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23rd April, 2026 (6 Comments)
The Starlink (SpaceX) service, which sells affordable ultrafast broadband connectivity to UK and global consumers via a massive constellation of compact satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), has begun notifying customers that, effective from 20th May 2026, “dish location will no longer be available via the local device gRPC API“.
20th April, 2026 (4 Comments)
The joint plan by Vodafone and AST SpaceMobile (aka – Satellite Connect Europe) to launch a space-based 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) service – that will connect with regular Smartphones – has suffered a setback, which occurred after Sunday’s orbital launch of a BlueBird 7 spacecraft on the New Glenn rocket ended up placing the satellite into the wrong orbit.
16th April, 2026 (3 Comments)
The Amazon Leo (formerly Project Kuiper) service, which is slowly building a new mega constellation of ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) for the UK and globally, has announced an agreement to power satellite services for iPhone and Apple Watches, including Emergency SOS via satellite.
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15th April, 2026 (7 Comments)
The telecoms regulator Ofcom has today approved a second licence variation to enable mobile operator VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK) to provide Direct-to-Device (D2D) services using its licensed spectrum in the 900MHz band (i.e. using satellites to connect with regular 4G and 5G Smartphones – bringing mobile broadband, calls and text connectivity to the remotest areas).
14th April, 2026 (0 Comments)
The Amazon Leo (formerly Project Kuiper) service, which is in the process of launching a new mega constellation of ultrafast broadband satellites into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) for the UK and globally, has launched a new Aviation Antenna that it says will deliver reliable internet connectivity to airline passengers and crew with up to 1Gbps download and 400Mbps upload speeds.
8th April, 2026 (5 Comments)
SpaceX appears to have quietly revised the ‘Pause Mode’ for their Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite-based Starlink broadband service, which means that customers now risk being hit by a huge demand surcharge if they try to unpause their connection in a congested network area. Previously such users were excluded.
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1st April, 2026 (0 Comments)
The government has revealed that a new satellite developed in Scotland by Spire Global UK, which features an innovative optical (laser) inter-satellite link (ISL) payload, has just been launched aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-16 mission. The mission aims to “significantly reduce data latency” between satellites, which could aid aviation, maritime, weather and space-weather services etc.
30th March, 2026 (1 Comment)
The Welsh Government (WG) has appointed several network operators, including Openreach (BT), Fibrus, Wifinity and Airband, to deliver their £70m (public subsidy) Extending High Speed Broadband (EHSB) project – extending “high speed broadband” across a total of around 29,000 premises in poorly served areas of Wales (i.e. places that can’t yet access 30Mbps+ speeds).
28th March, 2026 (2 Comments)
The Starlink service from SpaceX, which offers ultrafast broadband to the UK and globally via its massive constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), appears to have rebranded some of their existing hardware bundles (creating a little bit of confusion in the process) and has also revealed a new power supply (PSU) block.
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27th March, 2026 (0 Comments)
The Welsh Government (WG) have this week appointed FarrPoint to undertake an Open Market Review (OMR) to provide an “updated view of superfast broadband connectivity” across Wales at the premises level. The move is intended to help inform their £70m (public subsidy) Extending High Speed Broadband (EHSB) project.
26th March, 2026 (3 Comments)
The Starlink service from SpaceX, which offers ultrafast broadband via a global network of satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), has cut the monthly prices of their residential plans for UK consumers by -£10 for the first six months of service. But the discounted price is only available to new customers who order by 30th April 2026.
23rd March, 2026 (7 Comments)
British Airways has revealed that it’s just become the first airline in the UK to launch the fastest onboard Wi-Fi in the sky, which occurred after their first Starlink equipped flight took to the skies at the end of last week. The flight marks the first of many to harness Elon Musk’s massive constellation of broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).
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19th March, 2026 (0 Comments)
The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has today allowed broadband satellite operators (e.g. Starlink and Amazon Leo) to harness up to 10GHz of extra radio spectrum frequency in the Q and V bands to help boost the backhaul data capacity of their ground-based gateway sites. But the main focus of this will initially be on rural “low density” areas covering 94% of the UK’s landmass.
18th March, 2026 (2 Comments)
The Government’s Minister for Digital Government and Data, Ian Murray MP, has indicated that they’re looking closely at how their stake in OneWeb’s (Eutelsat) constellation of ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) could be used to ensure domestic communications resilience in remote areas; as opposed to becoming too reliant on Elon Musk’s Starlink.
18th March, 2026 (0 Comments)
Several UK-based and European technology companies, including Excelerate Technology, Eutelsat (OneWeb) and Livewire Digital, have today launched a new solution called NOMADLINK, which is a trailer pulled unit that can be used to deliver emergency broadband and voice connectivity to major incidents, large public events, and rural or isolated communities across the UK.
13th March, 2026 (10 Comments)
SpaceX has revealed that they’re seeking approval from Ofcom to deploy two more gateway earth stations in Harlow (Essex) and Mulberry Wharf (London), which would connect Starlink’s mega constellation of ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) to the internet (or to a private network) – improving the network’s data capacity and coverage.
13th March, 2026 (1 Comment)
The Hubble Network, which specialises in connecting Internet of Things (IoT) devices (e.g. sensors, parcel tracking, stolen vehicle recovery etc.), has confirmed the first-ever direct-to-satellite connection using standard, commercially available Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) chips. The development could enable ordinary Bluetooth devices to transmit data globally from virtually anywhere on Earth.
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