by UBS

Can an Anglo-French challenger compete with space billionaires?

Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos both want to deliver lucrative high-speed internet services from space, but as the FT’s Peggy Hollinger explains, a new Anglo-French player is making plans to strengthen their position in the market. OneWeb and Eutelsat will join forces to challenge the billionaires, but Eutelsat’s decision to suspend dividends to pay for upgrading and expanding the fleet has some shareholders seeing red.

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