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  • Thursday, 19 June, 2025
    France to double stake in Eutelsat as Europe looks for rival to Elon Musk’s Starlink

    Deal risks leaving UK as bit-part player in OneWeb which government rescued from bankruptcy in 2020

    Eutelsat satellite dishes are arranged in a network
  • Monday, 5 May, 2025
    Eutelsat names new chief as Europe’s Starlink rival seeks to unlock funding

    Outgoing CEO confirms company is looking ‘to adjust our governance and shareholder structure’

    Eva Berneke
  • Friday, 21 March, 2025
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    Danke memes: have Eurostonks finally found their rizz?

    (How many headlines do you write per day that would kill a Victorian child?)

  • Tuesday, 4 March, 2025
    Starlink rival in talks to boost satellite services to Ukraine

    Eutelsat shares surge as investors bet that European competitor could replace Elon Musk’s company

    Technicians and media personnel observe a part of the Eutelsat Quantum satellite
  • Friday, 7 February, 2025
    Satellites
    Investors fret over Eutelsat and SES finances as Starlink threat looms

    Growing competition from US rivals weighs on indebted European satellite operators

    SpaceX launches a pre-dawn (under a crescent moon) a Falcon 9 rocket in Lompoc, California
  • Monday, 23 September, 2024
    Eutelsat explores partnerships to fund Europe’s space-based network

    Chief executive says new partners needed if EU constellation project fails to reach agreement

    OneWeb satellite
  • Monday, 10 April, 2023
    LexSpace industry
    OneWeb/Eutelsat: sky-high terminal cost brings valuation down to earth Premium content

    The need for scale is why OneWeb is combining with French group Eutelsat and seeking a London listing

    A rocket carrying satellites of UK company OneWeb blasts off from a launchpad in the Amur region of Russia
  • Tuesday, 26 July, 2022
    News in-depthSpace industry
    Moonshot: can Eutelsat compete in a space race with Bezos and Musk?

    Merger of French satellite operator and money-losing OneWeb shows pressure old order faces from challengers

    The new group will bring together Eutelsat’s big geostationary satellites with OneWeb’s smaller, low-earth orbit satellites
  • Tuesday, 26 July, 2022
    Eutelsat boss battles to convince investors of OneWeb deal

    Shares in French satellite operator have tumbled since it revealed plans for a tie-up with UK’s OneWeb

    Eutelsat’s Konnect satellite
  • Monday, 25 July, 2022
    #techFT
    Anglo-French concordance on Big Tech space threat Premium content

    Fibre shortage, Voyager spurns FTX, DJI’s mini drone

  • Monday, 25 July, 2022
    Lex
    Eutelsat/OneWeb: rumoured terms bring satellite deal down to earth Premium content

    The French satellite communications company lacks growth but has the finances to pay for some with OneWeb

    Eutelsat’s logo outside the company’s headquarters in Issy-les-Moulineaux, near Paris, France
  • Monday, 25 July, 2022
    Satellites
    Eutelsat shares tumble after confirming OneWeb deal talks

    Merger of French and UK satellite operators aims to create stronger competitor in space connectivity

    Eutelsat’s Konnect satellite
  • Sunday, 24 July, 2022
    UK and France to get board seats in planned Eutelsat and OneWeb tie-up

    Deal would create satellite operator that could take on Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk in space-based connectivity

    Thales Alenia space’s engineers work on Eutelsat’s Konnect Satellite
  • Saturday, 23 July, 2022
    Space industry
    France’s Eutelsat nears deal to buy UK satellite company OneWeb

    Deal will bring together British, French and Chinese governments in competition with Musk’s Starlink

    A Russian launch vehicle takes-off with 34 OneWeb satellites from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in March, 2020
  • Wednesday, 6 October, 2021
    Business InsightPeggy Hollinger
    Why France’s cable billionaire may need to change course to reach the stars

    Drahi’s stalking of satellite operator Eutelsat raises speculation over debt-funded industry consolidation

  • Thursday, 30 September, 2021
    Eutelsat rejects unsolicited bid from telecoms billionaire Patrick Drahi

    Shares jump after commercial satellite operator decides ‘not to engage in discussions’ based on terms of proposal

    A rocket lifts off carrying an Eutelsat satellite
  • Monday, 24 May, 2021
    EU questions Eutelsat for taking stake in OneWeb

    Breton’s comments likely to further inflame tensions between Brussels and London over space projects

    OneWeb satellites
  • Tuesday, 27 April, 2021
    Space industry
    Space race with Musk heats up as Eutelsat takes stake in OneWeb

    European group intensifies battle with SpaceX to deliver broadband from satellites

    A Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying 36 OneWeb satellites
  • Wednesday, 17 February, 2021
    Lex
    Eutelsat: underperforming flying object Premium content

    A dependence on satellite broadcasting revenues has become a weakness as streaming proliferates

  • Tuesday, 26 June, 2018
    LexEuropean companies
    Inmarsat/Eutelsat: making waves Premium content

    French group folds, giving EchoStar chance to show hand for UK satellite group

    An employee passes a screen showing a world map of satellite usage distribution at the Network Operations Centre (NOC) at Inmarsat Plc's headquarters in London, U.K., on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. Inmarsat Plc awarded Arianespace SA a contract to launch a satellite that will bring Wi-Fi to airplanes because its original partner Space Exploration Technologies Corp. is still recovering from an explosion in September. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
  • Tuesday, 26 June, 2018
    Satellites
    Eutelsat rules out bid for British satellite rival Inmarsat

    Takeover by French group would have faced significant political resistance in UK

    An employee works at a computer terminal inside the Satellite Control Centre (SCC) at Inmarsat Plc's headquarters in London, U.K., on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. Inmarsat Plc awarded Arianespace SA a contract to launch a satellite that will bring Wi-Fi to airplanes because its original partner Space Exploration Technologies Corp. is still recovering from an explosion in September. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
  • Monday, 25 June, 2018
    Satellites
    Bidding war looms over UK satellite group Inmarsat

    Eutelsat’s interest follows ‘highly preliminary’ offer from EchoStar of the US

    FILE PHOTO: Member of staff at satellite communications company Inmarsat point to a section of the screen showing the southern Indian Ocean to the west of Australia, at their headquarters in London, Britain, March 25, 2014. REUTERS/FILE/Andrew Winning/File Photo
  • Friday, 6 April, 2018
    Satellites
    Orange in deal to beam satellite broadband to Europe

    Eutelsat venture is latest sign of telecoms groups looking to space to expand reach

    Europe as seen from space.
									
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  • Thursday, 12 October, 2017
    Satellites
    ViaSat plans legal action in UK over Inmarsat airline broadband

    Californian group upset rival aims to use mobile licence to operate network on planes

    Pedestrians pass through the Old Street roundabout subway against a backdrop of the Inmarsat Plc headquarters in London, U.K., on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017
  • Thursday, 22 September, 2016
    News in-depthSatellites
    Trouble on the horizon for satellite industry

    Launchpad failures and a supply glut mean consolidation is likely

    An explosion on the launch site of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is shown in this still image from video in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. September 1, 2016. U.S. Launch Report/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE. MANDATORY CREDIT. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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