Focussing on telecommunications on the Falkland Islands
Over the past few weeks, OpenFalklands has published a series of posts examining the financial cost of delay, the negotiating culture behind it, the historical [ ] Read More The post What August Must Deliver: Four Tests for the ExCo Telecoms Paper appeared first on OpenFalklands .
Headline points for busy readers: Sure has upgraded its mobile network twice in ten weeks, increasing maximum download speeds to 50Mbit/s. Fixed broadband, meanwhile, remains [ ] Read More The post Fixed Left Behind: What Sure s Mobile Focus Really Tells Us appeared first on OpenFalklands .
Back in June 2026, Sure s 30 Mbit/s Mobile Upgrade: The Numbers Speak for Themselves examined Sure Falkland Islands announcement of a headline speed increase from [ ] Read More The post Sure Falklands Mobile Plans Revisited: A Much Better Package appeared first on OpenFalklands .
Following the Connected Falklands Group letter published in the 17th July 2026 issue of the Falkland Islands Penguin News, several people have asked what a [ ] Read More The post Falkland Islands Telecoms. What Should a Telecoms Select Committee Do? appeared first on OpenFalklands .
Please note that this is an AI-generated image! PDF version of the six posts The case for a Telecommunications Select Committee Over the past [ ] Read More The post Falklands Telecoms: Negotiations Begin Long Before Anyone Sits Down at the Table appeared first on OpenFalklands .
Please note that this is an AI-generated image. PDF version of the six posts The case for a Telecommunications Select Committee The headline points [ ] Read More The post What the Falklands Government s 2016 Telecoms Decisions Tells Us About 2026 appeared first on OpenFalklands .
Please note that this is an AI-generated image. PDF version of the six posts The case for a Telecommunications Select Committee The headline points [ ] Read More The post What the Falkland Islands Government s Negotiations with Sure Tell Us appeared first on OpenFalklands .
PDF version of the six posts The case for a Telecommunications Select Committee The headline numbers to remember for busy readers: While Sure South [ ] Read More The post £653,000 Every Quarter: The Cost of Delaying Notice to Sure appeared first on OpenFalklands .
PDF version of the six posts The case for a Telecommunications Select Committee On Tuesday, 22nd June 2026, Traighana Smith, Editor of Falklands Radio, [ ] Read More The post Falklands Radio Interview Sets the Clock: August and the Case for a Select Committee appeared first on OpenFalklands .
Everything written so far on telecommunications in OpenFalklands has been grounded in publicly available facts and documented statements, except for my recent speculative post on [ ] Read More The post When Incentives Align: A Speculative Look at FIG and Sure appeared first on OpenFalklands .
I wrote about the major change in telecommunications on Ascension Island back in January 2026 Ascension’s Telecoms Turning Point and What It May Signal [ ] Read More The post When the Incumbent Leaves: What Ascension s Experience Tells Us About the Falklands Choice appeared first on OpenFalklands .
In yesterday s OpenFalklands post, I speculated on what the MV Fugro Supporter surveying vessel was doing while visiting the Falkland Islands Could the South [ ] Read More The post AIS Data Offers Clues to the MV Fugro Supporter s Activities in the Falklands appeared first on OpenFalklands .
8th June update: AIS Data Offers Clues to the MV Fugro Supporter s Activities in the Falklands Original Post I ve never indulged in speculation on OpenFalklands [ ] Read More The post Could the South Atlantic Be The Next Cable Frontier? appeared first on OpenFalklands .
Image Credit: Sure Falkland Islands graphic used when the 4G service was launched in 2018 I would like to thank several islanders who told me [ ] Read More The post Sure s 30 Mbit/s Mobile Upgrade: The Numbers Speak for Themselves appeared first on OpenFalklands .
While much of the public discussion about the future of telecommunications in the Falkland Islands on OpenFalklands has focused on the expiry of Sure s exclusive [ ] Read More The post A New Player in Falklands Telecommunications: What Is the South Atlantic Digital Gateway? appeared first on OpenFalklands .
The two previous OpenFalklands posts examined the importance of the 2-year notice period for ending the existing exclusive telecommunications licence and the potential impact of delaying [ ] Read More The post Reform or Renewal? The Falklands Telecommunications Crossroads appeared first on OpenFalklands .
The subject of the previous OpenFalklands post was Falklands Telecommunications: Why the Two-Year Notice Matters, while this post examines the potential consequences of delaying [ ] Read More The post A Narrowing Window: The Cost of Delay in Falklands Telecommunications appeared first on OpenFalklands .
Telecommunications in the Falkland Islands, particularly the exclusive licence held by Sure International (Sure), continues to attract attention. One point that comes to the fore [ ] Read More The post Falklands Telecommunications: Why the Two-Year Notice Matters appeared first on OpenFalklands .
I would like to thank FIRS and FITV for letting me have recordings of the public meeting held by Alistair Beak, the CEO of Sure [ ] Read More The post Sure South Atlantic: The CEO Returns to the Falkland Islands appeared first on OpenFalklands .
Executive summary The arrival of Starlink in the Falkland Islands has rapidly reshaped the connectivity landscape, introducing faster speeds, lower costs, and, for the first [ ] Read More The post Starlink in the Falklands: Merely a “Sticking Plaster”? appeared first on OpenFalklands .
Executive Overview The Communications Regulator’s latest attempt to establish a broadband speed KPI for Sure Falkland Islands, based on newly installed network probes, risks repeating [ ] Read More The post Déjà Vu: Ongoing Concerns with Broadband Probes and the 95% KPI appeared first on OpenFalklands .
To avoid any confusion at the outset, the CMC report has NOT been made public and is unlikely to be released by FIG any time [ ] Read More The post The 2026 CMC Falklands Telecommunications Study: A Framework for Future Reform? appeared first on OpenFalklands .
In recent OpenFalklands posts, we discussed the Chris Doyle, 2006 telecommunications report, the 2016 Cartesian telecommunications report and the resultant 2017 Communications Ordinance. It s now [ ] Read More The post A Decade of Change: What the Falklands Communications Ordinance Delivered—and What It Didn’t appeared first on OpenFalklands .
In the previous two OpenFalklands posts, we looked at two telecommunications consultants reports published in 2005 and 2015. One of the major activities following the 2015 [ ] Read More The post The 2017 Telecommunications Ordinance That Shaped Falklands Connectivity For A Decade appeared first on OpenFalklands .
Sure s Earth Station in 2015 In the previous OpenFalklands post, we focused on Chris Doyle s 2005 review of Falkland Islands telecommunications. Ten years on, in 2014, [ ] Read More The post 2015 Telecommunications in the Falklands: The Same Challenges, Ten Years On appeared first on OpenFalklands .
In 2004, the Falkland Islands Government (FIG) commissioned an independent review of telecommunications to assess proposals from Cable and Wireless (C W) to upgrade the Camp [ ] Read More The post 2005 Telecommunications in the Falklands: The Same Challenges, Twenty Years On appeared first on OpenFalklands .
I think we can all agree that the licensing of Starlink in the Falkland Islands marked a genuinely transformational moment for residents and businesses alike. [ ] Read More The post Beyond Starlink: Securing the Falklands’ Telecommunications Future appeared first on OpenFalklands .
Image Source: Wikimedia Commons Readers cannot have missed the recent news indicating a very significant shift: the United States is now distancing itself from the [ ] Read More The post Sure on Diego Garcia: Civilian Telecommunications on a Strategic Military Island appeared first on OpenFalklands .
A previous post titled St Helena terrestrial fibre optic network disaster discussed problems with St Helena s terrestrial telecommunications network. As of the start of 2026, [ ] Read More The post What St Helena’s Expired Sure Telecoms Licence Could mean for the Falklands appeared first on OpenFalklands .
February 27th update from the AIG: Temporary Changes to International Calling on Ascension Island Ascension Island Mobile (AIM) has recently launched mobile phone services on [ ] Read More The post Ascension’s Telecoms Turning Point and What It May Signal for the Falklands appeared first on OpenFalklands .