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

Satellite
It will open in summer and adopt Open RAN in its efforts to build a European space/Earth ecosystem on common standards
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Colt reaches new heights with Managed LEO+

Satellite
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
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Ofcom grants Amazon Kuiper licence to operate services

5G & Beyond
Starlink gets a belated competitor although Kuiper’s Vodafone partnership will help kick start operations in EMEA
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Spain’s defence giant Indra agrees to acquire satco Hispasat

Satellite
The deal is subject to many regulatory approvals due to the satellite firm having operations in the Americas, Europe and North Africa
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Vodafone claims first video call between LEO satellite and smart phone

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

Satellite
Satellite comms will also provide redundancy in the event of primary connections failing
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2025, the time for telcos to turn investment into tangible value

Automation/AI
Telecoms are at a crossroads – telcos are the backbone of the digital economy and have customers’ trust, yet continue to face long-standing challenges
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Eutelsat opts for Airbus to expand OneWeb’s LEO constellation

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

Satellite
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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AST SpaceMobile and Vodafone sign long-term deal

5G & Beyond
The long-term partners entered into a definitive long-term commercial agreement through 2034
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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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