Blue Origin launch catastrophe means Kuiper is cooked! How will AMZN drone-deliver its packages now? Yet more evidence that the #SPCX moat is real and durable.
$SATS - what happened to the DBS bond restructuring announced in SATS's March 8-K filing? Seems we should be getting a status update soon. Are TPG and SATS hard at work behind the scenes?
@dan_tmt SATS needed to quash the bonds' de facto veto over a DBS acquisition of DTV (which is the reverse of Origo's thesis). My bet is SATS takes control of the combined entity, as what other exit does TPG have for DTV? This would crystalize $5-$10bn equity value for SATS.
Still think an interesting announcement poss for $SATS in Paris, even after the AWS-4 sale. Maybe $SATS (Hughes+'5G Core') will provide the operating system for Starlink's BB D2D ambitions? Who else has all the pieces already in place? And on brand for Ergen to keep building...
Let's add these to the prior list of potential $SATS September 'surprises':
-- new iPhone reveal
-- Boost spin-out
-- EU MSS partner
Will be interesting!
Happy LDW...with a keen eye on the next three weeks for $SATS!
More spectrum sales?
Spectrum complete liquidation?
More color on Wideband LEO D2D?
Anchor D2D partners announced in Paris?
DBS><DTV rekindling?
Will be interesting!
Happy LDW...with a keen eye on the next three weeks for $SATS!
More spectrum sales?
Spectrum complete liquidation?
More color on Wideband LEO D2D?
Anchor D2D partners announced in Paris?
DBS><DTV rekindling?
Will be interesting!
@dan_tmt Hard to argue with Dan's close reading of the announcements, though perhaps the $T deal allows keeping the not non-economic tower sites, which would be a bullish outcome for cash flow, and less disappointing.
@dan_tmt Great notes as usual. And a great day for SATS. My bet: Ergen still needs something to do (he'll never retire), so the D2D plan outlined on the last quarterly call stays intact. Now that debt is resolved, it opens the way for a name-brand partner like AMZN/MSFT to JV the LEOs