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Bharti Group

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commercialFounded 1976
India
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Investors include India's Bharti Space, the UK government, CMA CGM's investment branch, and a fund supported by seven French insurance companies, with respective investment ratios of 17.88%, 10.89%, 7.46%, and 4.99%.

Mentioned as: Bharti GroupTechnical ProductNov 20, 2025ユーテルサット、1500億円近くを調達–衛星通信「ワンウェブ」を刷新へ

Participants in the capital increase include the French State, Bharti Space Limited, and His Majesty’s Government.

Mentioned as: Bharti GroupNarrative GeneralNov 20, 2025Eutelsat Takes First Step in a Comprehensive Financing Strategy

OneWeb was rescued by Bharti and the UK government in a reconstruction with Eutelsat after initial failures.

Mentioned as: Bharti GroupNarrative GeneralOct 14, 2025After many delays AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird/FM1 is enroute to India

Bharti Enterprises completed the acquisition of a 24.5% stake in the UK’s BT Group from Patrick Drahi.

Mentioned as: Bharti GroupOrg RelationshipNov 20, 2024Bharti buys 24.5% stake in BT from Altice

Based on BT’s share price, Bharti’s 24.5% stake is worth about £3.6 billion (€4.32 billion).

Mentioned as: BhartiTechnical ProductNov 20, 2024Bharti buys 24.5% stake in BT from Altice

Sunil Bharti Mittal stated that the terminals are in India and they are waiting for regulatory approvals to launch commercial services.

Mentioned as: Bharti GroupNarrative GeneralSep 8, 2024India stalls again on satellite licensing

Bharti Enterprises, which has a financial stake in Eutelsat OneWeb, has been lobbying for provisional spectrum allotment to OneWeb.

Mentioned as: Bharti GroupNarrative GeneralSep 8, 2024India stalls again on satellite licensing

Bharti Enterprises will be the largest shareholder of the merged entity with a 21.2% stake.

Mentioned as: Bharti GroupNarrative PlanSep 29, 2023EUTELSAT & ONEWEB Merges to Create World’s First GEO LEO Satellite Space Connectivity Company

Three years ago the U.K. government and Bharti Global partnered to buy OneWeb out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy for $1,000,000,000 after OneWeb filed for Chapter 11 in March 2020.

Mentioned as: Bharti GroupOrg RelationshipMay 18, 2023U.K. government won’t buy Virgin Orbit

OneWeb’s main shareholders Bharti, SoftBank, Hanwha, and the British government signed a final combination agreement with Eutelsat on 2022-11-14.

Mentioned as: Bharti GroupOrg RelationshipNov 15, 2022Eutelsat’s board approves OneWeb merger

Bharti Enterprises is a major investor and shareholder in OneWeb and 2022 announced a distribution partnership with Hughes Communications India Private Ltd. (HCIPL).

Mentioned as: Bharti GroupNarrative GeneralOct 24, 202236 OneWeb Satellites Successfully Launched by ISRO/ NSIL from Sriharikota

Bharti Enterprises announced a distribution partnership 2022 with Hughes Communications India Private Ltd. (HCIPL).

Mentioned as: Bharti GroupOrg RelationshipOct 18, 2022UPDATE 1: OneWeb + New Space India to launch 36 constellation smallsats on October 22nd…

The British government and Indian conglomerate Bharti Global bought OneWeb out of bankruptcy later in 2020 for about $1,000,000,000.

Mentioned as: Bharti GroupOrg RelationshipSep 12, 2022Major operator consolidation is a long time coming

On 2022-01-04, U.S.-based Hughes Network Systems created a joint venture with Bharti Airtel to sell satellite broadband in India called Hughes Communications India Pvt Ltd.

Mentioned as: Bharti GroupOrg RelationshipFeb 14, 2022SES forges Indian satellite capacity joint venture

Bharti Global exercised a call option in June to double its OneWeb investment to $1 billion, a move expected to give Bharti a 38.6% share and reduce Eutelsat’s share to 19.3%.

Mentioned as: Bharti GroupOrg RelationshipOct 6, 2021Eutelsat ups its OneWeb stake with additional $165 million

Eutelsat exercised a call option on a portion of the latest funding round subscribed by Bharti to increase its OneWeb stake from 17.6% to 22.9%.

Mentioned as: Bharti GroupNarrative GeneralOct 6, 2021Eutelsat ups its OneWeb stake with additional $165 million

Eutelsat will own nearly 23% of OneWeb once the transaction closes, giving the Paris-based satellite operator the second-largest stake behind Bharti Global’s 30% share.

Mentioned as: Bharti GlobalTechnical ProductOct 6, 2021Eutelsat ups its OneWeb stake with additional $165 million

Bharti committed an additional $500,000,000 to OneWeb, completing the funding of OneWeb’s first-generation constellation.

Mentioned as: Bharti GroupOrg RelationshipOct 6, 2021Eutelsat Increases Their Shareholding In OneWeb

Hanwha paid $300,000,000 in August for an 8.8% stake in OneWeb, reducing Bharti’s and Eutelsat’s stakes.

Mentioned as: Bharti GroupOrg RelationshipOct 6, 2021Eutelsat ups its OneWeb stake with additional $165 million

Sunil Bharti Mittal, OneWeb's executive chair, announced on September 8 that OneWeb aims to launch services within 30 to 60 days.

Mentioned as: Bharti GroupTechnical ProductSep 21, 2021Drones are accelerating OneWeb’s antenna tests
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