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TRX Consultant says Amazon may acquire Viasat amid satellite competition with SpaceX
Satellite consultant Tim Farrar said Amazon could soon announce an acquisition of Viasat, mainly for its international spectrum holdings, and that AST SpaceMobile has tried to assemble a rival bid. Farrar also said SpaceX could announce an acquisition of EchoStar's remaining business as soon as next week. The claims come from Farrar's note titled "Prepare for the Musk vs Bezos cage fight," following the Satellite Innovation conference in California.
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| Asset | Price at first report | 6h before | 1h before | 1h after | 6h after | 1h move vs normal | 24h volume vs median |
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| AMZN | $254.65 | +0.45% | +0.21% | −3.0% | −3.9% | 4.7σ | – |
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What the sources claim
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Consultant Tim Farrar expects Amazon to soon announce an acquisition of Viasat, mainly for its international spectrum holdings.
“the expectation that Amazon will soon announce the acquisition of Viasat, mainly for their international spectrum holdings”
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AST SpaceMobile has tried to assemble a rival bid for Viasat, per Farrar.
“ASTS has tried to assemble a rival bid, satellite consultant Tim Farrar said”
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Farrar said SpaceX could announce an acquisition of EchoStar's remaining business as soon as next week.
“SpaceX could announce an acquisition of EchoStar’s remaining business as soon as next week”
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Farrar said a Viasat deal would combine its Ka-band GEO business with Amazon Leo and strengthen Amazon's government and aviation position. AMZN
“combine Viasat’s Ka-band GEO business with Amazon Leo, and strengthen Amazon’s position in the government and aviation market”
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