Bigblu Broadband is a UK-based telecommunications company specializing in providing super-fast broadband services to homes and businesses in rural and underserved areas, delivering last mile and last resort communications solutions globally. They utilize satellite and fixed wireless technologies, offering connectivity where traditional wired broadband is unavailable. Bigblu partners with companies like Eutelsat and Kacific, focusing on providing broadband solutions for consumers, businesses, and government/military applications.
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The sale of Eutelsat’s European retail broadband activities includes assets Eutelsat acquired three years earlier from capacity reseller Bigblu Broadband.
Eutelsat acquired Bigblu Broadband’s European business in 2020 with about 50,000 subscribers at the time.
Eutelsat acquired Bigblu’s broadband business in Europe to expand its service offerings.
Orange and TIM have contracted a combined €350 million worth of capacity on Eutelsat’s Konnect Bigblu service over the next 12 years.
The acquisitions of Bigblu Broadband by Eutelsat in July 2020 and Gogo by Intelsat in September 2020 highlight the trend of vertical integration in the FSS industry.
Eutelsat planned to acquire Bigblu Broadband’s European business, which at the time included about 50,000 subscribers and operations in the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Hungary, and Greece.