connectivity Infrastructure Satellite Communication Rightsizing Connectivity for Humanitarian Operations 18/12/2025 markhawkins Humanitarian organisations are increasingly under pressure to reduce costs as funding becomes more constrained. At the same time, reliable internet…
connectivity Energy Risk Satellite Communication Rethinking business continuity 14/08/2025 markhawkins In today’s increasingly digital world, both organisations and individuals rely heavily on uninterrupted access to online services. Whether it’s a…
connectivity Innovation New technologies Satellite Communication Innovation Update – Dec 2024 24/05/2025 markhawkins Welcome to the final Tuesday Technical of 2024. In this article I am going to make the case for organisations…
connectivity Navigation Risk Safety and security Tracking What you need to know about GPS Jamming 17/01/2025 markhawkins In this month’s article, I am covering two topics. First, GPS jamming which has become a significant challenge in some…
connectivity Infrastructure Kit test – The new StarLink Mini 13/08/2024 markhawkins The Satellite telecoms industry is beginning to get very interesting. In previous articles, I have reported on innovation in the…
connectivity Infrastructure Risk How fragile is the internet in Africa? 01/06/2024 markhawkins 24th February 2024:: Three cables were cut in the Red Sea (Seacom/TGN-EA, EIG, and AAE-1). The initial speculation stated that…
connectivity Infrastructure Services to affected communities How to connect communities 30/04/2024 markhawkins Last month, I raised my concerns about how the Humanitarian Sector are pressing ahead with digital solutions but not considering…
connectivity Infrastructure Services to affected communities We need to talk about connectivity for digital programming! 01/04/2024 markhawkins Across the Aid Sector (UN and NGOs) there is amazing progress made in the digital programming space (also known as…
connectivity Emergency Response Satellite Communication Direct to satellite to mobile telecoms 31/03/2024 markhawkins A few years ago, I wrote an article about new project from AST Space Mobile which uses satellites to provide…
connectivity New technologies Risk Satellite Communication Disrupting the Sat-coms Sector 08/09/2022 markhawkins Over the past few weeks, we have seen two major announcements about how we may be able to access satellite…
