Cerillion Blog

Starlink began as a niche satellite broadband provider serving customers beyond the reach of traditional telecom networks. Today, SpaceX, the company behind Starlink, appears to be pursuing a far more ambitious goal: becoming a fully-fledged hybrid telco combining satellite coverage with terrestrial spectrum and infrastructure. Is the telecom industry’s next major player another operator, or a space company?

Romania’s strong connectivity is the product of decades of community-built networks, early fibre adoption and a very different regulatory environment. Yet “worse than Romania” is a comparison that the British press keeps returning to when discussing the UK’s own telecom shortcomings. Adam Hughes asks: what can we learn from Romania’s experience, and what does the comparison reveal about our assumptions?