The FCC’s upper C-band compensation payments targeted to SES, Eutelsat and Telesat, at an overall $6.3 billion (€5.5bn), sound impressive. However, the total is dependent on the frequencies controlled by the three satellite operators being cleared on schedule. The FCC’s statement said: “Today we take a major step towards securing American’s wireless future and the […]

SES will receive $5.6 billion (€4.9bn) in compensation for freeing up its ‘Upper tier’ C-band frequencies for auction by the FCC, and Eutelsat will receive $504 million for repurposing its frequencies. The US Federal Communications Commission approval of its Upper C-band Report & Order which makes 160 MHz of the Upper C-band available in the […]

The UK government lost more than £340 million (€297.4m) in Eutelsat’s OneWeb Company according to a report in the Sunday Telegraph newspaper. The report states that the investment (of a total of £517 million) was “championed” by Dominic Cummings, at the time an advisor to the Conservative government led by Boris Johnson. The government agreed […]

Eutelsat has lodged an application with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to build and launch an extra 528 satellites in its ‘Eutelsat Next’ scheme. The filing says the satellites will orbit at 1,220 kms (the same as OneWeb) and designed to extend the company’s ability to provide secure, resilient, high-speed, high-capacity communications services around the […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), as expected, has published its auction plan for the satellite ‘Upper C-band’ release of 160 MHz of spectrum to be used by terrestrial operators for 5G and 6G services. (The Upper C-band is 3.98-4.14 GHz). FCC chairman Brendan Carr announced that “the FCC will vote July 22nd to auction a […]

Vincent Grivet – representing Eutelsat – will remain Chairman of the HbbTV Association. The members of the industry association’s newly elected Steering Group (SG) re-elected Grivet for another two-year term at their meeting on June 26th. Jon Piesing of TP Vision wasalso re-elected Vice-Chairman and Xavi Redon from Cellnex Telecom will continue to serve as […]

Eutelsat and AST Networks, a provider of global satellite communications and network solutions, have signed a new multi-year, multi-million-dollar agreement for Eutelsat’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) connectivity services. The agreement builds on an established partnership between the two companies. To support growing customer demand, AST Networks will expand its use of Eutelsat’s OneWeb LEO services as […]

iKO Media Group (iKOMG), a provider of managed broadcast, media, and distribution services, has announced a new multi-platform distribution agreement with a leading European broadcaster. The agreement supports the delivery of multiple TV channels spanning entertainment, cinema, and lifestyle programming throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, utilising a hybrid satellite and IP distribution architecture designed […]

Eutelsat, and Mercury, a subsidiary of Sonangol Group and leading provider of telco services in Angola, have signed a new multi-year, multi-million agreement for Eutelsat’s LEO connectivity services. Building on the existing partnership between the two companies, Mercury, previously known as MSTelcom will continue to expand the reach of Eutelsat’s LEO services for enterprise, public […]

Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat has signed an 8-year contract with the French government designed to ensure access to Eutelsat’s OneWeb satellite fleet and as a bridge to the upcoming IRIS2 highly-secure fleet of orbiting satellites. The contract, described as a “call off” capacity agreement under the NEXUS framework deal is worth a potential €350 million […]