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By Steve Hodges
on 19th March 2019

Astro Communications MD, Steve Hodges, was interviewed recently by Lloyd Vassell of Mergermarket Ltd you can read the whole interview here. Astro Communications could acquire on road to becoming GBP 10m- sales business – MD Astro Communications, a UK-based telecoms...

It is not the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog

By Steve Hodges
on 7th December 2018

This week I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the BT Partner event at the top of the BT Tower in London. Aside from the incredible venue, and superb speaker in Lawrence Dallaglio, I was completely stunned...

Astro gets busy with a fizzy soda stream

By Steve Hodges
on 9th October 2018

As a qualified Yachtmaster, with a natural affinity with the sea, I have enjoyed sharing my passion with the Astro team and we have undertaken many staff sailing trips over the years. With this is mind, the BBC documentary...

Under Attack – The day cybercriminals launched an attack on me

By Steve Smith
on 17th June 2018

I think I am generally aware of the potential of a cyber-attack at all times. I also believe I know what to do in the event of an attack. However, the moment I realised I was under attack I...

Lightning – can we really protect against it?

By Steve Smith
on 29th May 2018

Many of us in the British Isles witnessed a spectacular display of lightning during what meteorologists referred to as the mother of all storms. Headlines reporting up 20,000 lightning strikes with some areas experiencing a month’s rainfall in one...

Just how safe is our National Telecommunications Infrastructure?

By Steve Smith
on 20th May 2018

Just how safe is our National Telecommunications Infrastructure? Can we trust any networking equipment? Alongside the relentless stream of attacks by cybercriminals lies the threat from hostile nations. Rogue governments may be less of a threat to your personal...

Home network devices: friend or foe?

By Steve Smith
on 16th May 2018

Home network devices: friend or foe? Our home maybe our castle, but just how safe are we with our home network devices spying on us? This week’s BBCs Panorama – Hacked: Smart Home Secrets – discussed the risk many...

Are our domestic IoT devices as just ‘devices’?

By Steve Smith
on 16th April 2018

Are our domestic IoT devices as just ‘devices’? Are we taking home automation IoT seriously? By Steve Smith When Rob and I founded Astro a significant element of our work involved building voice and telemetry systems for the offshore...