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konnect plans to progressively ramp up retail coverage to serve 15 European markets and 39 African markets within EUTELSAT KONNECT’s footprint.
Eutelsat plans a 25-satellite Eutelsat LEO for Objects constellation.
Viasat and Eutelsat established a European joint venture in 2016.
Eutelsat announced on 2020-11-17 that its high-throughput Eutelsat Konnect satellite, built by Thales Alenia Space, was ready to provide service for France, Italy, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Africa.
Eutelsat opted in 2018 to build its own Konnect Very High Throughput Satellite instead of investing in Viasat 3 coverage of Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
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.
Eutelsat initially owned 51% of EBI and Viasat initially owned 49% of EBI.
Viasat will purchase the remaining assets of the European joint venture it established with Eutelsat Communications for 140,000,000 EUR, including the KA-SAT broadband satellite.
Prior to Viasat’s purchase, Eutelsat owned 51% and Viasat owned 49% of Euro Broadband Infrastructure, which operated KA-SAT and a wholesale broadband distribution business.
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 initially owned 51% of EBI while Viasat initially owned 49% of EBI.
Viasat will purchase the remaining 51% share of Euro Broadband Infrastructure (EBI) from Eutelsat for €140M subject to customary net working capital and net debt adjustments.
Eutelsat Communications initially announced intentions to buy a C-band replacement satellite but later concluded it had enough idle capacity to serve customers without expanding its fleet.
SES CEO Steve Collar did not provide information about potential consolidation with Eutelsat at the 2020-11-05 results conference.
NXT Communications Corp. (NXTCOMM) announced plans on 2020-10-28 to begin demonstrating the performance of its electronically steered antenna through leased capacity on a Eutelsat Communications satellite.
NXTCOMM signed an agreement with Eutelsat Communications to begin leasing Ku-band capacity in November on Eutelsat’s 117 West A satellite.
NXTCOMM planned full antenna testing and initial low-rate production in 2021 following the Ku-band leasing on Eutelsat’s 117 West A satellite.
Eutelsat will provide managed satellite service capacity to NXTCOMM as NXTCOMM scales production of its flat-panel antennas.
Under the agreement with Eutelsat, NXTCOMM will offer satellite capacity to customers seeking a differentiated connectivity experience not available from existing service providers.
NXTCOMM will lease capacity on EUTELSAT 117 West A, which is located at 116.8° West and provides high-power Ku-band coverage over North and South America.