Providence Equity Partners completes of the acquisition of a majority shareholding  from Apax Partners SAS.
 Under the agreement terms, Apax will retain a significant minority shareholding in Marlink, and the current management team and Ardian have also committed to minority interests.

With IBC Show set to return to the RAI Amsterdam this September after two years of virtual formats, IBC (International Broadcasting Convention) announced&

Impulse Space  today announced it has secured US$ 10 million in funding by Lux Capital, the venture capital firm focused on emerging science and technology ventures. Following the recently raised US$ 20 million seed round funding led by Founders Fund, this sets Impulse on an accelerated path toward its mission to provide agile, economic capabilities to access any orbit according to the company.

The world’s largest Africa-focused technology and telecommunications event turns 25 this year and is set to return to Cape Town, South Africa in November after a 2-year digital hiatus. Africa Tech Festival, home of AfricaCom, will welcome exhibitors, delegates, and policy makers from all over the world from 7 – 11 November 2022, to continue shaping the continent’s digital transformation and progress.

Comtech today reported results for the third quarter ended April 30, 2022.  Consolidated net sales were US$ 122.1 million, up 1.4% sequentially from Q2 2022 and Adjusted EBITDA  of US$ 11.2 million, a 14.3% sequential increase.

The Asia Video Industry Association was finally able to host its annual Satellite Industry Forum in-person in Singapore on 31st May 2022 after a two-year hiatus, bringing together over 120 delegates from around the world and some of the satellite industry's most foremost leaders.

The June 2022 issue of the Satellite Executive Briefing magazine focusing on the Asia-Pacific market sponsored by Comtech is now available.  

Featuring: A Rising Chinese Space Sector: Expectations vs. Reality by Blaine Curcio

Innovations in Satellite Technology by Elisabeth Tweedie

Securing Spectrum Authorization by Rotoiti International

Cancelling Interference in Asia by Alvaro Sanchez

Where a Paycheck and the Supply Chain Meet by Lou Zacharilla

Singapore Calling!  by Martin Jarrold

Better Satellite World Series: Fighting Fires with Satellite

PLUS Products and Services MarketPlace Guide to Satellite Asia 2022, Singapore, Mergers and Acquisitions, Executive Moves, Market Briefs, Vital Statistics and many more. Click here to read or download the file.

NSR’s Satellite Capacity Pricing Index, 8^th Edition finds Satellite Operators sitting at a crossroads of multiple macro-economic headwinds, external competitive pressures, and supply chain challenges, driving need for innovative strategies. As pricing stabilizes in Q2 2022, technology efficiencies, supply-demand gap and macro-economic factors trigger increasingly complex pricing negotiations.

I am not an economist but rather a keen observer.  I know how to watch a 401k fall to the bottom of an elevator shaft. 

I am also a patient listener. I heard my financial advisor say that “market capitulation is right around the corner and NOW is the time to get back in.” The only thing that went right around the corner is the back of that bus that hit the global economy.  The result has been the Great Strangling of the supply chain. For those who protested against the evils of “globalization,” how you feeling now?

Astrocast, a nanosatellite IoT network operator, today announced the signing of an agreement to acquire Hiber, a Netherlands-based, IoT-as-a-Service provider. Under the agreement, Astrocast agreed to acquire all of Hiber’s shares in exchange for the issuance of new Astrocast shares, representing 16.5% of Astrocast’s share capital, calculated prior to its previously announced public offering on Euronext Growth Paris. Hiber’s shareholders also agreed to invest €10.45 million in Astrocast’s public offering.