Nick Lapato, former director of network operations center at Inmarsat Government, has been named senior vice president of program management at the Reston, Virginia-based telecommunications services provider, according to a LinkedIn post published Wednesday. He oversaw the company’s network operations center for more than a year after serving ...
Viasat (Nasdaq: VSAT) has closed its acquisition of U.K.-based satellite communication services provider Inmarsat as part of a move to bring additional satcom offerings to the government and other sectors. “The combination of our companies brings together the people, technology, innovation, network assets, spectrum resources and global partner...
A consortium of shareholders that purchased U.K.-based satellite communication services provider Inmarsat in 2019 nominated CEO Rajeev Suri and Chairman Andrew Sukawaty to serve as members of the board of directors of Viasat (Nasdaq: VSAT) upon completion of the two companies’ merger. Suri and Sukawaty will step down from their roles once Vias...
Viasat (Nasdaq: VSAT) is set to close the acquisition of U.K.-based satellite communication services provider Inmarsat by the end of May after the European Commission issued unconditional clearance to the approximately $7.3 billion transaction. The commission said Thursday it concluded that the deal would not impact competition in the broadband in-f...
The Federal Communications Commission has given Viasat (Nasdaq: VSAT) the go-ahead to continue its estimated $7.3 billion acquisition of Inmarsat. FCC issued “unconditional” clearance to the proposed combination and both satellite service providers aim to complete the deal later this month, according to a joint statement released Friday. The com...
The U.K. government has approved the planned merger between Viasat (Nasdaq: VSAT) and British satellite services provider Inmarsat following the completion of an in-depth review. In November 2021, Viasat agreed to acquire Inmarsat in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at approximately $3.9 billion as part of efforts to provide a global hybrid netwo...
The U.K. government has provisionally cleared the planned merger between Viasat (Nasdaq: VSAT) and British satellite services provider Inmarsat following the completion of a Phase 2 review, which found that the combined entity is likely to face competition from existing and emerging companies as the satellite communications sector expands. In Novemb...
The U.K. government has approved Viasat’s (Nasdaq: VSAT) proposed acquisition of Inmarsat under the National Security and Investment Act. Mark Dankberg, executive chairman and CEO of Viasat, said in a statement published Friday Viasat has been a partner of U.K. national security and defense communities for over 10 years, particularly in the delive...
Inmarsat‘s U.S. government subsidiary has won a potential 10-year, $979.8 million contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide a managed satellite communications service to the U.S. Navy. The Defense Information Technology Organization received two proposals for the follow-on Commercial Broadband Satellite Program Satellite ...
Inmarsat‘s U.S. business arm was awarded a potential 10-year, $578.4 million follow-on contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency for services in support of modernizing the Military Sealift Command fleet’s satellite systems and other communications infrastructure. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract requires In...
