Key milestones and contract awards are improving the outlook for non-GEO satcoms in a post-pandemic era, prompting a fresh look at a market labelled highly speculative over the past decade. With Brexit in the rearview mirror and digital sovereignty rising to the top of the agenda, the European Commission has picked a group of terrestrial telcos and satellite companies to develop a space-based connectivity system.
The feasibility study will consider a public-public-private partnership (PPP) for a network that could compete with...