Lynk welcomes SpaceX to the satellite-direct-to-phone party
You might think the arrival of a heavy hitter like Elon Musk as a new competitor would be bad news for startups such as Lynk, but apparently not.
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T-Mobile and SpaceX’s plan to kill mobile dead zones comes with a lot of caveats
SpaceX founder Elon Musk has promised there will be ‘no dead zones anywhere in the world for your cell phone’ – but there’s not much substance on offer yet.
DT, Inmarsat and Tampnet use oil rigs to improve inflight connectivity
The European Aviation Network (EAN) inflight broadband solution uses terrestrial base stations, of which there are few in the middle of the sea.
TIM and Open Fiber pick up €3.4 billion in broadband funding
Italian telcos TIM and Open Fiber have won government funding worth a total of €3.4 billion to roll out high-speed fixed broadband to uneconomic areas of the country.
Three UK claims population coverage crown from EE
UK mobile operator Three reckons its 5G network now covers 54% of the population, which is a bit better than EE.
Italy falters again on 5G funding
The Italian government has opened a tender for more than €500 million worth of funding for the provision of 5G connectivity to areas without high-speed mobile coverage.
US to splurge $45 billion on affordable Internet
The US government has launched an ambitious new broadband funding scheme with the stated aim of closing the digital divide by the end of the decade.
EE says its 5G network now covers half of the UK population
MNO EE claims it is the first operator to expand its 5G coverage to more than 50% of people in the UK.
Iliad and WindTre inch towards rural 5G JV
Italian operators Iliad and WindTre appear to have made progress in their plan to share the burden of rural 5G rollout.
EE devotes some of its new 700 MHz spectrum to indoor 5G
UK mobile operator EE has announced it will be using at least part of the low frequency spectrum it won at auction earlier this year to improve its 5G indoor coverage.
OpenRAN not a priority as BT and EE talk up their ‘converged network’
BTEE had one of those strategic, news-light briefing sessions today, in which it was stressed that OpenRAN is far down its priority list.
A bunch of old fossils are getting 5G SA coverage
A stretch of the UK’s famous Jurassic Coast has become one of the first locations in the world to receive standalone 5G coverage at 700 MHz.
UK’s digital divide narrows, but deepens
Ofcom has heralded a narrowing of the digital divide in the UK, with statistics showing an increase in household connectivity over the past year fuelled by the restrictions linked to Covid-19.
European 5G coverage on the up
Europe may not have been the first region in the world to launch commercial 5G services, but its mobile operators are working hard to roll out the technology.
UK mobile mast plan might not please anyone
The UK government wants to allow mobile operators to build taller and wider masts in rural areas, a move that is designed to improve mobile coverage.
Robotic farming in Dorset, brought to you by Qualcomm
Dorset is working towards a future in which farming is run by a fleet of robots and has signed up its latest tech partner to help it get there: Qualcomm.
Three quarters of UK MNOs agree stage one of shared rural network
Vodafone, O2 and Three have reached agreement on the first phase of the government-backed project to improve mobile coverage in rural areas of the UK, but EE says it doesn’t need to be involved at this stage.
Google decides Loon is too costly to keep afloat
Loon, the much-hyped Google-backed project to connect difficult to reach areas to the Internet, is no more; the company is winding down due to high costs.
German mobile operators actively get closer
Germany’s big three mobile operators have inked a pair of bilateral deals that effectively mean they will all share active mobile network equipment to boost 4G coverage.
EE calls out the other UK MNOs over 5G claims
BT’s consumer head Marc Allera reckons his rivals are stretching the truth with their 5G claims.
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Bringing value to private networks – Digital Symposium
- 30-30 March 2023
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5G Core – Digital Symposium
- 20-20 April 2023
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OpenRAN World (co-located with the 6G Summit)
- 26-27 April 2023
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