Finance

In one of the biggest deals in U.S. media history, AT&T has been given the go-ahead to acquire Time Warner. Given that AT&T owns DirecTV, one of the largest satellite...

As fiscal year 2017 financials trickled in, it was clear that the impact of a changing market and pricing declines continues to hit the bottom line of commercial satellite operators....

Viasat has acquired Horsebridge Defence and Security, a U.K.-based company focused on design, system integration and support of deployable secure networks. Through this acquisition, the Viasat U.K. group gains deeper military communications integration...

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has completed the sale of its Public Safety and Security division (PSS) to Securitas Electronic Security. At the transaction close, Kratos received $70.7 million in...

According to Northern Sky Research (NSR), the commercial ground segment market will grow from $5.6 billion in 2016 to $11.5 billion in 2025, generating more than $100 billion in revenue...

MDA, a Maxar Technologies company, has appointed Chris Pogue to serve as president of the newly created MDA Government division. In addition, MDA has announced an organizational shift to better align...

Chilean satellite service provider Andesat has upgraded to iDirect’s Evolution 4.1 software, along with iDirect’s iQ Desktop Remote and Intelligent Gateway to introduce new DVB-S2X networking capabilities. During network testing...

Inmarsat has rejected an initial acquisition approach from EchoStar, Inmarsat confirmed in a statement issued late last week saying the “highly preliminary” proposal “significantly undervalued” the company. Inmarsat is one...

Hispasat and telecommunications services provider Eurona have launched a satellite-based broadband service in the Canary Islands archipelago. The digital inclusion project was presented earlier this year and is designed to...

Intelsat has selected RingCentral as its cloud communications and collaboration solutions provider across its international locations. With globally distributed employees, Intelsat was looking to move to a cloud-first solution to...