With bigger wallet Orbcomm might grow fleet management and seek more M&A
US satellite operator Orbcomm is likely to use its recent financing to grow its fleet management business and keep making acquisitions, ...
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Eutelsat walks away from ViaSat-3 to order its own high-speed broadband satellite
European space giant Eutelsat has scrapped plans to invest in US-based ViaSat’s next-gen EMEA-focused satellite, choosing instead to order its own high-speed broadband ...
Astranis eyes GEO operator JV opportunities ahead of 2019 commercial launch
Astranis would consider a joint venture with a geosynchronous orbit satellite operator as the US startup eyes its first commercial ...
UrtheCast evaluating inbound interest as it announces complex financing amid poor results
Earth observation company UrtheCast is receiving inbound transaction interest while it admits to ‘significant doubt’ of its continuing in business and ...
Global Eagle Entertainment has more impairment charges, plans thrift, promises improved performance
Global Eagle Entertainment is downing harsh medicine that includes further impairment charges and belt-tightening as the company seeks to restore ...
Telecommunications industry M&A and financing mandates | Issue 263
Connectivity Business compiles the latest M&A and financing deals by country, company, mandate, and mandated. Connectivity Business compiles the latest ...
5G players could come under fire in a US/China trade war | Viewpoint
While concerns of an all-out trade war between the US, China and the rest of the world have eased, the ...
Demand, strategy and technology mix to yield stronger focus on connectivity in satellite
Satellite service providers are venturing into virgin markets and employing varied strategies and technologies to serve the voracious demand for ...
Launch readies for trajectories of change with introduction of Falcon Heavy and other rockets
SpaceX’s next-generation Falcon Heavy rocket is leading the trajectory of change in commercial launch, with increased mission affordability perhaps the ...
Spacecom and B-SAT order satellites without export credit agency support
Israel-based Spacecom and Japan’s Broadcasting Satellite System Corp. each ordered satellites with a well-placed source suggesting that neither operator used export credit ...
