Satellite giants go to war over European Aviation Network

ViaSat has hijacked rival Inmarsat’s Q4 earnings announcement with an attack on its use of the 2 GHz band for aeronautical, rather than terrestrial, coverage.
This row has been smouldering for a while as Inmarsat was granted a 2 GHz license years ago but, according to ViaSat, just for things like rural and emergency services connectivity. Inmarsat is now using it to set up the European Aviation Network on partnership with DT and ViaSat reckons that’s anticompetitive as that use-case