Vodafone playing the satco market despite $1bn SpaceMobile bet
R&D lead Luke Ibbetson talks up billion-dollar investment in SpaceMobile, but Vodafone is playing matchmaker, not kingmaker. The Group’s ‘pragmatic’ approach to telco-satco partnerships, determined by customer demand and technical requirements comes as the industry evolves, with consolidation and strategic pivots increasing…
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- Themes: Commercial agreement; Direct-to-device (D2D); Fixed wireless access; Internet of Things (IoT); Merger and acquisition (M&A); Mobile backhaul; Remote enterprise connectivity; Satellite-based broadband; Service diversification; Strategic investment; Telco–satco partnerships; Terrestrial network extension.
- Events: 5G Unwrapped; European D2D joint venture; MSS spectrum acquisition; SpaceMobile funding rounds; Starlink spectrum buyout; Vodafone–SpaceMobile deal; Vodacom–Starlink tie-up.
- People: Luke Ibbetson; Tim Hatt.
- Geographic: Africa; Australia; Europe.
- Organisations: Amazon Leo; AST SpaceMobile; Eutelsat; GSMA; Intelsat; Iridium Communications; Lynk Global; SES; Space42; Starlink; TelcoTitans; TPG Telecom; Viasat; Vodafone; Vodacom.
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