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    Closing the digital divide while fostering economic growth

    Satellite
    Partner content: Internet access, that basic service which connects the world, is still unavailable to around 30% of the global population
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    Spain, UK step up efforts to harness quantum tech

    Security
    Viasat and Vodafone join state-backed initiative in UK; Telefónica Germany, Telefónica Tech and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid join forces with AWS in Spain
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    DT, Skylo and Qualcomm text to and from smartphone via GEO satellite

    5G & Beyond
    An interesting development given that direct-to-device comms are usually associated with low-Earth orbit satellites
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    Subsea threat helps boom in cables and new, 200Gbps satellite tech

    Satellite
    Stories about sabotaged and threatened subsea cables abound, but there are silver linings too as space comms look destined to move from radio to lasers
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    Apple invests $1.1bn in Globalstar, gains 20% equity

    Satellite
    The device maker will also pay for more services from Globalstar as it ventures into satellite-to-device communications
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    EC chooses firms to build satellite broadband constellation

    Financial/Regulation
    The home-grown SpaceRISE consortium will deliver Europe’s much delayed LEO/MEO constellation but it may cost €10 billion
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    Intelsat 33e satellite outage affects Europe, Africa and parts of Asia-Pac

    Satellite
    The satellite has lost power and is probably not recoverable – and maybe neither is Boeing's space business
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    Portugal’s dstelecom partners Lacuna Space for satellite IoT services

    5G & Beyond
    The fibreco and satco will jointly market and promote IoT services in Portugal
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    Collaborators will win the NTN business space race

    Satellite
    The non-terrestrial network economy is extraordinary commercial opportunity for those who prepare themselves now, just as the competion really starts to heat up
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    Starlink testing ITU satellite power limits in Romania

    News
    The test, if successful, will show that Starlink satellites can operate at up to eight times the capacity currently allowed by the ITU’s EPFD limit, while still protecting geostationary satellites
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    Africa looks to greater connections with Musk

    Satellite
    Burundi becomes the fifteenth African country to receive satellite-based internet service via SpaceX’s Starlink constellation
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    Intelsat sources terminals to support multi-orbit strategy 

    5G & Beyond
    Satco invests in Paris-based Greenerwave and plots to offer multi-orbit solutions for all business units by the first half of 2025
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    Juniper predicts direct-to-device market worth $2.8bn over next 5 years

    Satellite
    It expects that commercial services will be launched next year but thinks operators will struggle to make a return on their investment in the associated infra
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    Ofcom consults on Amazon Kuiper NGSO licence application 

    Access
    The regulator is minded to approve the new LEOsat system and related ground stations
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    Starlink and T-Mobile US agree exclusive direct-to-device deal

    Satellite
    The exclusivity apparently will only last a year – that should not be the only pause for thought among the highfalutin' statements
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