Focus: Mergers and Acquisitions

Myriota Canada, a Canadian subsidiary of the Australian Internet of Things (IoT) nanosatellite connectivity company Myriota, plans to acquire satellite assets from exactEarth Ltd. for about $422,000. A portion of […]

Rocket Lab has reached an agreement to acquire Sinclair Interplanetary, a Toronto-based satellite hardware company, the small satellite launch company said March 16. “By combining the experience and capabilities of both companies, Rocket […]

AE Industrial Partners, a private equity firm specializing in aerospace and defense, has acquired smallsat manufacturer Adcole Maryland Aerospace (AMA) from Adcole Corporation, a portfolio company of Artemis Capital Partners. […]

Last week, Spaceflight Industries — made up of launch service provider Spaceflight, and geospatial intelligence business BlackSky — announced a deal to sell Spaceflight to Japanese company Mitsui & Co., […]

Spaceflight Industries is selling its satellite rideshare launch business Spaceflight to Mitsui & Co., in partnership with Yamasa Co. Spaceflight Industries plans to leverage the capital from this agreement to […]

A judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York refused a request to block T-Mobile’s proposed acquisition of Sprint. In the ruling, Judge Victor Marrero […]

Comtech Telecommunications has agreed to acquire Israeli ground segment company Gilat Satellite Networks in a transaction that could produce a “dominant” force in the cellular backhaul market. Comtech announced Wednesday […]

Latin America met Europe in one of the more interesting consolidations that took place in the satellite industry in 2019. AXESS Networks was created through the merger of Axesat and […]

Antennas Direct has acquired Mohu, making it the largest company in the U.S. delivering TV antennas to the Over-the-Air (OTA) market. Antennas Direct plans to integrate Mohu’s indoor antennas alongside […]

Samsung Electronics has completed an agreement to acquire TeleWorld Solutions (TWS), a network services provider headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia. TWS provides network design, testing and optimization services to mobile service […]

CropX has acquired of Nebraska-based CropMetrics, a provider of cloud-based, precision-irrigation tools. Current CropMetrics and CropX partners and customers will now have access to the companies’ combination of in-soil data, […]

Sprint is closing its Virgin Mobile USA prepaid wireless business. A note to customers posted on the website in early January said that Virgin Mobile USA will be discontinued and […]

Virtex, a vertically integrated electronic manufacturing services provider headquartered in Austin, Texas, has acquired Precision Technology (PTI). Located in Plano, Texas, PTI provides assembly and test of electronic assemblies to […]

Tom Choi is one of the satellite industry’s strong characters. A previous Via Satellite Executive of the Year when he was the CEO of ABS, he is now the executive […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) finally approved the T-Mobile and Sprint merger. According to the filing which was released on Nov. 5, the FCC believes that the merger will “yield […]

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 […]

AT&T Inc.’s DirecTV and Dish Network Corp., suffering the steepest subscriber losses in the pay-TV industry, are open to a merger and both companies believe such a deal could pass […]

Inmarsat released its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2019, in which profits fell by $326 million. According to the release, this was mainly reflecting a change in the […]

SiriusXM revealed its Q1 2019 operating and financial results, in which total revenue increased by $1.7 billion compared to the prior year period — an increase of 26 percent. According […]

Cubic acquired Nuvotronics, a technology provider of micro-fabricated Radio Frequency (RF) products, for approximately $64 million in cash. This is subject to customary adjustments, with additional earn-out payments of up to […]

Hispasat, one of the world’s biggest satellite operators, has made a significant business development. It was revealed that Red Eléctrica (REC) and Abertis have reached an agreement whereby REC, through its subsidiary […]