Dish spectrum speculation resurfaces on back of subscriber losses
The unexpectedly high subscriber losses in Dish Network’s core digital broadcast satellite (DBS) business in Q2 2016 have reignited speculation on ...
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Intelsat partners with VSAT wholesaler AfricaOnline
FSS giant Intelsat has struck an agreement with ISP AfricaOnline, a subsidiary of South Africa’s Gondwana International Networks, to provide capacity for a new ...
Google Fiber co-founder Kevin Lo to lead Facebook’s infrastructure investments
Facebook has hired Google Fiber co-founder Kevin Lo as director of infrastructure connectivity and investments in a move expected to ...
InfraMed buys 21% of Eutelsat’s African satellite broadband venture
Eutelsat has sold a stake of around 21% in its African satellite broadband venture to infrastructure-focused investor InfraMed for an undisclosed sum. The Paris-based ...
Dish offers US$2bn junk bond for strategic transactions
US satellite broadcaster Dish Network is offering a US$2bn high-yield bond for strategic transactions that “may include wireless and spectrum-related” deals. The issuance ...
Dish choice to use all AWS-4 spectrum for downlink boosts value and usability
US satellite broadcaster Dish Network has elected to use all 40 MHz of its AWS-4 spectrum for downlink operations and expects ...
Telxius partners with Microsoft and Facebook on transatlantic subsea cable
Microsoft and Facebook have agreed a deal with Telefónica’s infrastructure unit Telxius to build a subsea cable across the Atlantic. Telxius will operate ...
Hispasat eyes Caribbean and Central America expansion
Spanish satellite operator Hispasat is looking to utilise free capacity on its fleet to expand into new markets in the Caribbean and ...
Spacecom raises US$224m in notes
Israeli satellite operator Spacecom (TASE:SCC) has raised NIS860m (US$224m) in two institutional bond offerings, hot on the heels of striking a high ...
