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Inmarsat is expected to merge with U.S. satellite operator Viasat after the U.K. government completes an antitrust review.
In July 2022, Inmarsat conducted a data usage analysis that showed the maritime industry used 45% more data than it did in 2021.
Inmarsat Government supported the U.S. Navy under the preceding CSSC contract by delivering connectivity between the Navy's global fleet of shipboard terminals and shore-based telecommunications infrastructure.
The proposed Viasat–Inmarsat transaction received approval from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States over the summer of 2022.
Viasat announced plans to buy Inmarsat nearly a year before 2022-10-14.
Viasat and Inmarsat state that more than $20,000,000,000 in capital raised by new market entrants over the last three years underlines the intensity of upcoming competition in the inflight connectivity market.
The CMA began the investigation after offering Viasat and Inmarsat a chance to alter the $7,300,000,000 deal.
The U.K. launched an in-depth probe into Viasat’s proposed acquisition of Inmarsat on 2022-10-14.
Inmarsat’s Fleet Hotspot won the Mission to Seafarers Innovation Award at the Seafarers Awards Singapore 2022.
Inmarsat Government offers a suite of managed network services and end-to-end communication solutions built to support users on land, at sea, and in the air, including operations in remote regions.
Inmarsat Government was awarded the U.S. Navy Commercial Broadband Satellite Program (CBSP) Satellite Services Contract (CSSC II) by the Defense Information Systems Agency with a ceiling value of $980,000,000 over a 10-year period.
Under the CSSC II contract, Inmarsat Government will provide end-to-end SATCOM services capable of supporting approximately 400 simultaneous full period, full duplex, simplex, and simplex broadcast connections/modems between a designated point of presence and the end user terminal via space and terrestrial connectivity.
Inmarsat Government will deliver worldwide managed telecommunications services via Inmarsat Global Xpress Ka-band as well as C-, Ku-, and X-band frequencies for mobile and fixed satellite services.
The U.S. Navy requires Inmarsat to build a network interoperable with military Ka-band satellite systems and to provide coverage in the Arctic region.
Inmarsat Government won a 10-year contract worth $980,000,000 on 2022-10-11 to provide broadband satellite and terrestrial communications services to the U.S. Navy.
Inmarsat Government was the incumbent on the previous CSSC I contract and won the CSSC II re-compete.
In August, Inmarsat Government won another 10-year deal worth $578,000,000 to provide communications services for the U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command.
After Viasat’s acquisition of Inmarsat is approved, the combined firms will operate a fleet of 19 satellites with an additional 10 spacecraft under construction projected to launch within the next three years.
Skylo has partnered with U.K.-based fleet operator Inmarsat to use Inmarsat’s L-band satellites and announced direct-to-cell plans on 2022-09-07.
Inmarsat has 14 satellites currently in orbit and expects to complete a $7,300,000,000 merger with global satellite operator Viasat later 2022.