Kacific’s funding progress is highlighting growing Family Office appetite for connectivity | Q&A
Singapore startup Kacific is ramping up towards the launch in Q3 2019 of its first satellite Kacific-1, a condosat being shared with Japan’s Sky ...
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Increasingly dynamic cloud partnerships could follow US$550m IBM-Vodafone joint venture
IBM and Vodafone’s US$550m European cloud joint venture could be the start of an important connectivity trend, signalling more significant partnerships to ...
The newspace opportunity: why, how and who
Is newspace from Mars and oldspace from Venus? The incumbent space players have been slow to embrace the potential of newspace. Reversely, newspace players have long thought ...
Troubled GEO ecosystem compelling teleport operators to develop new revenue strategies
Teleports are increasingly turning to value-added strategies to drive revenues as the unsettled GEO ecosystem and explosive growth of HTS ...
Tech giants hungry for bigger bite of satellite connectivity technology ecosystem in 2019
Growing interest in satellite and other next-generation connectivity solutions from the world’s largest tech firms will rock the commercial space ...
Incoming Kacific financing underlines Family Office opportunity for satellite broadband
Singapore broadband startup Kacific is close to raising about US$20m in an equity round that highlights the growing importance of Family Offices ...
Emerging markets point to vast opportunity and challenge for satellite connectivity
Emerging markets pose prodigious opportunities and challenges for a satellite sector navigating dynamic growth trends and innovations in connectivity. Mobile ...
Growing space-based cybersecurity need poses opportunities and risks for satellite investors
The surge in network-connected satellites with concomitant cybersecurity threats creates more risk for satellite investors, but also huge opportunities as ...
How Israel Aerospace Industries is adapting the satellite manufacturing model to capture newspace growth | Q&A
Newspace’s stellar growth is forcing satellite manufacturers to rethink business models to avoid being left behind. Israel Aerospace Industries has ...
Mobile broadband satellite lifts GEO outlook amid financing progress
Swedish venture Ovzon’s order for a broadband satellite gives the GEO market a much-needed lift, and prospects for financing it this time ...
