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 […]
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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 […]
Aalyria’s Spacetime to orchestrate network for Rivada Space Networks’ LEO Satellite Constellation
Aalyria and Rivada Space Networks (RSN) have entered into an agreement to use Aalyria’s Spacetime platform to orchestrate the network for Rivada’s planned LEO constellation. Aalyria launched late last year […]
Angola’s Angosat-2 to launch from Kazakhstan
Angola’s Anglosat-2, manufactured by Russia, is scheduled to be launched from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on October 12th, and will replace Angosat-1 that was launch in December of 2017. Angola intends to […]
HISPASAT Extends ENTEL’s DTH Coverage In Chile Through 2024
… there are more than 17 million satellite TV subscribers in South America, which reflects the importance of this technology in the region to bring informational, educational and entertainment content […]