Increasing demand, interest from new end-user types and the advent of cloud services are some of the factors driving Kepler Communications, LeoSat Enterprises, SES and others to implement plans in the evolving IoT connectivity market as a new projection points to brisk growth. A report released just last week suggests that the global IoT market is projected to have registered…

US-based Zayo’s latest move to bolster its European footprint will look to meet rising demands for capacity and connectivity, as the company contends with a stalled US stock performance. The infrastructure specialist opened its first data centre in the London metro area in April, and this new plan will include further development of its fibre networks in that market as well as in Amsterdam, Dublin and Paris. With the largest independent portfolio of high-quality dark fibre in the US, Zayo is poised to...

Further M&A is likely in the high-flying aerospace & defence sector, observers say, following the US$34bn tie-up of tactical communications provider Harris Corp and prime contractor L3 Technologies, a deal that involves overlapping satellite communications and other assets. The tie-up is likely to spur further M&A, including among companies with assets in the commercial space…

As cable companies launch their own mobile services in the US, they have sent a message about what spectrum they plan to rely on to meet their wireless ambitions. Altice USA, Charter Communications and Comcast, some of the bigger players in the cable/satellite space, will not be bidding in the FCC’s first-ever auction of high-frequency millimetre-wave (mmWave) airwaves, slated to kick off in mid-November. If Charter and Comcast had registered, it would have...

The cloud could become one of the biggest revenue drivers for SES’s fixed data business in the next five years as the satellite operator transforms itself towards edge computing, CEO Steve Collar told SatelliteFinance. Its evolution plans could indicate the ultimate trajectory for others in the sector as satellite becomes increasingly intertwined with next generation connectivity...

Facing a looming deadline to use its spectrum, US satellite broadcaster Dish Network filled out some of the details of its vision for a nationwide 5G network that would include 50,000 new tower sites and cost more than US$10bn. This comes as US telcos shift their focus to the FCC’s upcoming auction of millimetre wave (mmWave) spectrum, which is increasingly...

US carriers will be increasingly focused on the convergence of media and telecoms through H2 2018 and beyond, leaving behind – at least for a moment – the cutthroat pricing wars of the past. While cost-cutting tactics have long dominated the strategies of mobile operators, they are now shifting their attention to the race to roll out 5G network technology, considered a national security priority amid escalating trade tensions with China. Additionally, increasing competition between cable and wireless is driving...

Launch revenue will treble and capacity sales will double over the next five years in the HTS market, according to research from a firm specialising in disruptive technology trends. In 2017, approximately eight HTS systems were launched, but the total is likely to surpass…