Eutelsat and Thaicom will jointly fund a new software-defined satellite for location at the 119.5 degrees East orbital slot over Asia. Under this partnership, Eutelsat will expand its service over the continent. Eutelsat is committed to lease and operate the service for half of the capacity on the satellite during its lifetime. The formal agreement […]

There was reportedly once an attempted takeover of OneWeb by Chinese interests. An article in the Sunday Telegraph says that the UK’s MI5 security service investigated the China involvement, and this prompted the UK government to step in and buy a major stake in OneWeb. There was also a further complication in that OneWeb is […]

Eutelsat’s full year results – to June 30th – were mixed, with its Broadcast Video division (62 per cent of income) falling y-o-y by 8.3 per cent (like-for-like, or 6.3 per cent as reported). But on the more positive side its fast-growing Mobile Connectivity segment grew 26.8 per cent (like-for-like, or 37.9 percent as reported). […]

Eutelsat 10B, the latest addition to the Paris-based satellite operator’s fleet, is now serving customers from its 10 degrees East orbital slot. Clients include In-Flight communications operators. Responding to strong growth in demand for mobile connectivity, Eutelsat 10B is carrying two multi-beam High-Throughput Satellite (HTS) Ku-band payloads: a payload covering the North Atlantic corridor, Europe, […]

The Board of trade body The Global Satellite Operators Association (GSOA) has announced the election of Telesat’s CEO Dan Goldberg as its new Chair. Eva Berneke, CEO of Eutelsat was also elected co-Vice Chair, alongside Ali Al Hashemi, CEO of Yahsat, who was appointed earlier in 2023. Following the recent combination with Global VSAT Forum […]

Satellite operator Eutelsat is working with multiplay telco du to upgrade its direct-to-home satellite services across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. With this partnership, du is increasing capacity at the 7/8° West orbital position, enabling its media customers to deliver high-definition content to viewers seamlessly, with an optimised user experience. The 7/8° […]

Eutelsat’s CEO Eva Berneke, speaking on CNBC, said that some shareholders had withdrawn their investments in Eutelsat but they had been replaced by others. She explained that the suspension of the company’s long-standing dividend payments meant that some shareholders who had relied upon those payments had decided to exit. Eutelsat is in the process of […]

Eutelsat is selling its European retail broadband services. The sell-off includes its holdings in Bigblu Broadband and similar retail operations in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Hungary and Greece. Eutelsat has struggled to win significant customer acceptance for its retail operations. It has already exited KaSat (EuroBroadband, which it sold 100 […]

The European Commission has rejected four smaller consortia for its IRIS2 low Earth orbiting constellation. It has selected a consortium made up of Airbus Defense & Space, Eutelsat, Hispasat, SES and Thales Alenia Space, backed also by Deutsche Telekom, OHB SE, Orange, Hisdesat, Telespazio and Thales Group. This major group will now fine tune its […]

Moody’s Investors Services has downgraded Eutelsat’s credit and debt rating, and cautions that further downgrades could be applicable once Eutelsat completes its merger with OneWeb. The June 15th downgrade is to Ba1 from Bss3, and covers the ratings on Eutelsat’s senior unsecured debt instrument ratings issued by Eutelsat SA, including the €800 million and €600 […]