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Kuiper finally gets first 27 LEOs off the ground in bid to rival Starlink

Only 3,209 more to go…will Starlink's first mover-advantage give it too much of a lead?

Starlink stalls in South Africa despite progress elsewhere on the continent

Regulations in Elon Musk's native country insist overseas firms must have 30% South African ownership, which the US-based billionaire says are "a barrier"

Satellite and mobile: not a match made in heaven…yet

MWC2025 finally had some strong interest from operators about non-terrestrial networks in general, and direct to device in particular, but which way will the market go?

Orange says oui to multi-year Telesat LEOsat partnership

A further deal with Space Norway shows that while Telesat is behind competitors, it has a big advantage in that it isn’t from the US

MWC: Kyivstar expands Ukraine’s network resilience with Starlink D2D

Kyivstar could one of first operators in Europe to offer a satellite direct-to-device service via Starlink later this year – DT to launch D2D service in Europe with Skylo by end of 2025

MWC: Vodafone to create European satellite-to-mobile provider 

The operator has deepened its relationship with AST SpaceMobile and will create a jointly-owned European wholesale satellite service business

Vodafone, AST SpaceMobile and Málaga University launch R&D hub

It will open in summer and adopt Open RAN in its efforts to build a European space/Earth ecosystem on common standards

Colt reaches new heights with Managed LEO+

Operator says businesses in rural and hard-to-reach areas in more than 65 countries could benefit service that integrates low-Earth orbit satellite with 4G and 5G

Ofcom grants Amazon Kuiper licence to operate services

Starlink gets a belated competitor although Kuiper’s Vodafone partnership will help kick start operations in EMEA

Spain’s defence giant Indra agrees to acquire satco Hispasat

The deal is subject to many regulatory approvals due to the satellite firm having operations in the Americas, Europe and North Africa

Vodafone claims first video call between LEO satellite and smart phone

This is increasingly an area of rivalry between mobile network operators and the owners of satellite constellations – but not likely to drive stellar telecoms growth in Europe

Oracle opts for Starlink to extend reach of its Enterprise Communications Platform

Satellite comms will also provide redundancy in the event of primary connections failing

2025, the time for telcos to turn investment into tangible value

Telecoms are at a crossroads – telcos are the backbone of the digital economy and have customers’ trust, yet continue to face long-standing challenges

Eutelsat opts for Airbus to expand OneWeb’s LEO constellation

The first spacecraft are due for delivery by the end of 2026 and pave the way for the IRIS2 constellation announced by the EU earlier this week

EC announces €10.6bn Iris² deal it hopes will rival Musk’s Starlink

The Commission intends the constellation to start offering services by 2030 to cover Europe and the whole of Africa, and to boost communications diversity and resilience
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