Photo: Marlink

[Via Satellite 06-03-2016] Funds managed by Apax Partners completed the acquisition of Marlink, Airbus Group’s commercial satellite communication business, Marlink announced June 3. The acquisition did not include Airbus Defence and Space’s government satcom business.

Marlink’s maritime and land commercial satcom business is present in 14 countries across Europe, Asia, the Middle‐East and the Americas, and has a distribution network of approximately 400 resellers worldwide. The company serves all maritime sectors in the world and thousands of users operating in challenging environments in the mining, energy and humanitarian sectors.