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Broadband, News Posted on16/11/202026/08/2022

News: St Helena Communications Licence Market Engagement

News about telecommunications that would be interesting to Falkland Island consumers or businesses.

Amateur radio, News, Regulation Posted on15/07/202012/09/2020

Notice of Appeal started in relation to VP8 amateur radio licences

The full background to this issue can be read in a previous post here Update #3 17th July 2020. A short video on the Appeal […] Read More

Broadband, General, Internet, Regulation, Strategy Posted on09/07/202009/08/2020

Update #9: OTT Service Provider oriented Internet Access product

The original post can be found further down. Update #9:  7th August 2020 I have today sent a further email to Sure Falkland Islands. To: […] Read More

Mobile phones, Regulation, Sure Falkland Islands issue, Telecommunications Posted on04/07/202004/07/2020

July 4th 2020 Update: The curious case of 4G TV interference

The original post may be found below. Update #2: 3rd July 2020 The PCC’s report in January stated that an apology and compensation of £5,000 […] Read More

Broadband, Internet, Regulation, Satellites, Strategy, Telecommunications Posted on17/03/202021/03/2020

An open email to MLAs about the impact of VSAT legislation on businesses

Update, 21st MaRCH 2020 I’ve sent an email to MLAs To: Falkland Islands MLAs cc: Falkland Islands Attorney General Although this is an important issue […] Read More

Broadband, General, Internet, Regulation, Strategy, Telecommunications Posted on08/02/202008/02/2020

Update; 7th February: National Broadband Strategy – what is it, indeed, where is it heading?

Update; 7th February, CoC meeting   Please take a look at the FITV‘s short report on the closed meeting held at The Chamber of Commerce […] Read More

Broadband, Internet, Regulation, Satellites, Strategy, Telecommunications Posted on09/01/202001/03/2021

Business continuity, VSATs and the law of unintended consequences

Following my previous post – National Broadband Strategy: Subsea cable study, there is a subject that has not had sufficient public debate – Internet blackout […] Read More

Broadband, Internet, Strategy, Submarine Cables, Telecommunications Posted on01/01/2020

National Broadband Strategy: Subsea cable study

I have waited with high expectation for the publication of the Falkland Islands Broadband Strategy as proposed in the March 2019 Telecommunications Week. The only […] Read More

Broadband, Internet, Strategy, Sure Falkland Islands issue Posted on16/12/201916/12/2019

Zen and the Art of Hotspots and Sheep-Shearing

I had a busy trip to the Falkland Islands in November and I want to thank all those individuals that helped make my visit so […] Read More

Broadband, Sure Falkland Islands issue Posted on12/12/201912/12/2019

.FK ccTLD DNS lack of topological and server diversity (Final Update!)

Final Update #12: 12th December 2019 I am pleased to report that I have heard from IANA that diversity has at long last been added […] Read More

Broadband, General, Satellites, Sure Falkland Islands issue Posted on10/11/201910/11/2019

October and November 2019 Falkland Islands broadband service performance issues, Update #8.

Update #8: 10th November 2019 Sadly, it looks like there are still ongoing issues with the Falkland Islands Internet service after receiving several emails and […] Read More

Broadband Posted on18/10/2019

FITV report about Falkland Islands satellite capacity doubling in December 2019

In October 2019 the Falkland Islands TV channel published a report on the proposed December 2019 FIG-financed doubling of satellite capacity to 400Mbit/s. Kyle Knappett […] Read More

Broadband, General, Regulation, Strategy Posted on17/10/201917/10/2019

Let’s talk on Falkland Islands Radio during Communications Week in March 2019

Back now in what now seems the dim and distant past, during Communications Week in March 2019, Jason Lewis hosted a Let’s Talk interview on […] Read More

Broadband, Regulation, Strategy, Sure Falkland Islands issue, Telecommunications Posted on14/08/201914/08/2019

Falkland Islands’ Regulator’s QoS Direction: Part 2 – Discussion

On July 1st 2019, the Falkland Islands’ Communications Regulator issued a “Direction to Sure Falkland Islands, No 2019/01a Quality of Service” which requires Sure Falkland […] Read More

Broadband, General, Regulation, Telecommunications Posted on07/08/201908/08/2019

Falkland Islands’ Regulator’s QoS Direction, Part 1 – what is it?

On July 1st 2019, the Falkland Islands’ Communications Regulator issued a “Direction to Sure Falkland Islands, No 2019/01a Quality of Service” which requires Sure Falkland […] Read More

Recent Posts

  • LEOs and VSAT legislation in the Falkland Islands
  • St Helena: Plans for an Island-Wide Fibre-Optic Cable Network Being Developed
  • OneWeb’s LEO constellation and the Falkland Islands.
  • A Formal Complaint to the FI Communications Regulator regarding VP8/SQ1SGB’s amateur radio operation in Antarctica
  • Update #3: Amateur Radio Call Sign Allocation for British Antarctic Territory, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

Recent Comments

  • Ken Westmoreland on OneWeb’s LEO constellation and the Falkland Islands.
  • Ken Westmoreland on LEOs and VSAT legislation in the Falkland Islands
  • Chris on LEOs and VSAT legislation in the Falkland Islands
  • John Stephen Bone on LEOs and VSAT legislation in the Falkland Islands
  • Breaking isolation in the world’s most remote island – St. Helena – Inframore – Infrastructure & More on News: St Helena Communications Licence Market Engagement

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