Hispasat

Hispasat

http://www.hispasat.com
https://www.linkedin.com/company/hispasat/

Hispasat, a privately owned company headquartered in Spain, and a subsidiary of Redeia with a subsidiary named Hispamar, founded in 1989, employs approximately 230 individuals, and reported $221.5M in revenue as of 2025. It operates as a tier 1 media tech buyer. The company specializes in telecoms, operating Spanish communications satellites for audiovisual content distribution and providing digital and cable broadcasting services within Spain.

2025 Revenue

Founded

1989

Headcount

433

Headquarters

Spain

Primary Segment

Telecoms

Ownership

Privately Owned

Deployments

1

News Summary:

Indra Group reported an acceleration in activity for the first half of 2026, with its Defence, Space, and Air Traffic Management (ATM) sectors driving growth and its order book reaching an all-time high. Earlier, on July 13, 2026, Hispasat inaugurated a project to connect 80 towns in Castilla, installing 209 antennas to improve internet coverage. Funded by the Provincial Council of Ciudad Real, the initiative positions the region as a European leader in using satellite technology to combat depopulation and ensure territorial cohesion. Previously, in December 2025, Hispasat and Portuguese telecommunications company NOS signed a multi-year agreement renewing their satellite television distribution service (DTH) across Portugal, including its archipelagos. This extended their over 20-year alliance for the service. This agreement followed Indra Group's General Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting on November 27, 2025, which approved the acquisition of 89.68% of Hispasat's social capital.

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Hispasat offers 6 products in the telecoms tech, media tech, media and telecoms services and connectivity and cloud industries. Hispasat's product portfolio comprises of enterprise connectivity services, telecoms network infrastructure, connectivity and distribution services and telecoms.

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Hispasat's revenues were less than $250M in 2025. Caretta Research has split Hispasat's revenue into 6 different product categories, the largest of which is consumer broadband. For full access to Hispasat's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.

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Jul

31st

2026

03:12

B2B Tag, Regulations and Policies

Hispasat's Arganda del Rey teleport achieves WTA Tier 4 certification

The World Teleport Association (WTA) has granted Tier 4 Full certification to Hispasat's Arganda del Rey teleport near Madrid, the highest level in the industry body's independent assessment scheme. The designation, which will remain valid for three years, follows an on-site audit that validated the facility's infrastructure, redundancy and operational procedures against the programme's rigorous standards.

Jul

29th

2026

11:11

Emerging Tech, Funding Activities, B2B Tag, Funding

Spain Bets $2.3B on Military Satellite Sovereignty as IRIS2 Enters Critical Phase

Spain's Defense Ministry disclosed Wednesday a formal budget of €1.6 billion to €2 billion (approximately $1.82 billion to $2.28 billion) for a national sovereign military satellite communications constellation that will be integrated into the European Union's IRIS2 network — the bloc's most ambitious answer yet to Europe's battlefield dependence on Starlink.

Jul

23rd

2026

05:30

Management Changes, Financial Results, Emerging Tech, B2B Tag, Management Changes, Mergers and Acquisitions, Financial Performance

Indra Group accelerates its growth in the first half of the year and consolidates its focus on defence and technology

Defence and Space lead growth Order book at an all-time high Improved profitability Indra Group closed the first half of 2026 with a clear acceleration in its activity, driven by the dynamism of the Defence, Space and Air Traffic Management (ATM) sectors, as well as by the incorporation of new companies into the group.

Jul

13th

2026

08:24

New Offerings, B2B Tag, New Offerings

HispaSat inaugurates the project that connects 80 towns in Castilla

This will improve internet coverage with the installation of 209 antennas. The initiative is fully funded by the Provincial Council of Ciudad Real and positions the region at the forefront of Europe in the use of satellite technology as a structural tool to combat depopulation and ensure territorial cohesion.

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Jan

28th

2026

04:07

Starlink alternative: EU deploys its first satellite network, Ukraine requests access - Bloomberg

The European Union has for the first time launched a part of its own secure satellite communication network as part of a €10.6 billion program aimed at creating an alternative to Starlink and reducing reliance on US support amid growing tensions, Bloomberg reports, writes UNN .

Ukrainian News Agency

Dec

3rd

2025

18:30

Partnerships and Alliances, B2B Tag

Hispasat and NOS sign a multi-year agreement for satellite television distribution

December 4, 2025 Both companies thus consolidate their alliance of more than 20 years for the provision of this service throughout Portugal. Hispasat and NOS, the Portuguese telecommunications company, have renewed their satellite television distribution service (DTH) throughout the national territory, including its archipelagos, with a multi-year agreement.

Nov

27th

2025

18:30

Business Expansion, Partnerships and Alliances, Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

The General Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting of Indra Group Approves the Acquisition of 89.68% of Hispasat

[Translated] ["The General Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting of Indra Group, held today in second call at the company's headquarters in Alcobendas, Madrid, has approved the acquisition of 89.68% of Hispasat S.A.'s social capital with the support

Nov

5th

2025

18:30

Hispasat provides 55 satellite access sites to support reconstruction efforts in Jamaica following Hurricane Melissa

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Jun

17th

2025

18:30

Procurement and Sales,

Hispasat and ESA agree to develop the first QKD system combining the delivery of quantum keys from GEO and LEO orbits

June 18, 2025 Q-Design is made up of a consortium of 15 companies and organizations that will be responsible for developing this pioneering project and designing services that provide value to the end user. The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced an agreement with Hispasat for the development of the initial phase of Q-Design, the first project worldwide to combine Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) through geostationary and low orbit satellites and terrestrial infrastructure.

Jan

22nd

2025

18:30

New Offerings, IoT,

Hispasat incorporates IOTLatam's sensors and analytics into its Tower Insight solution

January 23, 2025 This solution allows continuous monitoring of the status of the cellular towers thanks to the information captured through sensors and uploaded to a web platform that can be integrated with other customer management tools Tower Insight is available to telco customers in Latin America, Europe and Africa.

Jan

20th

2025

18:30

Thales Alenia Space and Hispasat start the development of the world’s first quantum key distribution system capacity from geostationary orbit

January 21, 2025 • The QKD-GEO mission is the most advanced civil project in the world in this area. It will produce unhackable ground-orbit keys that not even the most advanced quantum computers will be able to break.

Dec

17th

2024

19:10

Procurement and Sales

Europe Stakes Its Claim in Space with Rival to Starlink

The European Union signed contracts on Monday for a €10.6 billion satellite project aimed at rivaling Elon Musk’s Starlink, with plans to launch 290 satellites by 2030 as concerns grow over space-based communications sovereignty. The IRIS2 constellation will be built through a public-private partnership involving Luxembourg’s SES SA, France’s Eutelsat SA, and Spain’s Hispasat SA.

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