WeltN24, subsidiary of Axel Springer will be launching a new free-to-air high-definition (HD) channel – BILD – in August via SES’s prime ASTRA neighbourhood 19.2 degrees East in a new multi-year capacity agreement, both companies announced today. The new agreement will continue to see SES broadcast Welt and N24 Doku, two channels that are owned […]
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Communities living across the eastern most peninsula of Africa will be able to enjoy 4G services on their mobile phones following a three-year partnership agreement signed by fixed satellite solution and professional service provider, iSAT Africa and SES, the leader in global content connectivity solutions. The two companies announced today that this new service will […]
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Mobile operators have used satellite connectivity – typically GEO — for years to backhaul traffic from cell sites in remote or rural areas without fiber or have low bandwidth needs. All this changed when SES’s O3b constellation was launched back in 2013. Today, the throughput and low latency of SES’s medium earth orbit (MEO) constellation […]
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The Luxembourg’s Quantum Communications Infrastructure project (LuxQCI), coordinated by the Department of Media, Telecommunications and Digital Policy (SMC) of the Luxembourg Ministry of State, and supported by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA) under the Luxembourg National LuxIMPULSE programme, will create a secure communications shield against cyber threats based on […]
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In today’s world, it may be hard to believe that there are places and communities that struggle to stay connected – but statistics tell us otherwise, with half of the world being unconnected. Bridging that digital gap is a vision that all SESers share, and O3b mPOWER Spacecraft Systems Engineer, Ishan Basyal, is no exception. […]
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. Microsoft Azure at the Edge: Microsoft, SES and GRC demonstrate the power of combining Microsoft’s Azure and secure MilSatCom to bring Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to in-theatre operations Operating in both connected and disconnected modes, this demonstration showcased the Cloud capability available to the most remote missions Microsoft and SES, in partnership with […]
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In 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) asked for satellite operators such as SES to clear C-band spectrum to enable the nationwide rollout of 5G mobile services. Since then, SES has been busy transitioning their existing customers to a smaller portion of the spectrum without disrupting TV and radio services, as well as other critical […]
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HIGH VIEW, an independent Munich-based media company, has extended its partnership with SES in a new multi-year contract and secured long-term satellite capacity. Its DELUXE MUSIC channel will continue broadcasting on SES’s satellites in SD and HD quality at its prime TV neighbourhood at ASTRA 19.2 degrees East. Reaching up to four million viewers a […]
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The last 15 months have seen a surge in demand for satellite-enabled services in the commercial maritime market. Over the course of 2020 we collectively connected over 1,500 vessels served by players such as Satcom Global, De Boer Marine, Tototheo Maritime and K4 Mobility. This demand for reliable and high-speed connectivity is growing in the maritime industry because shipowners are […]
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SES today announced it has joined the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Direct Connect Delivery Partner program. Through a technical and business review process, AWS validated SES’s ability to connect its customers directly to their AWS services over its network of multi-orbit satellites. This provides SES customers flexible, secure, reliable access to their cloud-based applications and […]
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