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Ofcom UK Reviews 2GHz Band for Use by Mobile Satellite Services

21st July, 2025 (2 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator has today launched a new ‘Call for Input‘ to help it decide on the future of the 2GHz radio spectrum band (1980-2010MHz and 2170-2200MHz), which could potentially open it up to wider use for providing broadband connectivity to aircraft and drones, direct-to-device services (4G/5G mobile), and or IoT etc.

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SpaceX to Launch First 1Tbps GEN3 Starlink Broadband Satellites in H1 2026

16th July, 2025 (4 Comments)

SpaceX’s Starlink service, which offers ultrafast broadband speeds to the UK and globally via a massive constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), has published a new network update that reveals how the first of their third generation (GEN3) satellites will launch during the first half of 2026. Assuming their Starship rockets stop exploding.

Study Finds Brightness Reduction in Starlink v2 LEO Broadband Satellites

14th July, 2025 (0 Comments)

A newly published study from researchers at the University of California (Department of Physics and Astronomy) has found that Starlink’s (SpaceX) second generation (v2) broadband satellites, which sit in a Low Earth Orbit (LEO), are darker than V1s despite being much larger (both bus and solar arrays). The results represent good news for astronomers.

UK Gov Boosts Eutelsat’s OneWeb LEO Broadband Satellites by £140m UPDATE

11th July, 2025 (7 Comments)

The UK Government has agreed to commit a further £140m (€163.3) of public investment to help Eutelsat grow and expand its constellation of OneWeb ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The funding will be combined with other investments, such as €750m from France (the French State), to support a total capital increase of €1.5 billion (£1.29bn).

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SpaceX Burnt Up 472 Starlink Broadband Satellites in Last 6 Months

2nd July, 2025 (29 Comments)

SpaceX has revealed to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that it deorbited 472 Starlink ultrafast broadband satellites – burning them up in Earth’s atmosphere – during the six-month period from December 2024 to May 2025 (2.6 per day), which marked a significant increase from previous period of six-months when just 73 met a fiery demise.

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Ofcom Updates on UK Satellite Broadband Fees and Project Kuiper

1st July, 2025 (0 Comments)

The UK communications regulator has today published a shotgun blast of new satellite broadband consultations, which cover everything from changing satellite gateway fees to introducing another new gateway licence for Amazon’s future Project Kuiper network. Ofcom has also proposed short duration licences for mobile (4G/5G) networks in the lower 2.3GHz band.

Ookla Study Reveals In-Flight WiFi Performance of Major Airlines

30th June, 2025 (0 Comments)

Network testing giant Ookla, which collects data from consumers via their popular Speedtest.net service, has published the results from a new study that reveals the onboard WiFi (wireless broadband) speeds of various major airlines (e.g. British Airways, Virgin Atlantic) and their satellite-based network partners.

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Vodafone and AST SpaceMobile Prep Satellite Based Mobile Broadband for 2026

30th June, 2025 (8 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone UK has issued an update on their Joint Venture (SatCo) with satellite operator AST SpaceMobile, which is in the process of launching a space-based 2G, 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) service that can connect with regular Smartphones around the world. The first commercial services are expected to launch in 2026.

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Vodafone Uses Satellites to Help Align Mobile Network Antennas

24th June, 2025 (4 Comments)

One of the problems that UK mobile network operators, like Vodafone (VodafoneThree), often have to contend with is the issue of ensuring that their land-based 4G and 5G (mobile broadband) antennas are precisely positioned in order to deliver the best signal. But satellite guided sensors are now being tested to help change that.

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The H1 2025 Top Fastest UK Mobile and Home Broadband ISPs

21st June, 2025 (1 Comment)

ISPreview has today published our latest biannual study of how the United Kingdom’s broadband download and upload speeds have changed across the fastest nationally available fixed line ISPs, mobile network operators and Starlink (satellite) services since the end of 2024. But this time we’ve made some changes to the structure of our top lists.

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Starlink Offers its UK Home Ultrafast Satellite Broadband Kit for FREE

19th June, 2025 (31 Comments)

Space-based internet provider Starlink (SpaceX) last night announced that new domestic customers looking to join their ultrafast home broadband service in the UK could now sign-up and get the hardware for free (terminal/dish and router etc.), instead of paying the usual £299 (one-off).

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Falkland Islands Government Clears Way for Starlink Broadband

12th June, 2025 (12 Comments)

The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) has, after plenty of confusion earlier this year (here), finally agreed to introduce a number of key changes that will allow both residents and businesses on the remote Falkland Islands, which is a British Overseas Territory, to finally be allowed to use Starlink’s (SpaceX) ultrafast LEO satellite broadband network.

Welsh Gov Update Plan for £70m Extending High Speed Broadband Project

9th June, 2025 (0 Comments)

The Welsh Government (WG) today issued an update on their long awaited £70m (state aid) “Extending High Speed Broadband” (EHSB) project for Wales, which now intends to help upgrade around 25,000 to 30,000 poorly served premises (down from the original aspiration of c.84,000) in areas that can’t yet get “superfast” speeds of 30Mbps+.

SpaceX Planning to Launch Starlink v3 Broadband Satellites in 6-9 Months

3rd June, 2025 (3 Comments)

The CEO of SpaceX, Elon Musk, has revealed that the first batch of their next generation Starlink v3 satellites could “start launching [into Low Earth Orbit] on Starship in 6 to 9 months“, which are eventually expected to push broadband speeds closer to gigabit (1000Mbps) territory and further improve latency times. But Musk is known for over-promising on timelines.

Ofcom Propose to Boost Starlink’s UK Satellite Broadband with E Band

27th May, 2025 (4 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today proposed to grant SpaceX’s Starlink service “temporary authorisation” to harness the E band frequencies for their mega constellation of compact ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The move would expand their backhaul capacity at three gateway earth station sites within the UK.

BMW and Viasat Demo “worlds first” Connected Vehicle Over Satellite

18th May, 2025 (0 Comments)

Satellite operator Viasat and German car manufacturer BMW claim to have demonstrated the ability for vehicles to connect over satellite (non-terrestrial networks) for emergency messaging and hazard warnings. This is designed to complement modern terrestrial 4G and 5G mobile network connectivity solutions (many cars already have something akin to the latter).

BT and Avanti Broadband in Legal Dispute Over Rural EE UK Mobile Capacity

17th May, 2025 (12 Comments)

The High Court in London has rejected an application by mobile operator EE (BT) for interim injunctive relief against satellite provider Avanti Broadband, which had “threatened to withdraw” its backhaul services – used to help supply data capacity to some of the remotest rural UK mast sites – unless the mobile operator agreed to pay a “substantially increased rate“.