Ofcom spectrum boost for satellite connectivity

Ofcom expands satellite spectrum access

UK regulator Ofcom is expanding spectrum availability for satellite services, opening up significant new capacity for gateway earth stations while outlining further proposals to extend access into urban areas and streamline licensing. The regulator has confirmed that up to 10 GHz of spectrum in the Q/V band will be made available for satellite gateways across around 94% of the UK landmass, primarily in rural and low-density areas. These gateway …

Ofcom to up spectrum availability for satellite connectivity

To meet the growing demand for satellite connectivity services in the United Kingdom, British communications regulator Ofcom yesterday decided to make more spectrum available for satellite gateway earth stations and added changes are in progress to improve the country’s non-geostationary satellite orbit (NGSO) licensing process. Satellite communication systems rely on gateway earth stations, which enable large […]

Ofcom Open 10GHz of UK Spectrum in Q and V Bands for Satellite Broadband

The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has today allowed broadband satellite operators (e.g. Starlink and Amazon Leo) to harness up to 10GHz of extra radio spectrum frequency in the Q and V bands to help boost the backhaul data capacity of their ground-based gateway sites. But the main focus of this will initially be on rural “low density” areas covering 94% of the UK’s landmass. A number of satellite operators are currently known to be prepari…

Ofcom spectrum boost for satellite connectivity

To meet the growing demand for satellite connectivity services in the UK, comms regulator Ofcom has decided to make more spectrum available for satellite gateway earth stations. Satellite communication systems rely on gateway earth stations which enable large volumes of data to be transmitted between Earth and space, and then onwards to the internet or […]