Towercos back T-Mobile/Sprint merger as deal moving close to completion
US towercos, both private and public, recently voiced support for the proposed US$26bn merger between T-Mobile and Sprint, citing that the...
Could new tower entrants be caught in a shake-out as US nears MNO consolidation ruling?
Record multiples continue to attract new entrants to the US tower sector, even as existing players warn of the dangers...
NB-IoT deployment drives diversity in connectivity PE investment portfolios
PE firms focusing on traditional telecom infrastructure, such as towers and data centres, are set to diversify their portfolios to...
Hispasat sale to Red Eléctrica will strengthen connectivity focus | Q&A
Spain-based satellite operator Hispasat is looking forward to doubling down on connectivity under new majority owner Red Eléctrica, the Spanish...
Satellite industry M&A and financing mandates | Issue 232
SatelliteFinance compiles the latest M&A deals by country, company, mandate, and mandated. This Mandates Table ran in SatelliteFinance Issue 232... SatelliteFinance...
ECAs could return to satellite financing frontline amid rising rates and government focus
Export credit agencies are racing back to the world’s satellite financing stage as lawmakers unshackle the US while the UK...
Telcos expand security assets to guard against increasingly sophisticated 5G cyberattacks
Concerns of increasingly sophisticated hacking tools, such as AI and machine learning, being used to attack 5G networks has triggered...
Private LTE network buildout accelerates as commercial CBRS deployment nears
Connectivity players are accelerating private LTE network buildouts with CBRS spectrum in the US as the FCC is set to...
How Intelsat’s satellite loss is validating Ku-band and GEO broadband redundancy
Efforts to restore GEO broadband services hit by Intelsat’s I-29e satellite loss are helping to validate the flexibility of Ku-band, while...
US 5G vendors building vRAN for telcos see rising funding interest
US 5G vendors are catching up with European peers, such as Nokia and Ericsson, in facilitating telcos with their virtual radio...
