Alishia Sims, Market Research Analyst I was born just six months before the turn of the millennium, a time when my early years were filled with watching my favourite films on VHS tapes. DVD players had only just been invented a few years earlier, but they were far too expensive for us to afford. Music…
(Originally published July 2024) Inmarsat has announced the dawn of NexusWave, the new showpiece solution for Inmarsat Maritime’s operations. Before delving into the what, how, when, whether it makes sense, will it work, and whether we should get one, we thought taking a few steps back and some reflection on the company’s past activities…
United Airlines has announced it will be transitioning its entire fleet of more than 900 narrowbody and widebody aircraft to Starlink’s IFC service, with initial tests scheduled to begin in 2025. United’s fleet is currently served by a number of different providers including Viasat, Panasonic Avionics (PAC), Intelsat, and Thales. The deal is clearly a…
Daniel Welch & Summer Staninski On Friday August 16th 2024, SmartSky Networks announced it had ceased operations with immediate effect, bringing the curtain down on a thirteen year journey in the world of In-Flight Connectivity (IFC). Armed with 60Mhz of unlicensed spectrum which would be dedicated to IFC and patented beam-forming technology, the company set…