Category: *Mergers, Acquisitions & Consolidation

AST SpaceMobile’s UK direct-to-cell plans use Vodafone spectrum

AST SpaceMobile’s UK direct-to-cell plans pair Vodafone spectrum with Ofcom trial conditions and beam shutdown commitments. AST SpaceMobile has notified the FCC of planned non-US direct-to-cell operations in the UK with Vodafone. The filing, dated 11 A…

Bain & Company: Telecom M&A reaches $65B in H1 2026

Bain & Company puts H1 2026 telecom deal value level with the same period in 2025, despite deal value rising 40 percent between quarters. The market recorded $27 billion in Q1 and $38 billion in Q2. 43 transactions made up the total. Concentration …

AT&T closes $23B EchoStar spectrum deal to boost 5G capacity

AT&T has closed a $23 billion acquisition of EchoStar wireless spectrum, adding mid-band and low-band capacity across the US. The transaction, first announced earlier this year, hands AT&T roughly 30 MHz of nationwide 3.45 GHz mid-band spectrum…

AT&T closes $23B EchoStar spectrum deal to boost 5G capacity

AT&T has closed a $23 billion acquisition of EchoStar wireless spectrum, adding mid-band and low-band capacity across the US. The transaction, first announced earlier this year, hands AT&T roughly 30 MHz of nationwide 3.45 GHz mid-band spectrum…

AT&T closes $23B EchoStar spectrum deal to boost 5G capacity

AT&T has closed a $23 billion acquisition of EchoStar wireless spectrum, adding mid-band and low-band capacity across the US. The transaction, first announced earlier this year, hands AT&T roughly 30 MHz of nationwide 3.45 GHz mid-band spectrum…

AT&T closes $23B EchoStar spectrum deal to boost 5G capacity

AT&T has closed a $23 billion acquisition of EchoStar wireless spectrum, adding mid-band and low-band capacity across the US. The transaction, first announced earlier this year, hands AT&T roughly 30 MHz of nationwide 3.45 GHz mid-band spectrum…

Rocket Lab buys Iridium to expand global telecom connectivity

Rocket Lab acquiring the Iridium telecom network creates a vertically-integrated satellite connectivity operator. Rocket Lab will purchase Iridium Communications in a transaction valuing the enterprise at $8 billion. The cash and stock deal prices Irid…

What Europe’s new space giant means for businesses

Businesses in Europe today depend on a constant flow of data, and an increasing amount of it comes from space. For CIOs and COOs, the stability, control, and expense of this space-based data are important business matters. But Europe’s space indu…

What Europe’s new space giant means for businesses

Businesses in Europe today depend on a constant flow of data, and an increasing amount of it comes from space. For CIOs and COOs, the stability, control, and expense of this space-based data are important business matters. But Europe’s space indu…

What Europe’s new space giant means for businesses

Businesses in Europe today depend on a constant flow of data, and an increasing amount of it comes from space. For CIOs and COOs, the stability, control, and expense of this space-based data are important business matters. But Europe’s space indu…