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11 November, 2021

Viasat to buy Inmarsat in US$7.3bn deal, launching new broad and narrowband services including IoT

Viasat Inc., a global communications company, and Inmarsat, a provider of global mobile satellite communications services, announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Viasat will acquire Inmarsat in a transaction valued at $7.3 billion (€6.36 billion), comprised of $850.0 million (€740.37 million) in cash, approximately 46.36 million shares of Viasat common stock valued at $3.1 billion (€2.70 billion) based on the closing price on Friday November 5, 2021, and the assumption of $3.4 billion (€2.96 billion) of net debt.

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28 April, 2020

Airtel and Nokia sign multi-year deal to boost network capacity and customer experience

Nokia and Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) announced a multi-year agreement to deploy Nokia’s SRAN solution across 9 circles in India, helping Airtel to enhance the network capacity of its networks, in particular 4G, and improve customer experience. (more…)

02 March, 2020

Pekka Lundmark appointed president and CEO of Nokia

Nokia’s board of directors has appointed Pekka Lundmark as president and chief executive officer of Nokia. Lundmark is expected to start in his new role on September 1, 2020. (more…)

12 September, 2016

Ericsson announces a 5G access network – but what is 5G?

On August 31, 2016, Ericsson announced the launch of its new AIR 6468 cellular radio. Ericsson stated that together with the 5G Plug-Ins announced in June, and the (already available) Radio System Baseband 5216, it now offers all the components of a 5G access network. (more…)

19 April, 2015

The need to profit from scale drives the deal as Nokia Board agrees €15.6bn bid for Alcatel-Lucent

ANALYSIS: The merger 10 years ago of France-based Alcatel and the USA’s Lucent has been cited in the past as a shotgun marriage of ill-matched business cultures, and for a time some inside and outside the merged entity remained pessimistic about its future. So the news this week that Nokia has made a friendly bid of €15.6 billion (US$16.6 billion) for Alcatel-Lucent caused a stir. Here Jeremy Cowan examines how the deal is now being viewed. (more…)

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Viasat to buy Inmarsat in US$7.3bn deal, launching new broad and narrowband services including IoT

Airtel and Nokia sign multi-year deal to boost network capacity and customer experience

Pekka Lundmark appointed president and CEO of Nokia

Ericsson announces a 5G access network – but what is 5G?

The need to profit from scale drives the deal as Nokia Board agrees €15.6bn bid for Alcatel-Lucent

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