{"id":45591,"date":"2026-04-29T05:30:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T04:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=45591"},"modified":"2026-04-27T13:14:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T12:14:59","slug":"ookla-examine-uk-connections-to-starlink-based-o2-satellite-mobile-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/ookla-examine-uk-connections-to-starlink-based-o2-satellite-mobile-service.html","title":{"rendered":"Ookla Examine UK Connections to Starlink-based O2 Satellite Mobile Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Network benchmarking firm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ookla.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ookla<\/a>, which operates the popular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speedtest.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Speedtest.net<\/a> broadband connection testing website and app, has published a new report today that examines the early take-up of the recently launched <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-256 shortlink shortlink-256 shortlink shortlink-256 shortlink shortlink-256 shortlink shortlink-256\" title=\"O2 Satellite\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2satellite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>O2 Satellite<\/strong><\/a> service (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/02\/virgin-media-o2-satellite-service-goes-live-with-4g-mobile-from-space.html\">here<\/a>) and the geospatial profile of Direct-to-Device (D2D) usage in the UK.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Just to recap. On 26th February 2026 the UK became the first country in Western Europe where a normal Smartphone could reach a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/satellite\">satellite<\/a> directly, without specialist hardware or a separate app, through the launch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a>&#8217;s (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a>) new <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-256 shortlink shortlink-256 shortlink shortlink-256 shortlink shortlink-256 shortlink shortlink-256\" title=\"O2 Satellite\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2satellite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>O2 Satellite<\/strong><\/a> service for just \u00a33 extra per month (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/02\/virgin-media-o2-satellite-service-goes-live-with-4g-mobile-from-space.html\">details<\/a>).<\/p>\n<div class=\"bq2\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> Ookla&#8217;s data covers the July 2025 to March 2026 period, although most related D2D connections in the UK prior to Feb 2026 will have been from a smaller pool of trial users.<\/div>\n<p>The service harnessed SpaceX\u2019s global <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/starlink\" target=\"_blank\">Starlink<\/a> network in <strong>Low Earth Orbit<\/strong> (LEO) to support a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/satellite\">satellite<\/a> based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> mobile data (broadband) connection via the <strong>1800MHz<\/strong> band, which enabled connectivity in even some of the remotest parts of the UK.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ookla&#8217;s data, the UK has quickly become &#8220;<em>one of the largest detected D2D markets globally<\/em>&#8221; and is now ranked 3rd among countries with live commercial D2D services by detected users, behind the US and Australia. But as you&#8217;d expect, most D2D connected users on the service don&#8217;t stay on it for long, before passing back to terrestrial networks (i.e. occurring as users briefly travel through or visit areas of non-existent or weak mobile signals). Only a few remain on D2D for extended periods.<\/p>\n<p>D2D utilisation within the UK mobile base is said to have reached 0.30% in March 2026 (based on the share of all mobile signal scans coming from D2D), and scans per D2D user averaged 4, well below Canada&#8217;s 29. The utilisation rate is said to match the US nine months into its T-Mobile service, and within <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a>&#8217;s addressable base utilisation rises to approximately 1.4%, in line with more mature D2D markets.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" style=\"padding: 0px; width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/gallery\/2026-uk-internet-statistics\/Ookla-UK-D2D-Takeup-O2-Satellite.webp?t=1777291281\" alt=\"Ookla-UK-D2D-Takeup-O2-Satellite\"><\/p>\n<p>As you&#8217;d expect, most of this D2D utilisation in the UK is primarily coming from some of the country&#8217;s well-known weak spots for mobile signals, such as across parts of the Scottish Highlands, the Outer Hebrides, the Welsh uplands, the Southwest peninsula, and the North York Moors. The industry-led <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/03\/operators-sign-1bn-deal-for-95-geographic-uk-4g-cover-by-2026.html\">Shared Rural Network<\/a> (SRN) project is currently working to shrink some of these problem areas via terrestrial deployments of new or upgraded mast sites, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a>&#8217;s service provides another option &#8211; pushing landmass coverage from 89% to 95% (restrictions on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/satellite\">satellite<\/a> coverage and regulations related to international borders place limitations on cover).<\/p>\n<p>However, Ookla makes the point that they also see D2D usage occurring in other areas too, since O2 Satellite works where the main O2 network is unavailable and satellite coverage is available (excluding major indoor coverage gaps), which means it can also matter in partial not-spots as well as total not-spots that may exist anywhere for all sorts of reasons.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" style=\"padding: 0px; width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/gallery\/2026-uk-internet-statistics\/Ookla-UK-D2D-Activity-O2-Satellite.webp?t=1777291281\" alt=\"Ookla-UK-D2D-Activity-O2-Satellite\"><\/p>\n<p>The full report (we&#8217;ll add a link once it&#8217;s sent to us) goes into a bit more detail, but doesn&#8217;t hold too many surprises. Sadly, Ookla hasn&#8217;t yet attempted to analyse the data performance of these D2D connections, which will hopefully follow once the service has had a bit more time to evolve.<\/p>\n<p>The next operator to join the UK D2D mobile club will be VodafoneThree (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vodafoneuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Vodafone<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/threeuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Three UK<\/a>), which is being supported by AST SpaceMobile, but the latter recently suffered a setback after one of its new satellites failed to reach orbit (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/setback-for-vodafone-uks-ast-space-mobile-plan-as-satellite-launch-fails.html\">here<\/a>) and there are now concerns over wider delays. The commercial launch seems increasingly likely to follow in 2027 sometime.<\/p>\n<p>As for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>), they don&#8217;t currently plan to launch a D2D solution, although they have done a deal with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/starlink\" target=\"_blank\">Starlink<\/a> to help deliver rural broadband connectivity and to act as backhaul for some of their remote mobile masts (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/11\/bt-and-ee-to-sell-starlink-as-uk-rural-broadband-solution-to-customers.html\">here<\/a>). The plan is for this to go live during the latter half of 2026 and details remain very limited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Network benchmarking firm Ookla, which operates the popular Speedtest.net broadband connection testing website and app, has published a new report today that examines the early take-up of the recently launched O2 Satellite service (here) and the geospatial profile of Direct-to-Device (D2D) usage in the UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[61,406,60,32,77,34,475],"class_list":["post-45591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-4g","tag-5g","tag-mobile-broadband","tag-o2","tag-satellite","tag-statistics","tag-virgin-media"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@ispreview\/116486119684450955","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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