Viasat and Inmarsat have received the UK government’s approval for their proposed merger. The UK’s Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has announced that the transaction does not pose a risk to the UK’s national security. In March 2022, the companies committed to economic undertakings with BEIS, which underlined their pledge […]

The USA’s Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), which manages much of the US government’s military satellite communications services and contracts, has allowed London-based Inmarsat a “recompete” for the upcoming 10-year $979.8 million US Navy communications supply. Sources say the contract covers satellite capacity in C, Ku, Ka and X-bands for mobile and fixed satellite transceivers […]

Qatar Airways has further enhanced its contracts with Inmarsat for satellite broadband connectivity to its aircraft fleet and in particular its 787-9 and 737-10 aircraft. Inmarsat signed its first agreement with Qatar in 2017 for Inmarsat’s GX Aviation system and they are in use on the airline’s Airbus 350 and Boeing 777 aircraft. The GX […]

In reporting its Q2 results, Inmarsat said that its Aviation division had shown significant growth as its client airlines emerged from the Covid challenges. Inmarsat also told analysts that its planned sale to Viasat is on track subject to UK and European regulatory approval. The combination of the two giant satellite operators should happen towards […]

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has confirmed it is investigating the anticipated acquisition by California-based satellite operator Viasat of London-based Inmarsat. The CMA is considering whether it is or may be the case that this transaction, if carried into effect, will result in the creation of a relevant merger situation under the merger provisions […]

An Inmarsat survey of 20,000 people from 11 countries around the planet found that the majority were unaware of the ground-breaking events happening in space. Some 97 per cent saw space only as a problem area and a threat from space junk and pollution. Indeed, one in nine of those questioned were said to be […]

Satellite operator Viasat says that, at its Special Meeting of Stockholders, it received the necessary stockholder approvals for the proposed acquisition of Inmarsat. Viasat continues to expect the transaction to close in the second half of calendar year 2022, subject to the receipt of certain regulatory approvals and clearances and the satisfaction of other customary […]

Inmarsat has linked with the European Space Agency (ESA) with a contract to take its Iris air traffic modernisation programme global and drive the future of uncrewed aviation airspace integration in Europe. Iris has been developed in a public-private partnership launched by ESA. The service enables high bandwidth satellite-based datalink communications between air traffic controllers […]

Viasat of California is in the process of buying London-based Inmarsat for some $7.3 billion (€6.9bn). SpaceX is formally complaining to the FCC and says that Viasat has violated FCC rules and should not be given permission to control another company’s assets. Jeff Bezos’s Kuiper Systems is also complaining to the FCC over the Viasat/Inmarsat […]