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Airbus seeks extra satellite business from US

Airbus Space & Defence is already involved in an $85 million joint-venture with would-be satellite operator OneWeb to build a satellite manufacturing factory at Port Canaveral, in Florida. The plan is to shortly start building the first of an initial 900 satellites for the SoftBank-backed OneWeb project to girdle the planet with a new constellation […]

July 11, 2018

IoT security spend to reach $6bn by 2023

A study from Juniper Research has found that spending on IoT (Internet of Things) cybersecurity solutions is set to reach over $6 billion globally by 2023. The study highlights rapid growth, with spending by product and service providers (in consumer markets) and end-customers (in industrial and public services markets) to rise nearly 300 per cent […]

July 11, 2018

Com Hem Q2 revenue up 1.1%

Swedish multi-play operator Com Hem has reported Q2 revenue increased by 1.1 per cent to SEK 1,815 million (€176.6m) for the Group, with Com Hem Segment increasing by 3.5 per cent to SEK 1,411 million. Operating profit (EBIT) of SEK 214m decreased by 3.6 per cent compared to SEK 222 million in the previous year […]

July 11, 2018

UK broadband behind 25 European countries

The UK has slipped from 31st to 35th place in the global broadband league tables, behind 25 other European countries, research suggests. The data was collected by M-Lab, a partnership between Google Open Source Research and Princeton University’s PlantLab, and the results compiled by UK broadband comparison site Cable. Analysis of 163 million broadband speed […]

July 10, 2018

Intelsat and SES await C-band decision

Intelsat and SES, the world’s two largest satellite operators, are anticipating a positive decision from the FCC on July 12th to their proposal (with Intel) on the re-shaping of their C-band frequencies over the US. July 12th will see the FCC commissioners vote on a potential four-step plan that would see the freeing of some […]

July 10, 2018By Chris Forrester

LatAm: 91m fixed broadband accesses in 2023

Dataxis latest research revealed that almost 20 million new accesses will be added within the next five years. Consequently, the penetration of the service in 2023 will reach 46 per cent of households. Dataxis notes that very high-speed broadband options have already gained critical mass. In 2017 they represented 36 per cent of the accesses […]

July 9, 2018

Telesat, Gilat partnership

Gilat Satellite Networks, a global player in satellite networking technology, solutions and services, has announced a collaborative project with Telesat for development of broadband communication technology using low earth orbit (LEO) satellites. CIIRDF will fund the project to facilitate faster and more secure data transmission over satellite. The joint Canada-Israel innovation project will combine Telesat’s […]

July 9, 2018

EchoStar moves on Inmarsat

EchoStar has bid an “implied” £5.32 (€6.01) per share for London-based Inmarsat worth in total some $3.2 billion. Denver-based EchoStar quietly made the improved bid on July 3rd ahead of the July 4th holiday in the US. Under the terms of the improved proposal, Inmarsat shareholders would be entitled to receive £2.65 in cash and […]

July 6, 2018By Chris Forrester

Data: England fans watching on terrestrial, mobile

Findings from UK mobile telco EE suggest that its network has seen broadband Internet usage drop drastically throughout all World Cup games. Mobile demand rose as fans streamed the match on the go or moved offline altogether and tuned in on terrestrial television – as well as sharing their reactions on social during half time, […]

July 6, 2018

Liberty Global rolls out 10m Connect Boxes

Liberty Global’s Connect Box, a modem and WiFi gateway that offers fast and reliable fixed and WiFi internet connectivity, is now in more than 10 million homes across Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. The state-of-the-art router has now been rolled out to more than half of Liberty Global’s broadband customers in Europe. The box, […]

July 3, 2018