SES
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Global satellite operator SES has agreed to acquire Intelsat for $3.1 billion (€2.8 billion euros),
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Viettel Timor Unipessoal Lda (Telemor) and SES have renewed their eight-year partnership in which SES will support Telemor in delivering upgraded mobile connectivity to Timor-Leste.
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SES Luxembourg has joined forces with Taiwan to fortify its telecoms infrastructure during potential conflicts.
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Satellite companies proposed deal will not be taking place after three months of official talks
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After six month wait, Elon Musk’s satellite company adds another Central American market to its coverage.
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EAGLE-1 consortium lead SES has a new partner, TESAT, which will develop and integrate the Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) payload for the EAGLE-1 satellite.
Forthcoming events
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SES Space & Defense has been awarded a 5-year contract to provide satellite communications capabilities for the US Army Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WINT-T) training activities.
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Consolidation may not be enough to help legacy satellite companies like SES and Intelsat, particularly with the likes of Starlink and Amazon entering the fray.
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SES has signed multi-year capacity agreements totalling more than €75 million in backlog with several German private and public broadcasters.
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NTT has announced a multi-year partnership to use SES satellites to deliver NTT’s Edge as a Service to enterprise customers.
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Intelsat, the grandaddy of satellite companies, is talking to Luxembourg-based SES about a possible merger.
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Mexico’s electricity utility is to use satellite company SES in its ambition to provide rural internet services.
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Marlink has been awarded a Public Service Delegation contract to deliver broadband Internet and 4G/5G services via satellite networks in French Guiana.
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SES and du from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC) have successfully demonstrated the first satellite-enabled 5G backhaul in the Middle East.
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Vodafone Cook Islands is to use the new O3b mPower satellites, launched a few days ago, to extend its 4G services across the islands.
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Boeing has delivered the first two O3b mPower satellites to SES, ready for launch by SpaceX in Florida.
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SES has chosen Arianespace to launch its EAGLE-1 satellite, which will support the end-to-end secure Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) system for Europe.
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Digicel Pacific is bolstering its coverage in Papua New Guinea using SES’s O3b medium-earth orbit (MEO) satellite system.
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SES has signed a multiyear capacity renewal agreement with Claro Brasil, through Embratel, its corporate solutions division.
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The carrier and wholesale services division of e& is partnering with Microsoft and SES to host the co-located SES O3b mPOWER and Microsoft ground station in the city of Ras Al Khaimah.
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SES has launched two new satellites for new spectrum for broadcast services in the US, to help 5G operators expand their own services.
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Luxembourg-based satellite company SES is to lead a 20-company consortium to deliver a satellite system for European quantum cybersecurity.
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Digicel Pacific – now owned by Telstra – has extended its partnership with satellite company SES to provide resilient communications to Tonga, which was cut off by a volcano earlier this year.
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Christian Patouraux tells Alan Burkitt-Gray that his start-up, Kacific Broadband Satellites, provides cheaper and more effective satellite broadband than established companies. And adds that he’s planning a second, third, fourth and fifth satellite
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The company operating Vodafone-branded services in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has added a second satellite provider to support its rural coverage.
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SES has closed its US$450 million acquisition of DRS’ satellite business.
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Passengers and crew on Explora Journeys’ cruise ships will be able to pass their time with broadband from SES’s mPower satellites, the companies said today.
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The SES-22 satellite was successfully launched into space onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, SES has confirmed.
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Papua New Guinea (PNG) welcomes a new mobile service provider as Digitec Communications (Vodafone PNG) and SES partner to provide 4G and 5G mobile broadband services.
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Kazakhstan’s Kcell has successfully handed over 3G and 4G mobile signals between its terrestrial network and SES’s O3b satellites.