Eutelsat の近くに to 取引，協定 for UK 衛星 操作者 OneWeb -sources
LONDON/PARIS, July 24 (Reuters) - French 衛星 company Eutelsat is 均衡を保った to buy British 競争相手 OneWeb in a 取引，協定 that could be 発表するd as 早期に as Monday, two sources の近くに to the 交渉s said on Sunday.
The combination of the two companies would 強化する their position in the race to build a 星座 of low-軌道 衛星s, challenging the likes Elon Musk's Starlink.
The 提案するd 引き継ぎ／買収 will leave the British 政府 with a 少数，小数派 火刑／賭ける in the 商売／仕事 it 救助（する）d from 破産 in 共同 with India's Bharti 全世界の in July 2020, one of the sources said.
Eutelsat, OneWeb's second-biggest 株主 behind Bharti with a 23% 火刑／賭ける, 拒絶する／低下するd to comment. (報告（する）／憶測ing by Elizabeth Piper in London and Mathieu Rosemain in Paris Editing by David Goodman)
