The Portuguese Competition Authority (AdC) has fined telecom operators Meo, Nos, and Vodafone, along with consulting firm Accenture, a combined €13.3 million for entering into an anti-competitive agreement. The penalties stem from a December 2021 accusation that the companies colluded to insert 30 seconds of advertising before users could access automatic TV recordings. This was […]
Neo Space Group (NSG), a PIF company and Saudi Arabian commercial space services provider, has launched an advanced in-flight connectivity (IFC) service in partnership with Saudia, the Kingdom’s national flag carrier. Under this partnership, Saudia plans to provide complimentary high-speed internet to all guests – becoming one of the first airlines in the Middle East […]
Luxembourg-based SES has ordered 28 ’next generation’ meoSphere satellites from LA-based K2 Space in what is perhaps the satellite industry’s largest ever for medium-Earth orbit (MEO) satellites. The new fleet aims be operational by 2030 and will operate alongside the existing mPOWER satellites. An initial ‘pathfinder’ satellite will launch in the next few days as […]
Lynk Global, in partnership with SES. and its affiliates, is developing a multi-orbit solution to more efficiently and effectively deploy global direct-to-device (D2D) services utilising Lynk’s Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites and SES’s Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) and Geostationary-Earth Orbit (GEO) satellites. Lynk’s US base is in Chevy Chase, Maryland (a suburb of Washington DC). To support […]
SES has added new Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellite capacity to its network, with the latest pair of O3b mPOWER satellites (launched in July 2025) now delivering commercial service and expanding high-throughput, low-latency connectivity across global markets. To date, SES has launched 10 out of 13 O3b mPOWER satellites. The remaining three satellites in SES’s […]
Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES has expanded its service to the Democratic Republic of Congo, and adding some 5.8 million users via 1,100 base stations, and in the process increasing its population coverage by 27 percent. SES is working with Africa Mobile Network (AMN) locally. “There is a clear demand for connectivity across the region, a […]
Tech4home (t4h.), a player in remote control solutions and sustainable home-entertainment technologies, proudly highlights its collaboration with MEO on the newly launched M5e Solar Remote Control, an advanced device engineered to transform how users interact with TV and digital services. Developed in close partnership with MEO, the M5e Solar Remote Control embodies t4h.’s commitment to […]
The main news on Paris-based Eutelsat recently has been focused on cash-raising and its financial restructuring. Eutelsat is not alone in seeing in long-standing DTH satellite transmissions being under pressure and even though these broadcasts will almost certainly continue for a few decades yet, there’s no doubt that viewers are increasingly switching away from DTH […]
The overall sentiment at the Novaspace Paris World Space Business Week was one of optimism. Just about every sector talked about growing order books and increased demand for capacity especially from Government and Military customers. All the heavyweight operators spoke of growing confidence in their businesses. SES, fresh with its Intelsat acquisition, is looking to […]
SES has announced that the French Navy’s aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle leveraged its secure and reliable O3b mPOWER satcom service – Managed Naval mPOWERED – during the Clemenceau 25 mission. This high-throughput, low-latency Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) connectivity solution supported all of the aircraft carrier’s operations, while facilitating collaboration with mission partners. During the […]