In Flight connectivity specialists Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) says passengers travelling between North America and Europe on Icelandair are now the first in Europe to enjoy ‘jetway to jetway’ Wi-Fi access during the whole of their flight. The service is available on Icelandair’s Boeing 757 and 767 flights on 43 destinations across Europe and North […]
Satellite Internet, a specialist satellite ISP, is seeing a growing level of interest in the supplementary element of BDUK’s Basic Broadband For All scheme which aims to provide affordable broadband services of at least 2Mbps to all UK premises. Satellite Internet has been an approved provider under the Supplementary Scheme since its launch last December, […]
UK spectrum regulator Ofcom is examining future demand for satellite bandwidth over the UK in a new Space Spectrum Strategy consultation document issued March 1st (and which closes for comments on May 10th this year). One of its key findings, which is open to comment, is that it sees there being enough satellite spectrum – […]
Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat says it has reached a total of 6,000 channels on its fleet of satellites. Eutelsat is now carrying more than 2,200 free-to-air channels, on 50 pay-TV platforms. Eutelsat says it continues to register strong channel growth in fast growing markets, notably in the Middle East and Africa, with one out of […]
February 9th saw a major announcement from Eutelsat and California-based ViaSat which sees the two satellite operators coming together in a strategic partnership designed to promote and develop satellite-delivered broadband over Europe. One well-placed analyst thinks it could be the harbinger of even greater co-operation between the two, and even mentions the possibility of a […]
ViaSat of California is the hugely successful high-speed satellite broadband service with some 660,000 paying subscribers. It owns and operates the Exide Internet service provider. It has linked with Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat in a partnership which will combine Eutelsat’s current European broadband business with ViaSat’s broadband technologies and consumer Internet Service Provider (ISP) business […]
Channel Islands-based OneWeb, which is looking to launch 900 satellites to girdle the Earth, is linking with aerospace giant Airbus Defence & Space to build the constellation. A new 50/50 joint-venture, OneWeb Satellites, owned equally by OneWeb and Airbus, is to build the new global communications satellites. The j-v will also then seek other business […]
RRMedia, a provider of global digital media services to the broadcast and media industries, has been selected to support Eutelsat’s African satellite broadband initiative. RR Media’s Middle East Media Center will host an important hub to connect and deliver new-generation broadband services to Sub-Saharan Africa. This initiative will leverage satellite technologies to increase the number […]
Consumers can already access broadband and media via smartphones whether they’re sat in a car, on a train and increasingly in the air. However, a new link between Toyota and Kymeta Corp has come up with a satellite antenna that’s capable of handling very high-speed data to cars at domestic-type broadband rates. The technology was […]
In what the UK’s Department of Culture, Media and Sport describes as “an early Christmas present”, homes and businesses in some of the most remote areas of the UK are to be offered a subsidised satellite broadband connection if they are currently unable to obtain an affordable broadband service of at least 2 Mbps. The […]