Following its recent takeover of the company, Zegona has made its first move into Spanish telco Euskaltel by appointing José Miguel García, former CEO of Jazztel, as a member of the board of directors in the Basque-country-based company. With the appointment, Zegona takes positions in the company with its right-hand executive to be CEO of […]
SpaceX says it will start launching the first cluster of its Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) satellites next week on May 15th. SpaceX’s president Gwynne Shotwell told delegates to the Satellite 2019 event in Washington DC that “dozens” of satellites would be launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. However, Shotwell also stated that not all of […]
UK households are benefiting from faster, more reliable internet as Ofcom research reveals average broadband speeds have jumped nearly 20 per cent in the last year. Ofcom’s annual home broadband performance report compares how different broadband packages perform, using data from monitors installed on people’s broadband routers. For the first time, the average download speeds […]
Consumers see a near-term benefit from 5G, as they look forward to the technology providing relief from urban network congestion, and to bring more home broadband choices, according to a new ConsumerLab report from communications technologist Ericsson. The report looks at the potential of 5G to benefit consumers, uncovering certain realities about them (consumer realities) […]
Analysts from investment bank Jefferies held a 7-hour series of VIP meetings with key industry executives at the giant Satellite 2019 show, and the bank’s subsequent comments from analysts Giles Thorne and Sebastian Patulea make fascinating reading. Two topics dominated their meetings: “A greater interest in High Throughput Satellites/LEO than in previous years, [and] a […]
Thaicom, Thailand’s first satellite operator, has announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31st. Thaicom’s revenue decreased compared to the previous quarter and the same quarter of last year. The company reported that due to effective cost management, the profit from normal operations improved. The company reported a net loss due to […]
Liberty Global has reported revenues of $2.86 billion (€2.55bn), down 0.6 per cent on a year-on-on year basis annual basis while operating income was down 10.3 per cent on the same period last year to $105.5 million. Virgin Media showed a net customer gain of 59,200, an annual increase of 32 per cent. Liberty’s UK […]
OneWeb launched six pilot satellites into a transfer orbit on February 27th. It has now confirmed that the first of that batch has now reached its designated position. OneWeb is planning to place a total of 648 satellites, each weighing about 150 kgs, into Low Earth orbit (LEO) and using at least 20 Russian-built Soyuz […]
Spain’s fourth largest telco operator, MásMóvil, reported a net profit of €22 million in the first quarter of the year, up 168 per cent on the same period last year. EBITDA reached €105 million, up 40 per cent on last year’s €75 million, and €15 million more than the previous quarter. Total Q1 revenues amounted […]
Vodafone has agreed a cable wholesale agreement in Germany with Telefónica Deutschland – a deal it hopes will seal EU approval for its’ Liberty acquisition. The agreement will allow Telefónica DE to offer high-speed broadband services to consumers on Vodafone and Unitymedia’s cable network in Germany, and is subject to the completion of Vodafone’s acquisition […]