Google’s US$500m acquisition of Earth observation startup Skybox Imaging five years ago opened many doors for the bourgeoning newspace market. Satellite technology has been raising record levels of VC funding since the deal helped catapult the sector’s profile for a new investor class.

It is often celebrated as the market’s most notable exit, even though just two and a half years later a u-turn would...

Telecoms operators shifting their core networks from hardware-based to cloud-native are increasingly relying on software vendors to reduce operational costs.

Connectivity analysts expect network virtualisation to accelerate during 5G as more...