Charleroi, Belgium-based, Aerospacelab has raised $110 million (€94.5m) of fresh cash to expand its manufacturing capacity and improve its bid for a role in IRIS², Europe’s planned highly-secure multi-orbit broadband […]
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Forrester’s Digest: SES, Intelsat deal clears Federal permissions
The acquisition of Intelsat by SES has been cleared by Federal law enforcement officials. However, this clearance does not yet apply to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The clearance comes […]
Vodafone Business and ServiceNow enhance the customer experience with AI-powered service automation
Vodafone Business and ServiceNow, the AI platform for business transformation, have announced a five-year strategic collaboration to launch the next era of AI-powered service management. The solution is designed to […]
Vodafone £16.5 billion merger with Three approved
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has decided Vodafone’s £16.5 billion (€19.9bn) merger with Three – creating the UK’s biggest mobile network with 27 million customers – should be allowed […]
Bharti buys 24.5% stake in BT from Altice
Bharti Enterprises has completed acquisition of a 24.5 per cent stake in UK’s BT Group from Patrick Drahi. The transaction is worth 3.2 billion pounds ($4 billion). The stake was […]
Airbus Space, “Merger with Thales-Alenia possible” as rivals combine expertise
Aerospace giant Airbus Defence & Space CEO Guillaume Faury told analysts that he would prefer to merge all of its Space Division with rival satellite specialist Thales Alenia Space’s similar […]
Boeing satellite explodes in space, debris in orbit, further adding to the company’s difficulties
A Boeing-made satellite exploded in space, creating further fodder to the crisis-hit aerospace company. After confirming the satellite incident over the weekend, Intelsat has now said it believes IS-33e is […]
Lynk’s first-ever two-way standard phone voice calls by satellite
Lynk Global, Inc., a sat2phone telecoms provider, rercently released the first-ever video of a series of two-way voice calls between standard-mobile-phones connected via satellite. The video shows multiple voice calls […]
ESA’s Partnership Project’s first Triton-X satellite enroute to inaugural flight
The first satellite developed under the Triton-X multi-mission platform program for low Earth orbit is on its way to be integrated onto the launcher for its inaugural flight. Developed under […]
Avanti’s new antenna in Dakar completes second phase of HYLAS 4 satellite gateway project
Avanti Communications (“Avanti”) has completed the second phase of its project to build a new HYLAS 4 satellite gateway station, in Dakar, Senegal. The arrival of a new Ka-band antenna […]