Intelsat Q1 loss $219m
Intelsat might be in Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring, but trading continues. The satellite operator’s revenues were $458.8 million for Q1 (to March 31st) down 13 per cent, and after interest…
Euskaltel Q1 shows financial strength
Just days after the launch of Virgin Telco, Euskaltel has posted strong financial results for the first quarter of the year. The company increased its EBITDA by 8.1 per cent,…
Tele Columbus lowers costs to up profit
Germany’s Tele Columbus has reported flat year-on-year turnover of €115 million for the first quarter. But EBITDA was up 17 per cent to €55.5 million on lower non-recurring costs. Declines…
Eutelsat Q3 ‘finally delivering’
Eutelsat’s Q3 numbers were “in line with expectations [and] a return to quarter-on-quarter growth with ongoing signs of commercial dynamism in emerging markets with a new DTH platform in Sub-Saharan…
MásMóvil confident in hitting guidance despite Covid
MásMóvil Group has presented its results for the first quarter of the year in which the Company continues with strong performance in customer acquisition despite the restrictions imposed by Covid-19…
Mediaset Q1 hit by ad slump
Mediaset has released an interim report for the first quarter of 2020. The Group’s performance in the first quarter reflects the sharp slowdown in the advertising market that began in…
Maxar “multiple C-band” satellite order
Maxar Technologies, announcing its Q1 results, says it has received a “multi-hundred million dollar contract award to build multiple satellites”. Maxar would not divulge the client but it is widely…
SES: “Struggling to square the circle”
Comments from analysts at Berenberg Bank on satellite operator SES and its Q1 results are not positive. The bank says that while the overall numbers from SES were broadly in…
Vodafone Spain: Revenues down, subs up
Vodafone Spain saw its revenues fall by 8 per cent to €4.29 billion in the last fiscal year (ended in March) but managed to reduce its losses by 88.5 per…
Gogo tumbles to a loss
With air travel decimated it is hardly a surprise that In-Flight connectivity and broadband supplier Gogo has declared a loss for its Q1 trading (to March 31st). The company said…
Dish: “Hard at work on wireless”
Erik Carlson, CEO at US DTH operator Dish Network, says the company is hard at work on its wireless initiatives. “The wireless team continues to make progress on a standalone…
SES “fairly confident” over C-band progression
SES CEO Steve Collar delivered a confident report to analysts at its Q1/2020 results on May 7th, and there was much focus from analysts on whether the FCC’s proposed C-band…
BT: £12bn full fibre investment
BT has announced what it describes as “the UK’s biggest communications infrastructure investment in a generation”. Philip Jansen, Chief Executive, commenting on the telco’s Year End results, said that BT…
SES: ‘Networks’ now 40% of revenues
The headline news from the latest SES results is that its ‘Networks’ business now represents more than 40 per cent of its business overall, and that the division has enjoyed…
DISH Network sheds 413,000 subs in Q1
DISH Network, the US pay-TV broadcaster, has reported revenue totaling $3.22 billion for the quarter ending March 31st 2020, compared to $3.19 billion (€2.9bn) for the corresponding period in 2019.…