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Tag: D2D

What D2D Satellite Means for UK Emergency Services and the ESN

In January 2026, the UK Space Agency issued a request for information on behalf of the Home Office’s Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme. The question it was asking, in essence, was whether direct-to-device satellite technology could help solve a problem that has been building for more than a decade: the Emergency Services Network is still not ready, Airwave is still running, and rural and coastal coverage gaps remain unresolved.

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Can D2D Satellite Replace Mobile Coverage in Rural Areas?

It is one of the most searched questions about satellite communications right now. Direct-to-device, or D2D, satellite services are live in the UK, real operators are offering them, and the marketing narrative is compelling: satellite coverage everywhere, on your existing phone, no specialist hardware required. For anyone who has stood in a field in rural Lincolnshire or on a hillside in Scotland watching the no-signal indicator on their phone, the promise sounds significant.

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Universal Broadband Connectivity Funding

Universal Broadband Connectivity Funding Models need to be accessible.

Just offering connectivity in all parts of the world, isn’t enough.

At present the ITU (International Telecommunications Union) estimates that 2.6 Billion people don’t have access to the Internet (report released September 2023).

But what if we could magically offer broadband internet to everyone tomorrow. How would they pay for it?

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