The build–up to IBC has influenced Eutelsat [and SES] to announce new business — the satellite provider has signed an partnership agreement with Japan’s SoftBank Corp. Eutelsat’s deal with SoftBank […]
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Forrester’s Digest: Terran Orbital — Cash is tight
“As of July 31st 2024, the Company’s cash and cash equivalents balance was approximately $14.6 million which, without additional funding, will not be sufficient to meet its obligations within the […]
Forrester’s Digest: Eutelsat—All Objectives Attained + Starlink Subs Substantially Increase
Eutelsat’s full-year revenues (to June 30th) were positive — overall revenues were up 7.2 per cent to €1.21 billion (€1.13 billion in the previous year). Eva Berneke, CEO, explained that […]
Forrester’s Digest: Starlink offers discounts in US + EUMETSAT explains Ariane 6 cancellation
SpaceX’s Starlink has slashed prices in some U.S states for new subscribers to its broadband-by-satellite service. The normal upfront joining fee for the Starlink kit has been $599 (€552.2m) in […]
Forrester’s Digest: SpaceX valued at $200 billion plus Arianespace loses Meteosat 3rd gen launch
SpaceX is contemplating another fundraising operation by selling shares in a tender offer that could value the closely held company at roughly $200 billion (€185.7bn), according to Bloomberg. SpaceX is […]
Forrester’s Digest: Thailand freezes OneWeb agreement
Eutelsat’s OneWeb division had an agreement in place with Thailand’s National Telecom (NT) but the state telecom business has put a hold on the agreement for at least 30 days, […]
Forrester’s Digest: ESA contemplates a major rule change
The European Space Agency (ESA) has always worked on the basis that it would reward contributing nations with contracts that were more or less equal to their investments into ESA. […]
Forrester’s Digest: Telesat struggles, but Lightspeed is coming + Avanti in S. Africa
Telesat reported an underwhelming set of Q1 numbers. Every key metric showed a decline in revenues. Overall revenue was down a worrying 17 percent year-on-year to C$152 million (€103.1 million) […]
Forrester’s Digest: EchoStar “…bankruptcy the most likely outcome.”
EchoStar, the Charlie Ergen-owned pay-TV and satellite operator, is struggling. CEO Hamid Akhavan told analysts in the company’s post-results call with analysts that the company has $1.98 billion of debt […]
Forrester Digest: FCC denies SpaceX access to extra spectrum — maybe Yahsat + Bayanat merger
SpaceX has been asking the FCC for permission to share spectrum already allocated to Globalstar and Dish Network AWS-4 spectrum — the FCC has dismissed SpaceX’s application. The SpaceX application […]