by David Todd | May 31, 2019 | Satellites, Seradata News
As part of its follow-on to its original Global Xpress offering, the mobile communications services operator Inmarsat has ordered three new 3,000kg class satellites from Airbus Defence and Space (Airbus DS). The software defined high throughput Ka-band communications...
by Matt Wilson | May 14, 2019 | Finance, Seradata News
On 10 May 2019, a 77 per cent majority of Inmarsat plc shareholders agreed to the purchase of the company by a private consortium, Connect Bidco Limited (Bidco), formed for this purpose. The deal is expected to be completed by the end of 2019. The purchasing...
by Matt Wilson | Mar 20, 2019 | Finance, Seradata News
UK-based Inmarsat plc, a global provider of MSS (Mobile Satellite Service) satellite communications, announced on 19 March, that it had received a non-binding cash offer from the Triton consortium of private investors. Triton’s takeover bid values Inmarsat at US$3.3...
by Matt Wilson | Jul 6, 2018 | Finance, Seradata News
After having their initial offer rebuffed by Inmarsat, EchoStar has made a second bid for the company just before the end of the statutory 28-day deadline – on 6 July – which started following their first offer. This second or “Improved...
by Matt Wilson | Jun 19, 2018 | Finance, Seradata News
It has been made public that in early-June, major American satellite operator EchoStar Corp. made an “indicative non-binding proposal” to acquire British Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) provider Inmarsat plc. In a document published by Inmarsat,they...
