Broadband
September 25, 2023
Starlink has officially passed the 2 million subscriber mark, SpaceX announced on Sept. 23. The Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation is supplying broadband internet to more than 60 countries on all seven continents. That means that Starlink added around 500,000 subscribers between early May and late September this year, according to previous Starlink updates. Yet…
September 22, 2023
Measat is connecting close to 600 school sites in remote locations nationwide through its CONNECTme NOW high-speed wireless satellite broadband services, the company announced Friday, adding that the initiative is in line with its commitment to provide greater access to connectivity for education, especially in underserved rural communities. The CONNECTme NOW service can dynamically allocate…
September 19, 2023
Luxury British cruise line Cunard signed a deal for SpaceX’s Starlink internet service across its fleet, the company announced Monday. Cunard began rolling out Starlink on its fleet in June. The service will be available in public spaces on all three Cunard ships, the Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria, and Queen Elizabeth by the end…
September 14, 2023
The conversation around satellite constellations like OneWeb and prospective operators including Amazon’s Project Kuiper, and Rivada Space Networks is driven by differentiating themselves to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink constellation. Starlink has “well over” 1.5 million subscribers including consumers and enterprise, and the number of people actually impacted by the constellation is likely in multiples…