Industry eagerly awaits Dish play | Viewpoint
There was much excitement as edition SF212 was being put together for when spectrum bidders in the US could discuss ...
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Proximus’s BICS buys TeleSign for US$230m to bolster footprint in Americas with fraud protection services
Proximus-owned BICS has agreed to acquire US-based TeleSign Corporation for US$230m to form a cloud-based platform bridge with the Belgium incumbent. BICS claims the acquisition ...
Apple hires Google satellite execs for new hardware team | Executive Moves
Apple has reportedly hired two satellite design and operation executives from Google as it considers investing in Boeing’s LEO-based internet constellation. ...
Gogo names Barry Rowan EVP and CFO | Executive Moves
Gogo has named Barry Rowan its executive vice president and CFO, effective 4 May, which follows the company’s first-quarter earnings ...
HawkEye 360 names Planet’s J. Beau Jarvis as chief revenue officer | Executive Moves
US satellite operator startup HawkEye 360 has named Planet’s J. Beau Jarvis as chief revenue officer. Jarvis, who led EO firm Planet’s international ...
Global Eagle Entertainment revising Chinese JV, to file delayed accounts before end of June
Global Eagle Entertainment is considering modifications to an investment agreement, which a spokesperson said could be “at risk”, with a ...
President of Global Eagle Entertainment resigns but to continue as consultant | Executive Moves
Global Eagle Entertainment announced in a filing that Abel Avellan resigned as president and chief strategy officer on 18 April, ...
Uniti to sell US$450m of stock to finance fibre-driven acquisitions of Southern Light and Hunt Telecommunications
US REIT Uniti Group is offering US$450m in common stock to back its acquisitions of Southern Light and Hunt Telecommunications as it looks for growth in ...
US satellite industry welcomes Trump interest in reviving Ex-Im
Reports that President Donald Trump wants to reinstate the Ex-Im Bank export credit agency have lifted the US satellite industry, after years of ...
US$19.8bn FCC spectrum auction yields some surprises as 5G slides into frame
The FCC closed its broadcast incentive auction with a handful of surprises as consumer demand for mobile video and broadband ...
