While the market will no doubt be talking about a potential merger between SES and Intelsat, SES reported its half-year financials on August 4th. However, the numbers show that SES’s Video division, still a very important element of the company’s revenue stream, was down 7 per cent (y-o-y) despite being helped by a growing income […]
SES and Intelsat are reportedly in talks about a possible combination, says the Financial Times. The two satellite giants are in active discussions about the structure of any potential deal, according to three people familiar with the matter, says the FT, as a wave of mergers and acquisitions sweeps across the satellite industry. “Neither wants […]
SES has completed the purchase of DRS Global Enterprise Solutions (DRS GES). The company is a leader in supplying satellite capacity to the US Government and military. The DRS GES business will be combined with SES Government Solutions to create a scaled solutions provider serving the multi-orbit satellite communications needs of the US Government and […]
SES and AXESS Networks, a provider of satellite connectivity solutions, are accelerating the digital transition of the mining industry with SES’s second-generation medium earth orbit (MEO) system O3b mPOWER, the two companies has announced. Under this multi-year, multi-million agreement, the mining sector users will be able to benefit from the cutting-edge low-latency Onshore Energy & […]
SES has announced that it has signed an O3b mPOWER satellite connectivity contract with a “landmark ship of a leading family cruise line” – but has not revealed the identity of the cruise line. The cruise line’s existing fleet will also transition its connectivity to SES’s second-generation medium earth orbit (MEO) system O3b mPOWER, alongside […]
Former SES Astra CCO Alexander Oudendijk will join Brussels-based neXat, the satellite capacity aggregation platform, as its new president. Oudendijk brings more than 30 years’ experience in the satellite industry, including more than eight years as CCO at SES Astra. Prior to that, Oudendijk was MD at Hughes Network Systems Europe. “neXat is a unique, […]
ARSAT, the Argentinian telco, is taking capacity on SES’s recently launched high performance geostationary (GEO) satellite, SES-17, to deliver connectivity services. “We want to reach all areas of the country,” SES and ARSAT said in a joint statement. The multi-year agreement will allow ARSAT to provide reliable broadband satellite services starting in mid-2022. By leveraging […]
SES has signed a contract for its O3b mPower satellite fleet to provide connectivity to Explora Journeys’ Explora 1 cruise ship. Explora Journeys is the new high-end luxury lifestyle brand of the MSC Group – an Italian global cruise line registered in Switzerland and based in Geneva, with operations offices in Naples, Genoa and Venice. […]
This month TeleSUR celebrates the 17th anniversary of its creation. To help in the celebrations TeleSUR is expanding its broadcasts to Europe using SES Astra’s satellite. TeleSUR was launched in 2005 during the administration of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. European users may request the TeleSUR signal from their cable distributor or may connect themselves to […]
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully placed SES-22 into orbit on June 29th. The launch means that SES has made its first key step on re-equipping its C-band fleet over North America. SES has a further five C-band satellites to place into orbit. Built by Thales Alenia Space, the first of SES’s C-band satellites dedicated […]