Intelsat says that its delayed launch of the I-38/Azerspace-2 so-called ‘condominium’ satellite, will now take place in September on an Arianespace rocket. The launch had been delayed since May 2018 because India removed its GSAT-11 as a co-passenger on the Intelsat launch, for re-inspection. Intelsat has decided to launch another of its condo-sat craft, a […]
Most people in the UK are dependent on their digital devices, and need a constant connection to the Internet, following a decade of digital transformation, according to findings from Ofcom’s Communications Market Report – a study of how communications services in the UK are changing. 2008 was the year the smartphone took off in the […]
Eutelsat’s CEO Rodolph Belmer told analysts on August 1st that he was staying the view to be “more prudent than most of estimates made at the moment” of the potential revenue gains from the reassignment of C-band spectrum over the US. Eutelsat has only around 5 per cent of the C-band market over the US […]
Altice Europe, the multinational telco, has said that it continues to deliver on its three-pillar strategy (to “improve customer experience to drive better KPIs, invest in and own best-in-class proprietary fixed and mobile infrastructure and leverage its unique content assets”) in its Q2 results. The number of Altice Europe’s broadband subscribers grew for the second […]
Hispasat, the Spanish satellite communications operator, and Gilat Satellite Networks, a global player in satellite networking technology, have entered into a partnership to commercialise Hispasat’s Ka band satellite capacity over Brazil, with an estimated potential revenue of tens of millions of dollars over a period of several years. The contract enables Hispamar, a Hispasat subsidiary, […]
Despite falls in overall revenues (down 1.9 per cent like-for-like) Eutelsat’s CEO Rodolphe Belmer says that the satellite operator is on the mend. “I would highlight the progressive improvement throughout the year for the five operating verticals. Moreover, in terms of financial discipline, we are ahead of plan on the LEAP cost savings programme. Elsewhere, […]
Gigabit Internet is now available to 301 million people across 49 countries, according to the latest data in the Gigabit Monitor from VIAVI Solutions. The volume of gigabit Internet deployments has increased by 38 per cent since May 2017. This means that 4.2 per cent of the global population now has gigabit internet available to […]
A year from now and the FCC should have its answer for the consortium of Intelsat, SES, Eutelsat (and Intel) in their quest to sell some of their C-band satellite spectrum over the US. The consortium is offering an initial 100 MHz of bandwidth, but some members of the FCC are saying 200-300 MHz of […]
Long challenged to emulate growth rates in the bellwether US market, the European smart home market and its proponents are increasingly finding a way to develop and adapt smart home offerings to suit the specific requirements of the disparate European market. A study from ABI Research, a market-foresight advisory firm providing strategic guidance on the […]
Amdocs, a provider of software and services to communications and media companies, has been selected as a technology partner for MTS, the Russian telecommunications group, to be a part of the initial stage of a project that will enable MTS to capitalise on growing partner-based digital content opportunities, while increasing partner and customer satisfaction. When […]