Marlink Acquires Customer Base from Global Eagle Entertainment

Houston, Tex., March 26, 2021--Marlink, a provider of smart hybrid network solutions, has announced the acquisition of customer contracts and assets from Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE), which has emerged from Chapter 11 restructuring. As part of this deal Marlink has taken over more than 450 VSAT sites in five continents serving large humanitarian/NGO, Embassy, Oil and Gas and Mining customers as well as GEE’s African fixed site land business.

The transaction is the result of an efficient collaboration between Marlink and GEE teams which was aimed at structuring a deal ensuring service continuity for GEE’s NGO/humanitarian and enterprise customers.

This acquisition will further strengthen Marlink’s global leadership position and momentum in the enterprise satcom market serving NGO/humanitarian, energy/mining and government customers according to the company.