Euroconsult reports increased competition and a strong impact from the COVID-19 pandemic on Fixed Satellite Services (FSS) companies in its annual publication, FSS Operators: Benchmarks & Performance Review, released in November. According to Euroconsult, most publicly listed operators reporting on a quarterly basis have reported lower revenues in the Third Quarter of 2020, compared to…

It is not easy to build a successful Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation. Aside from the technical and regulatory challenges, there are many business and financing issues as well. These issues have already caused LeoSat to fold, sent OneWeb into Chapter 11 and kept Telesat in announcement mode for over three years now. Let’s dig…

Executives from SpaceX, Telesat, Iridium and SES gathered virtually at World Satellite Business Week Virtual Edition hosted by Euroconsult on Tuesday, to discuss their different approaches with Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations. Telesat said it's confident it will meet a buildout milestone to preserve its spectrum filings, and talked about the reality of SpaceX reaching its…

Viasat's new CEO Rick Baldridge joined executives from major satellite operators SES, Intelsat, Hughes Networks Systems, and Eutelsat on a virtual executive panel just days after he was named the new CEO replacing Mark Dankberg. The discussion at World Satellite Business Week Virtual Edition hosted by Euroconsult, centered on numerous topics, but mobility was one…