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SES Government Solutions Provides High-throughput Loopback Services to U.S. Department of Defense
SES Government Solutions (SES GS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES, in close partnership with a key U.S. Government customer, designed, developed and is fielding an O3b Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) loopback capability to provide greatly improved mission-critical communications for Department of Defense operations in remote locations in Southwest Asia. The awarded task order is against the single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) low-latency High Throughput Satellite (HTS) services. Using the loopback configuration, U.S. Government customers can take advantage of the high-throughput, low-latency capability without using a commercial gateway. The configuration leverages an in-theatre hub and provides in-beam connectivity, similarly…
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Revolutionising Connectivity to Bridge the Digital Divide in the Central African Republic
The combination of globalisation and rapid technology advancements in the last two decades has allowed developing countries around the world to harness technological innovation and pave the way for local digital economies. This is especially true across Africa, and more so in Central African Republic which has skipped the tech evolution process and leapfrogged into the mobile connectivity era. I made the move to head up Orange in the Central African Republic (CAR) a couple of years ago from Morocco. In a landlocked nation of close to five million people where high-speed internet had been elusive for years, it was thrilling to see how the smart phones have started to…
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Tototheo Maritime to Offer Reliable Connectivity Services via SES Networks‘ Managed Data Services
Tototheo Maritime, a leading Cyprus-based maritime communications company, will be able to enjoy the benefits of seamless, reliable data connectivity services delivered by SES Networks. The five-year agreement between Tototheo Maritime and SES will be delivered via SES Networks’ Skala Global Platform, the two companies announced today. Tototheo Maritime’s customers will benefit from an efficient communication VSAT network that optimises fleet operations and cost efficiency, while enabling crew to stay connected to their families anytime and anywhere. This step-up in reliable connectivity will enable the full potential of digital investments, drive better onshore management of vital assets, and improve compliance systems for shipowners. SES Networks’ Skala Global Platform’s flexible bandwidth…
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SES Networks and Southern Cross Cables Bolster Connectivity Resilience in Pacific Region
Southern Cross Cables Limited (SCCL) will leverage SES Networks’ satellite-enabled connectivity services to vastly improve communications between Nukunonu of Tokelau, Kiritimati Island of Kiribati and the rest of the world as it upgrades the undersea Southern Cross cable network, SES announced today. The Southern Cross cable network, in use since 2000, is a key internet gateway for the Pacific region. SCCL is laying a new cable, Southern Cross NEXT, to augment and ultimately replace the existing Southern Cross cable network. This is part of SCCL’s plan to provide enhanced network resilience and connectivity services to meet fast-growing market demand for internet connectivity in the Pacific region. SES’s O3b constellation of…
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Enhanced regional connectivity with new satellite ground station in Dubbo, NSW
Pivotel and SES today announced they have signed an agreement to build a new satellite ground station at the Pivotel teleport in Dubbo, New South Wales. The ground station will support O3b mPOWER, SES’s next-generation non-geostationary (NGSO) constellation and enable the delivery of enhanced telecommunication services to regional communities. The project, which has come about as part of the ongoing partnership between leading remote communication provider Pivotel and global content and connectivity solutions provider SES, will provide much needed high-performance and low-latency connectivity services across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. The terabit-level constellation will deliver multiple gigabits-per-second beams of data services to customers, providing fibre-like connectivity with more…
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SES Expands O3b mPOWER Technology Ecosystem with Modem Platform Partnerships
SES today announced Gilat and ST Engineering iDirect as its latest technology partners who will be developing the core infrastructure modem platforms for O3b mPOWER, SES’s ground-breaking non-geostationary-satellite orbit (NGSO) communications system. Gilat and ST Engineering iDirect were selected based on their next-generation modem technologies. Featuring open architectures with a path to full virtualisation, the modems will interface with SES’s differentiated Adaptive Resource Control (ARC) capability and leverage SES’s use of the Open Networking Automation Platform (ONAP) standard. The combination of this and other technologies will give SES the ability to dynamically control and optimise the entire O3b mPOWER system across space and ground infrastructure, enabling the efficient delivery of…
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SES Simplifies Live Broadcast and Sports Events with new IP Switch Solution
At one point in time a major challenge in live news and sports production was to capture exciting moments and replay them in a matter of seconds. Today, the challenge has been upped. It’s not just compelling content and speed that are important, but also simplicity when managing live content and the ability to deliver it to multiple platforms. With that vision in mind, SES has taken on the challenge of upgrading the capabilities of its SES 360 live events management app. Ultimately, we wanted to make live feed management and IP distribution much easier with a new platform within the SES 360 ecosystem – SES IP Switch. SES IP Switch comes…
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SES Leads Space & Satellite Industry with Cloud-First Strategy
. While businesses have been steadily moving to the cloud for years, the pandemic has accelerated digital transformation plans from a strategic initiative to a business imperative. As Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella noted in a quarterly earnings earlier this year, “We’ve seen two years’ worth of digital transformation in two months.” In short, the pandemic didn’t change plans, it simply fast-tracked what was already happening. At SES, we recognised this market opportunity years ago. With connectivity demands on the rise, we understood it would be a seismic shift for satellite players to disrupt the legacy satellite operational model. We understood the need to rethink satellite’s role in the broader connectivity ecosystem. Most…
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Isotropic Systems Signs Contract with SES GS to Initiate Multi-Orbit Trials of Next-Gen Multi-beam Antenna Technologies for U.S. Military
SES Government Solutions (SES GS), a fully-owned affiliate of SES, and Isotropic Systems, a leading developer of transformational broadband terminal technologies, today announced a two-phased antenna evaluation contract with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, working in close collaboration with the U.S. Army Research Engineering Team, for tests of Isotropic Systems’ multi-beam terminal over SES’s O3b Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) constellation to ultimately unleash next-gen connectivity across the battlefield. It is the first customer contract between Isotropic Systems and SES Government Solutions and follows on from the significant developmental partnership currently ongoing between the two companies to produce scalable, cost-effective terminals capable of providing government, military, and commercial access to…
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SES Advances Digital Transformation with Cloud-First Strategy, Expanded Agreement
SES today announced plans to significantly advance its digital transformation across its enterprise, operations and development of new services for the cloud-scale era. As a cornerstone of the strategy, SES signed a multi-year agreement with Microsoft to be an Azure Orbital partner as well as to accelerate and expand the use of Microsoft Azure across its operations and jointly develop cloud-based video and data connectivity managed services. As an Azure Orbital partner, SES will be co-locating and managing O3b mPOWER gateways with Microsoft Azure locations so its customers are always only “one-hop” away from their Azure cloud services anywhere in the world. In addition, SES customers will enjoy improved network…
