Focus: Mergers and Acquisitions

Virgin Galactic and Social Capital Hedosophia, a public investment vehicle, completed their merger. The resulting company is named Virgin Galactic Holdings, and its common stock, units and warrants are expected...

EchoStar revealed that its subsidiary, EchoStar Global, acquired Helios Wire, a satellite-enabled Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity company headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. The acquisition includes Helios’ Australian subsidiaries Sirion Holdings...

Telenor Group and Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) today announced the formation of a new company that combines Canal Digital and Viasat Consumer (satellite pay-TV and broadband-TV operations). This will...

Latin American-based Axesat and German-based CETel are combining to form AXESS Networks (AXESS), a new leading global player in the enterprise satellite communications industry. Pairing Axesat‘s commercial strategy and its presence...

Singapore Technologies Engineering  (ST Engineering) revealed that its U.S. subsidiary, iDirect Government (iDirectGov), acquired 100 percent ownership of Glowlink Communications Technology. This acquisition was carried out by way of a...

ST Engineering is determined to build one of the most important companies in satellite over the next few years. Its acquisition of Newtec is yet more evidence of an progressive...

Dish Network reported its Second Quarter (Q2) 2019 financial results a week after the company announced entering the U.S. wireless market as the fourth nationwide network competitor. Dish’s revenues took a...

Dish Network will enter the U.S. wireless market as the fourth nationwide facilities-based network competitor. Dish reached agreements with the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, T-Mobile, and...

Dish Network has reportedly agreed to acquire wireless assets from T-Mobile and Sprint for $5 billion dollars, according to reports published in Bloomberg News from anonymous sources. This breaks down to about $3.5 billion for...

Peraton entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Solers, a provider of software development and systems integration for Space Situational Awareness (SSA), satellite ground systems and operations, cybersecurity engineering, and enterprise...