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Boeing delivers O3b mPower satellites to SES

Arnold Pinto 14/11/2024 0

As high-speed internet access enablers Boeing has delivered the 7th and 8th O3b mPower satellites to SES, marking another significant milestone in expanding the O3b mPower constellation. These two new satellites, equipped with Boeing’s advanced software-defined communications payload, are

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Warner Bros. Discovery and SES Renew Multi-Year Deal to Broadcast SD and HD Channels

News Desk 1 05/11/2024 0

SES announced today that it has extended its partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery in a multi-year contract renewal. Under the agreement, SES will provide playout services and satellite capacity to deliver Warner Bros. Discovery’s SD and HD channels across Germany and Austria from SES’s prime video neighbourhood of 19.2 degrees East. With this deal, Warner […]

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Telekom Srbija Extends Partnership with SES

News Desk 1 04/11/2024 0

SES announced today that it has extended its contract with Telekom Srbija for another four years for satellite services from SES’s ASTRA 3C satellite at 23.5 degrees East. This renewal reinforces a successful collaboration that began in 2011 with a first capacity agreement and expanded in 2018 with the launch of Telekom Srbija’s DTH platform, M:Sat […]

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Two National Airlines Choose a Seamless Multi-orbit IFC Future with SES Open Orbits™

News Desk 1 30/10/2024 0

SES Open Orbits™, SES’s global inflight connectivity network, has been selected by Thai Airways and Turkish Airlines to equip aircraft across their fleets with cutting-edge in-flight connectivity (IFC) solutions, supporting both linefit and retrofit installations. These new IFC services are delivered by SES along with one of its key SES Open Orbits™ connectivity service

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SES and Sky Extend Long-Standing Partnership in UK and Ireland

News Desk 2 10/10/2024 0

SES announced today that it has extended its long-standing partnership with Sky through a multi-year contract renewal for satellite capacity and back-up services from SES’s prime video neighbourhood of 28.2/28.5 degrees East. This renewal builds on the companies’ previous agreements. Under the agreement, SES will continue providing capacity to enable Sky to

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NATO Support and Procurement Agency Contracts SES’s O3b mPOWER

News Desk 1 13/09/2024

The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) has awarded SES a contract to deliver secure high-performance low-latency satellite services via its medium earth orbit (MEO) constellation, enabling global missions for NATO member government organisations, agencies and military. The MEO Global Services (MGS) award represents a three-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite

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SES Successfully Prices EUR 1 Billion Hybrid Dual-tranche Bond Offering

News Desk 1 06/09/2024

SES S.A. announced the successful launch and pricing of a hybrid dual-tranche bond offering in which it has agreed to sell Deeply Subordinated Fixed Rate Resettable Securities for a total amount of EUR 1 billion. The transaction is composed of a EUR 500 million 30-year Non-Call (NC) 5.25-year tranche with a first reset date on […]

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Digicel Pacific Taps SES’s Services to Bolster Disaster Recovery for Tonga Islands

News Desk 1 03/09/2024

Amidst the increase in natural disasters in the Pacific Region, Digicel Pacific and SES have announced an agreement to bolster Digicel Pacific’s network with SES’s service to enable critical communications to be restored quickly in the event of natural disasters. This agreement is an extension of the companies’ long-standing partnership. Following the

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SES and RTL Deutschland Extend Partnership across Germany and Austria on ASTRA 19.2 degrees East

News Desk 2 16/07/2024

SES and RTL Deutschland have extended their long-term partnership to deliver a wide range of high-quality TV channels to audiences across Germany and Austria. The extension will run to the end of the decade. RTL Deutschland’s TV offering will also continue to be available on HD+, SES’s high-definition satellite TV platform in Germany. The agreement, […]

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ASTRA 1P Successfully Launched on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket

News Desk 2 21/06/2024

SES announced today that the ASTRA 1P satellite was successfully launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, United States, at 5:35 pm local time.  The Ku-band satellite will augment and strengthen SES’s prime TV neighbourhood at 19.2 degrees East while delivering content for public and private broadcasters, […]

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Resorts World Cruises Becomes First Asian Cruise Line to Deploy Integrated MEO-LEO Service from SES

News Desk 2 27/05/2024

Resorts World Cruises, an international cruise line that is homegrown in Asia offering luxury and dynamic lifestyle experiences, has announced an agreement with SES to install its fully-integrated Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) and Low Earth Orbit (LEO) service on the cruise lines’ flagship Genting Dream with similar future plans for the Resorts World One cruise […]

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INRED and SES to Provide High-Throughput Connectivity Across Colombia’s Amazonas

News Desk 2 06/05/2024

Following a series of successful collaborations to close the digital divide, Colombian local connectivity service provider INRED and SES will deliver high-throughput connectivity services via SES’s Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites to more than 500 homes, schools, government entities, and thousands of habitants in the department of Amazonas, both companies announced

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SES to Acquire Intelsat in Compelling Transaction Focused on the Future

News Desk 2 30/04/2024

SES S.A. (“SES”) and Intelsat S.A. (“Intelsat”) announce an agreement for SES to acquire Intelsat through the purchase of 100% of the equity of Intelsat Holdings S.a.r.l. for a cash consideration of $3.1 billion (€2.8 billion) and certain contingent value rights. The combination will create a stronger multi-orbit operator with greater coverage, improved resiliency,

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SES’s O3b mPOWER System Starts Providing High-performance Connectivity Services

News Desk 2 24/04/2024

SES announced today that O3b mPOWER, its second-generation software-enabled satellite system, is now operational and can provide high-performance connectivity services around the globe. With the first six O3b mPOWER satellites operating at medium Earth orbit (MEO) or 8,000km away from the Earth and with extensive ground infrastructure built around the world, SES will be