Elon Musk’s Starlink broadband by satellite internet service is looking to connect Royal Caribbean cruise ships with access for passengers and crew. The outline agreement will see Starlink provide an experimental service initially. However, the more modern Royal Caribbean vessels are already equipped with satellite-based internet services from SES and its O3b Networks subsidiary. SES […]
Elon Musk says that he is unlikely to take his Starlink broadband-by-satellite system into public ownership for another three to four years. Musk emphasised, as he has previously, that the Starlink business needs to be “in a smooth sailing situation” with “good predictability” before it goes public. “I’m not sure exactly when that [IPO] is, […]
The Starlink broadband network has regained permission to operate in France following a public consultation in the country, with telecoms regulator Arcep granting a 10-year licence to operate. There have been a number of highly-vociferous objectors to the Elon Musk-owned service being allowed to operate in France. Arcep had previously approved in February 2021 Starlink’s […]
Singapore-based (but Vanuatu-registered) Kacific Broadband Satellite, already using its half of a joint-venture satellite (with Japan’s JCSat-18), says it will soon issue a formal Request for Proposals for its own satellite. Kacific CEO Christian Patouraux, speaking at the Asia Satellite Business week, said the company has been in discussion from some potential satellite manufacturers. The […]
Elon Musk has confirmed that SpaceX has built the first Starlink 2.0 satellite, which will be much larger and more powerful than the original versions. However, Musk’s Starship mega-rocket is the only way SpaceX will be able to get volume production of Starlink 2.0 into their orbits. The new satellite design is 22 feet (7 […]
Satcube, a Swedish technology company that develops satellite terminals to provide satellite broadband, will now serve the biggest space constellations in the race to connect the world. The company is tapping its current success providing The UN, The Red Cross (ICRC), ITV, CBS News and more, reporting on the ground in Ukraine and helping to […]
Cars – at least in some markets – are already extremely well connected, whether from pay-radio services such as SiriusXM or cellular telephony which hooks up via Bluetooth to the vehicle’s audio system or delivering map-based information. Northern Sky Research (NSR), in a comprehensive study, recognises the huge improvements made in vehicles which have become […]
SpaceX has told the FCC that its Starlink broadband satellite system has more than 400,000 subscribers around the world. This is a significant increase on its position at the end of March when the subscriber number was around 250,000 and at the start of the year its – then mostly Beta users – totalled about […]
SpaceX’s Starlink broadband-by-satellite service is now officially available for RV and caravan owners. Earlier in May emails were sent customers that Starlink’s Portability scheme was about to be activated. The previous rules did not allow clients to move their kit more than 1 or 2 kms from their home base. The email said: “Starlink is […]
SpaceX’s Starlink broadband system has used Germany’s BNetZA (Bundesnetzagentur), the country’s Federal regulatory office for telecommunications, for a number of new satellite filings. The filings were made on behalf of Starlink’s German subsidiary. The German regulatory office will handle the applications with the International Telecommunications Union. The filings cover a total of 6,184 satellites working […]