018. CEO Dan Goldberg told analysts that it expected to receive official quotations from a pair of satellite builders this summer, and would then award a contract. France-based Airbus and a consortium of […]

May 7, 2019By Chris Forrester

Indonesia’s ‘national strategic’ satellite from Thales Alenia

Indonesia has contracted with Thales Alenia Space to build its Satelit Republik Indonesia ‘Satria’ satellite which will serve almost 150,000 sites throughout the archipelago and which the government says is the most efficient way of providing high-speed connectivity to the nation. The satellite will orbit with both Ku and Ka-band functionality and the craft will […]

May 7, 2019By Chris Forrester

Eutelsat selects ground infrastructure for KONNECT

Eutelsat Communications has chosen high-performance ground infrastructure providers to operate its future KONNECT satellite and associated broadband services: General Dynamics SATCOM Technologies has been selected to offer and deploy seven antennas, while Hughes Network Systems will provide its Jupiter ground network system. With 75 Gbps of capacity, KONNECT is a new generation multi-beam satellite scheduled […]

May 7, 2019

Inmarsat approves GetSAT Terminal for Global Xpress

GetSAT, a manufacturer of portable terminals that offer high data-rate communications for ground, air and maritime applications, and Inmarsat, the global player in global, mobile satellite communications, have announced that Inmarsat has type approved GetSAT’s MilliSAT-H-GX and MilliSAT-W-GX for use on its Global Xpress service. These new terminals are said to be the lightest and […]

May 3, 2019

Ofcom: Ultrafast broadband available to 53% of UK

More than half of UK properties can now access ultrafast broadband, according to Ofcom’s latest data on broadband and mobile availability. This interim update to Ofcom’s annual Connected Nations report provides a snapshot on progress towards delivering better broadband and mobile, wherever people are. It uses data collected from broadband and mobile companies in January 2019, […]

May 2, 2019

Telefónica and Vodafone picked for 5G pilots

The Spanish Administration has selected Telefónica and Vodafone to implement 5Gs pilot projects throughout Spain. Vodafone will carry out a project in Andalusia, along with Huawei with an investment of €25.4 million over of 30 months. Telefónica will work with Ericsson and Nokia to implement its part of the pilot in Galicia, north of Spain, […]

May 2, 2019From David Del Valle in Madrid

Analysis: 5G unlikely for some of rural UK?

Analysis by Compare My Mobile, a mobile comparison and recycling website, reveals that Yorkshire and Humber lags behind the rest of the UK when it comes to 4G download speed despite it being one of the best performing regions for 4G availability. The data shows that: – Yorkshire and Humber as a region has an […]

May 2, 2019

Telenor Satellite selects Newtec Dialog

Telenor Satellite aims to satisfy rising demand from its customers for higher throughput maritime services on its THOR 7 Ka-band High Throughput Satellite (HTS) with a new collaboration with Newtec on its Newtec Dialog platform. Newtec is a specialist in the design, development and manufacture of equipment for satellite communications. Telenor Satellite will use the […]

May 2, 2019

Spain: Orange revenues flat; pay-TV subs up 10%

Orange Spain has reported flat revenues for the first quarter, reaching €1.32 billion, up just 0.4 per cent year on year. Orange ended the quarter with a total of 20.3 million customers – out of which 16.1 million are mobile telephony customers and 4.13 million fixed broadband subscribers. Some 84 per cent of the latter […]

May 1, 2019From David Del Valle in Madrid

Intelsat’s extra $4bn target

Intelsat’s CEO Steve Spengler, talking to analysts following on from the company’s Q1 results, said that newly introduced managed services are expected to provide $4 billion of increased revenue opportunity industry-wide through 2023. One of the extra services is a “blended satellite wireless Internet service that provides reliable cloud access regardless of location”. Spengler said […]

May 1, 2019