We attended the 5G Americas conference this week and came away with few themes we felt were impactful: NTN, more spectrum lobbying, 6G, environmental sensing, and Sliced Services. We think the most important of these themes is Satellite NTN/D2C as it has the greatest potential to disrupt the mobile market… Read More »Top 5G Americas Wireless Operator Event Themes included Satellite and 6G
T-Mobile US this week announced a major expansion of T-Satellite with Starlink, bringing satellite data connectivity for popular apps to dozens more smartphones. Powered by 650+ Starlink Direct to Cell (D2C) Satellites, T-Satellite customers can now use their phones to access essential off-the-grid apps like WhatsApp, AllTrails, AccuWeather, Google Maps,… Read More »T-Mobile US Announces Data Transmission over Starlink
Yesterday, T-Mobile US fulfilled its satellite service plans, partnering with SpaceX’s Starlink service to deliver texting and data transfer services. We are very bullish on this offering as it represents a significant expansion in territory that is covered, while simultaneously reducing the need for rural towers. We believe the capital… Read More »T-Mobile US announces Texting and Data from Space using T-Satellite
SpaceX’s Starlink and Other Future LEO Services Are Emerging Disruptors to Rural Markets Incline Village, NEV.– Sept. 10, 2024 – A newly released report by 650 Group, a leading Market Intelligence Research firm for communications, campus, data center, and cloud markets, provides unique insight into the Broadband Satellite Market. The… Read More »Low Earth Orbit Satellite Broadband Taking Share from Fixed Broadband; According to 650 Group
Internet Services and Satellite Services will clash with Telecom Services in the coming years, causing changes to equipment demand. Hyperscalers and Satellite services companies are more vertically integrated (they make more of their own equipment) and, in the future, will deliver more services that compete with Telecom services. Our forecasts,… Read More »Telecom Disruption in Optical and RAN Showing Growing Importance
SD-WAN router company Peplink became an Authorized Technology Provider for Starlink. The initial application of Peplink routers is on cruise ships, where its advanced hardware accepts links from multiple Starlink satellite terminals on large cruise ships, enabling over 1 Gbps capacity. Peplink had been working with Starlink hardware and made… Read More »Starlink and Peplink Partner To Offer Maritime SD-WAN
Earlier this year, AST SpaceMobile completed a 4G call but on September 8, it completed a 5G call on AT&T spectrum. What’s important about this achievement is that the call was made to an unmodified Samsung smartphone. Download speeds of 14 Mbps were achieved. We see AST’s demonstration as proof… Read More »AST SpaceMobile Successfully Completes Space-based 5G Call
SpaceX’s Starlink Takes Early Market Share Lead as Telecom Industry Defines the Role of Emerging Technology for Residential Access Incline Village, NV – Aug. 9, 2023 – A newly released report by 650 Group, a leading Market Intelligence Research firm for communications, campus, data center, and cloud markets, provides unique… Read More »Satellite Broadband to Compete with Traditional PON, Cable, and Fixed Wireless Broadband Access Connectivity; According to 650 Group
At this year’s Mobile World Congress show, two major themes emerged as significant to us: satellites, Managed Service Providers and a pivot to Enterprise markets. First, Samsung, Qualcomm, and MediaTek introduced satellite phone capabilities, following last year’s announcements by Apple and Starlink/T-Mobile USA’s entry to the satellite markets. Yes, there… Read More »Satellites and Enterprise Focus at MWC23
T-Mobile US CEO Mike Sievert and SpaceX Founder Elon Musk shared the stage at SpaceX in Texas to announce plans for a 2023 beta service to allow T-Mobile customers to roam to Starlink satellite service using existing phones. Without saying it explicitly, it appears that SpaceX has a US-territory exclusive… Read More »SpaceX and T-Mobile US Announce Roaming Partnership Setting Stage for 6G
