Add-on Acquisition • Communications

BT Group Acquires Comsat International

On April 20, 2007, BT Group acquired communications company Comsat International

Acquisition Context

This is BT Group’s 4th transaction in the Communications sector.
This is BT Group’s 6th transaction in the United States.
This is BT Group’s 1st transaction in Virginia.

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M&A Deal Summary
Date	April 20, 2007
Target	Comsat International
Sector	Communications
Buyer(s)	BT Group
Deal Type	Add-on Acquisition

Target Company

Comsat International

McLean, Virginia, United States

The company has its own extensive regional network and also provides customers with datacentre, hosting and security services. The primary goal of COMSAT was to serve as a public, federally funded corporation intended to develop a commercial and international satellite communication system press

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Buyer

BT Group

London, United Kingdom

Category	Company
Founded	1980
Sector	Communications
Employees	85,300
Revenue	20.4B GBP (2025)

DESCRIPTION

BT Group is a provider of telecommunications networks and services. BT Group was founded in 1980 and is based in London, England.

Deal Context for Buyer	#
Overall	9 of 21
Sector: Communications	4 of 6
Type: Add-on Acquisition	8 of 18
State: Virginia	1 of 1
Country: United States	6 of 7
Year: 2007	3 of 3

PREVIOUS DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2007-02-02	International Network Services Santa Clara, California, United States International Network Services Inc has a proven business model in the networked IT services space that we will replicate around the world,” said Andy Green, CEO of BT Global Services in a statement.	Buy	£100M

DATE

TARGET

DEAL TYPE

VALUE

2007-02-02

International Network Services

Santa Clara, California, United States

International Network Services Inc has a proven business model in the networked IT services space that we will replicate around the world,” said Andy Green, CEO of BT Global Services in a statement.

Buy

£100M

FOLLOWING DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2008-02-01	BT Fresca United Kingdom Fresca provides fully managed and hosted e-commerce services to over 20 retailers and e-tailers .The Fresca commerce platform offers complete web-store flexibility.	Buy	-

DATE

TARGET

DEAL TYPE

VALUE

2008-02-01

BT Fresca

United Kingdom

Fresca provides fully managed and hosted e-commerce services to over 20 retailers and e-tailers .The Fresca commerce platform offers complete web-store flexibility.

Buy

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