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Global Eagle to collaborate on Telesat LEO constellation
Inflight connectivity provider Global Eagle will help Telesat in design and test the operator’s low Earth orbit satellite constellation, the companies announced May 15.
Global Eagle raises $150 million, appoints new CEO
Satellite connectivity provider Global Eagle Entertainment on March 8 announced $150 million in fresh capital from a private investment firm and the appointment of its second chief executive in 13 months.
SES enters Ka-band airline connectivity market with Thales Avionics as customer
Satellite fleet operator SES, in a direct challenge to competitors ViaSat, Eutelsat and Inmarsat, is investing $500 million in a large, all-Ka-band spot beam high-throughput satellite to launch over the Americas in 2020 for aeronautical connectivity and other mobility applications, industry officials said.
Global Eagle Entertainment reports record aircraft-connectivity installations
Aeronautical and maritime satellite connectivity provider Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) on Aug. 8 reported record installations of its Airconnect gear during the three months ending June 30 and said its newly acquired Emerging Markets Communications (EMC) was key to an order from Avianca Airlines affiliate Avianca Brasil.
What’s SES doing with its $1.6-billion satellite investment war chest?
Satellite fleet operator SES on July 29 said the cash it has set aside for new satellites may be spent as much on additional satellites for its just-acquired O3b Networks medium-Earth-orbit constellation as on a global Ka-band mobile broadband constellation to rival competitors ViaSat and Inmarsat.
Gogo says it won big airline connectivity contract on service merits, not price
In-flight connectivity provider Gogo Inc. on May 23 denied that it won a recent competition against Inmarsat and Panasonic Avionics by offering what industry officials said was rock-bottom pricing, saying the competition with Inmarsat, at least, presented customer International Airlines Groupe (IAG) with an obvious choice.
Aircraft satellite connectivity buys maritime with GEE’s $550 million purchase of EMC
Aeronautical content and satellite-connectivity provider Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) on May 9 said it would purchase maritime satellite services provider EMC for $550 million in the latest consolidation in the mobile satellite business.
