The four potential collaborators initially formed an equal-partnership ad-tech joint venture in 2023.
Four of Europe’s largest telecom operators are said to be in talks to create a consortium that will bid on satellite spectrums and offer direct-to-mobile service in Europe, Bloomberg reported earlier this week.
The mooted partners – Germany’s Deutsche Telekom, France’s Orange, Spain’s Telefonica and the UK-headquartered Vodafone – are expected to make a joint bid for a share of airwaves that the EU has planned to reserve for local operators in order to strengthen home-grown European sovereign satellite communication capabilities, according to Bloomberg.
The sector is currently dominated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
The talks are in early stages, sources told Bloomberg. The four potential co-bidders initially formed an equal-partnership ad-tech joint venture in 2023.
