Intelsat–SES merger gets green light from UK competition watchdog
Satellite majors receive thumbs up from the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority to go ahead with $3.1bn merger, clearing a major regulatory hurdle in their mission to build a “stronger and more competitive” multi-orbit satco.
This article includes:
- Organisations: Competition and Markets Authority (CMA); Department of Justice; Eutelsat; European Commission; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Intelsat; Lynk Global; OneWeb; SES.
- Geographies: Europe; Luxembourg; North America; United Kingdom (UK); United States of America (USA).
- Themes: 5G; Antitrust; Broadcast services; Cable TV; Communications satellites; Competition; Connectivity; Coverage; Direct-to-device (D2D); Geostationary orbit satellites (GEO); Internet service providers; Medium-Earth orbit satellites (MEO); Mergers and acquisitions (M&A); Multi-orbit strategy; Network resilience; Regulation; Satellites; Space infrastructure; Synergies; TV; Video services.
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