SES
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Global satellite operator SES has agreed to acquire Intelsat for $3.1 billion (€2.8 billion euros), -
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.
