Buy Me Up Before You Gogo

Craig Foster & Summer Staninski In a recent blog, we examined the collapse of SmartSky Networks and speculated on how other aviation players might react to the fast-advancing Starlink. Now, just weeks later, long-time SmartSky adversary, Gogo, has announced its acquisition of Satcom Direct, confirming predictions of further industry consolidation. In this follow-up piece, we…

Press Release: Maritime Connectivity Retail Revenues Amounted to $2.1 billion in 2023

Introducing Valour Consultancy’s industry-recognised maritime report: “The Future of Maritime Connectivity – 2024”. This is the fifth edition of the study, following our highly popular 2022 report which offers an in-depth analysis of the evolving landscape of connectivity in the maritime industry, highlighting significant changes that have occurred over the last two years.    The “battle…

The Butterfly Effect of SITA Acquiring Materna IPS

SITA’s announcement that it is buying the self-bag drop vendor, Materna IPS, is the third major acquisition in the airport technology space this year and will undoubtedly leave some of the competition considering what their response should be.   Worth noting is that this deal is a little different to Amadeus’ acquisition of Vision-Box, or Entrust’s…