It seems the potential $26 billion merger agreement between T-Mobile and Sprint has cooled a little. The Wall Street Journal says that the pair are expected to extend the window for an agreement beyond July 29th. Both parties are said to remain optimistic, but one problem remains Charlie Ergen’s Dish Network and how – and […]
Some readers might wonder how different satellites manage to operate almost alongside one another in space but avoiding transmission interference. The answer is in the – usually – pre-agreed harmonisation of frequencies and their target audiences. A perfect case in point is a major dispute between Arabsat, and its satellites operating from 30.5 degrees East, […]
An analyst report from investment advisers and researchers at Cowan suggests that Charlie Ergen’s Dish Network is in a “can’t lose” position as far as the T-Mobile/Sprint merger is concerned. Dish Network is looking to step in an buy Sprint’s Boost Mobile division in order for the merger to go ahead, and then invest Ergen’s […]
On May 24th a SpaceX rocket launched 60 tightly packed Starlink satellites into one dispenser launching them as if a string of pearls into Low Earth orbit. Three of the sixty subsequently failed, and now there are anxieties that the failure rate might be typical for future mega-constellations. The Elon Musk-backed project calls for an […]
A young person away at college has a knock on the door. An individual with an ID card and a body cam demands a series of answers and reads them their rights on the basis they may have committed the criminal offence of not having a current BBC TV licence. The person in question – […]
An insurance company can take care of cover on hundreds if not thousands of homes or vehicles, or just a rocket launch or two. With the value of a large satellite, plus its launch costs, plus its post-separation first year in orbit – which mostly covers the majority of likely problems – topping $250 million, […]
Intelsat, one of the main members of the C-Band Alliance, saw an 8.3 percent jump in its share price on July 5th following the FCC’s chairman Ajit Pai specifically referring to the upcoming C-band decision. Industry observers expect a decision towards the end of September. The Chairman’s comments, made in a speech in Argentina, weren’t […]
SES is due to report its H1 results on July 26th for the 6 months to June 30th, but investment bank Berenberg is reducing its expectations and share price target, stating bluntly: “We think SES’s full-year guidance is too optimistic. We cut our numbers for both the video services and networks divisions. The net result […]
The C-Band Alliance submitted a 39-page and extremely detailed ‘Public Notice’ filing to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on July 3rd that comprehensively argues its case for a ‘market-based approach’ for its proposed restructuring of C-band over the US for 5G. The filing also focuses on the rights – or otherwise – of C-band Earth […]
As Sami Kassab of investment bank Exane/BNPP reported in a note to investors, the news that AsiaSat is to move to private ownership is not the best of decisions for the other listed satellite majors. “Carlyle and CITIC currently own 74 per cent of Asiasat and have jointly made an offer to take the company […]