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Starlink Start Lowering Altitude of 4400 LEO Broadband Satellites to Boost Safety

13th March, 2026 (0 Comments)

SpaceX appears to have begun their planned move to lower the orbit of around 4,400 of their Starlink ultrafast broadband satellites from around 550km to 480km, which is due to take place over the course of 2026. So far 652 satellites have completed orbit lowering while 972 are currently on the way down.

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Gov Commit £30m to Help Develop UK LEO Satellite Broadband and Related Tech

4th March, 2026 (0 Comments)

The government has today committed a further £30m of public investment from the UK Space Agency’s 4-year £160m Connectivity in Low Earth Orbit (C-LEO) programme, which will be used to develop new satellite technologies and components to help supply “high-speed internet, communications and data services” around the world.

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VodafoneThree to Start UK Trials of Satellite Mobile Service in Summer 2026

3rd March, 2026 (4 Comments)

Mobile operator VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK) has issued an update on their Joint Venture (SatCo) with satellite operator AST SpaceMobile, which reveals that they’ll kick off their first customer trials of a space-based 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) service – that can connect with regular Smartphones – this Summer 2026.

Vodafone to Use Amazon Leo Satellites for Mobile Backhaul in Europe and Africa

2nd March, 2026 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has announced that they aren’t only working with AST SpaceMobile to improve mobile connectivity and have today also signed an agreement to harness Amazon Leo‘s (formerly Project Kuiper) satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), albeit only for mobile backhaul (i.e. linking 4G and 5G masts in Europe [inc. UK] and Africa to their core network).

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Virgin Media O2 Satellite Service Goes Live with 4G Mobile from Space

26th February, 2026 (17 Comments)

The United Kingdom will today become one of the first countries in Europe to go live on Starlink’s latest Direct to Cell (DtC) and satellite based 4G mobile data (broadband) connectivity, as mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) switches-on its new O2 Satellite service for customers. Better yet, it’ll only set most customers back an extra £3.

Cellular Starlink Service Targets Peak Mobile Broadband Speeds of 150Mbps

25th February, 2026 (0 Comments)

SpaceX has revealed that its “greatly enhanced” second generation (GEN2) of Direct to Cell (DtC) capable Starlink broadband satellites, which are due to launch in 2027, will aim to support 5G connectivity and deliver peak data speeds of 150Mbps (Megabits per second) per user.

Confusion on Ascension Island as Local Broadband and Mobile Suffers Shakeup

18th February, 2026 (5 Comments)

The remote Ascension Island, which is a British Overseas Territory that sits in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean and is home to almost 900 people (many of them visitors and rotating military personnel), appears to be going through a dramatic shake-up of local broadband and mobile connectivity; some of which may risk the island being temporarily cut off.

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Virgin Media O2 See Broadband Customers Fall by 16.7k as UK FTTP Build Slows

18th February, 2026 (19 Comments)

The latest Q4 2025 results from Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have just been published and reveal that their gigabit broadband network increased its UK coverage by 115,100 premises in the quarter (down from 139k in Q3), while related customers fell to total 5,687,600 (down by -16.7k in Q4 vs +60.8k in Q3). But their mobile base grew and 5G outdoor population coverage hit 87%.

Ofcom Give Virgin Media O2 UK Green Light for Mobile Calls via Satellite

17th February, 2026 (15 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today approved a request by the parent of mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) to vary its spectrum licence to allow for the launch of their imminent O2 Satellite service, which will harness Starlink’s satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) to connect with standard smartphones in the UK.

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Ookla 2026 Study Finds Starlink UK Broadband Speeds Poor vs Europe

5th February, 2026 (20 Comments)

Internet benchmarking firm Ookla, which operates the popular Speedtest.net broadband connection testing website and app, has published a new study that examines the performance of Starlink’s (SpaceX) LEO satellite broadband service across the world. Overall, performance in the UK has improved, but we continue to lag most of Europe.

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Study Finds Amazon Leo’s Broadband Satellites are a Bit too Bright

2nd February, 2026 (3 Comments)

A new study has provisionally found that Amazon Leo (formerly Project Kuiper), which is in the early stages of launching a new mega constellation of ultrafast broadband satellites into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) for the UK and globally, suffers from an all too familiar problem of being a bit too bright – potentially enough to disrupt observational sciences (astronomy).

Broadband Satellite ISP Starlink Prep Free Stargaze Data to Avoid Space Collisions

31st January, 2026 (5 Comments)

The Starlink service from SpaceX, which operates a mega constellation using thousands of ultrafast broadband internet satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) for the UK and globally, has revealed that they’re about to start making data from their Space Situational Awareness (SSA) system, called Stargaze, available for free to other satellite operators.

CalMac Ferry Passengers in Scotland to Get Faster Onboard Broadband

28th January, 2026 (1 Comment)

People travelling on CalMac‘s (Caledonian MacBrayne) ferries, which serve the Islands and Peninsulas on Scotland’s west coast, look set to benefit from faster onboard WiFi internet connectivity after Clarus Networks secured a major 12-month contract to provide Starlink (LEO satellite) connectivity to the UK’s largest ferry operator.

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World Broadband Lines Top 1.56bn as UK Full Fibre Growth Slows in Q3 2025

27th January, 2026 (1 Comment)

New research from Point Topic has revealed that global fixed broadband lines grew by 1.46% or 22.42 million in Q3 2025 (up from 1.12% in Q2 2025) to total 1.56 billion connections. The subscriber growth rate of “full fibre” (FTTP/B) networks also remained strong in the UK at almost 7%, but this is down from 11.7% in Q4 2024.

Immfly to Bring Eutelsat OneWeb LEO Broadband Satellites to Budget Airlines

23rd January, 2026 (8 Comments)

Global technology firm Immfly, inflight WiFi provider GoGo and European satellite operator Eutelsat (OneWeb) have teamed up in an effort to create an integrated ecosystem of entertainment, retail, and connectivity that aims to make it possible for even low-cost and ultra-low-cost aircraft (narrowbody fleets) to deploy onboard broadband for passengers.

Starlink Prep Second Generation Direct-to-Cell 5G Mobile Satellites for 2027

22nd January, 2026 (9 Comments)

SpaceX has revealed that they’ll aim to launch the first batch of their “greatly enhanced” second generation (GEN2) Direct to Cell (DtC) capable broadband satellites in 2027 (probably Q4). The current service offers basic global coverage of a 4G mobile roaming service to unmodified Smartphones on the ground, typically alongside supporting mobile operators (e.g. O2 in the UK).

Jeff Bezos to Launch 2nd Satellite Broadband Service with 6Tbps Speeds, TeraWave

22nd January, 2026 (6 Comments)

Talk about confusing. The founder of internet retail giant Amazon, Jeff Bezos, has announced that he intends to launch a second mega constellation of 6Tbps (Terabits per second) symmetric speed capable broadband satellites, albeit via his Blue Origin rocket company, called TeraWave, which seems to conflict a bit with the existing Amazon Leo project.