ViaSat increases size of share offering to 6 million
ViaSat has closed its fully underwritten public stock offering after increasing its size from 5.5 million shares to 6 million....
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ESA awards Astrium second Sentinel contract
The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded EADS Astrium an E105m contract to build Sentinel-2B, the second Sentinel satellite to...
BSkyB forced to cut wholesale price of premium sport
The British media regulator Ofcom has ordered satellite broadcaster BSkyB to sell Premier League football and other premium programming to...
Harbinger to create nationwide 4G network following SkyTerra acquisition
Harbinger Capital Partners has finally made its spectrum play. In completing its US$262.5m acquisition of MSS operator SkyTerra, the hedge...
VimpelCom yet to finalise Laos deal
Millicom International Cellular has said that VimpelCom has not yet completed the acquisition of its 74.1% holding in Millicom Lao,...
China Mobile gets bank deal approval
The shareholders of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (SPD) have approved a plan to sell a 20% stake to China Mobile...
ZTE lands new president
ZTE Corporation's board of directors has appointed Shi Lirong as president of the company. Lirong replaces Yin Yimin, who stands...
Shyam signs debt deal
Sistema Shyam TeleServices has inked a Rs5bn (US$111m) two-year loan from state-run Central Bank of India. Russian parent JSFC Sistema,...
Ericsson lands bumper Bharti contract
-Ericsson has been awarded a US$1.3bn contract from Bharti Airtel to expand and upgrade its network in 15 of India's...
Mobile money partnership signed in South Africa
Vodacom and Nedbank have teamed up to offer mobile money services in South Africa. The M-PESA solution enables unbanked customers...
