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Telesat's competitors and similar companies include ORBCOMM and Kymeta.

	Telesat Telesat (formerly known as Telesat Canada) is a satellite operator providing voice, data, video, and internet communications solutions.	ORBCOMM ORBCOMM is a company that provides information and communications technology (ICT) and IoT technology solutions.	Kymeta Kymeta is a company that provides broadband satellite connectivity solutions.
Founding Date	Founding Date 1969	Founding Date 1993	Founding Date 2012
Type	Type Public	Type Private	Type Private
Tags	Tags Mobile & Telecommunications broadband connectivity satellite wireless	Tags Mobile & Telecommunications connectivity internet of things monitoring	Tags Mobile & Telecommunications broadband cables connectivity satellite
Locations	Locations Ottawa, CA HQ Rio De Janeiro, BR Singapore, SG London, GB Arlington, US Bethesda, US	Locations Rochelle Park, US HQ Ottawa, CA Bonn, DE Hong Kong, HK Hyderabad, IN Galway, IE Tokyo, JP see more	Locations Redmond, US HQ Mc Lean, US Woodinville, US
Employees	Employees 61024% increase	Employees 867	Employees 225
Valuation ($)	Valuation ($) 655.4 m	Valuation ($) 1.1 b	Valuation ($) 614.6 m
Financial
Revenue (est.)	Revenue (est.) $418m (FY, 2025)	Revenue (est.) $248.5m (FY, 2020)	Revenue (est.) N/A
Cost of goods	Cost of goods $22.7m (FY, 2025)	Cost of goods $114.7m (FY, 2020)	Cost of goods N/A
Gross profit	Gross profit $395.2m (FY, 2025)	Gross profit $133.7m (FY, 2020)	Gross profit N/A
Net income	Net income ($530.2m) (FY, 2025)	Net income ($33.8m) (FY, 2020)	Net income N/A
Operating ⚠
Industries Served	Industries Served N/A	Industries Served 5 (May, 2020)	Industries Served 4 (Aug, 2024)
Funding
Latest funding round	Latest funding round N/A	Latest funding round $ 110m (about 20 years ago)	Latest funding round $ 30m (about 5 years ago)
Total funding raised	Total funding raised N/A	Total funding raised $ 110m	Total funding raised $ 546.5m