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SES Sees Significant Growth for IP Switch Driven by Customer Demand for Live Sports and Events
SES today announced the increasing market momentum for its innovative SES IP Switch solution driven by global consumer demand for viewing live sports and events, including football, American football, tennis, golf and judo. In Q4 2021, SES IP Switch saw an increase of 61% in sports events served and an increase of 96% in hours of content delivered compared to the same time the previous year as broadcasters, content owners, sports organisations, and media companies leverage SES IP Switch solution running on SES’s terrestrial and satellite delivery network to deliver content. Since SES IP Switch launched in October 2020, SES has served an average of 420 events per month, delivering…
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SES Shareholders Approve All Resolutions at Annual General Meeting and Extraordinary General Meeting
SES held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) and an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) yesterday in Betzdorf, Luxembourg. The shareholders approved all proposed resolutions, notably the company’s 2021 accounts and the proposed dividend of EUR 0.50 per A-share, which will be paid to shareholders on 21 April 2022. Shareholders confirmed the co-optation and appointment of Jacques Thill as director. They furthermore elected Carlo Fassbinder and Jennifer Byrne, each for a two-year mandate, and re-elected Béatrice de Clermont-Tonnerre, Peter van Bommel and Françoise Thoma, each for another three-year mandate. Shareholders also approved in principle a capital reduction of EUR 22 million and the cancellation of 12 million class A shares and 6…
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Satellite Monitor Annual Research Shows SES Increase Reach to 366 Million TV Homes Worldwide
SES announced today the results of its annual Satellite Monitor market research, the industry’s premier accounting of satellite’s TV reach, which underscores SES’s position as the leader in enabling content delivery via satellite directly and indirectly. SES now delivers almost 8,400 TV channels – including 3,130 in HD or UHD – to a total of 366 million TV homes worldwide, an increase of five million homes over the previous year. SES continues to outperform the industry with the highest number of TV homes reached and record-breaking number of channels delivered. The increase of TV households served by SES can be attributed to the growing reach in Africa (+9.1 million), APAC…
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SES Partners with NorthStar Earth & Space to Tackle Space Sustainability Challenges
A partnership to enhance Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and ensure a sustainable use of space has been formed between SES, the world’s leading satellite-based content connectivity solutions provider, and NorthStar Earth and Space (NorthStar), the first commercial service to monitor space from space, both companies announced today. Together with NorthStar, the teams will be working to launch, develop and evolve NorthStar’s SSA products tailored to benefit SES’s satellite operations and fleet management. NorthStar will deliver unique SSA services to help satellite operators with safer management of their fleets, minimization of collision risks, and development of space sustainability solutions. Fuelled by data gathered in space, NorthStar’s next-generation service will provide a…
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SES Doubles High-value US Government Business with $450 Million Acquisition of DRS Global Enterprise Solutions
SES S.A. today announces an agreement to acquire DRS Global Enterprise Solutions (GES), a US-based subsidiary of Leonardo DRS, for $450 million. On completion of the transaction, which is subject to completion of regulatory approvals expected to be completed during H2 2022, the GES business will be combined with SES Government Solutions (SES GS), a wholly owned subsidiary of SES, creating a scaled solutions provider serving the critical connectivity needs of the US Government. “This investment reinforces our commitment to provide industry-leading solutions and services for government customers while delivering sustained growth for SES in a high-value segment in which we have a track record of partnership and success,” said…
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SES Unveils Bold New ESG Strategy and Targets with 2021 Annual Report Publication
SES S.A., the leader in global content connectivity solutions, has today published its 2021 Annual Report which includes a new Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) agenda and an ambitious set of ESG targets. The revised ESG strategy reflects the outcome of a comprehensive materiality assessment that was conducted during 2021, involving extensive stakeholder outreach. The SES Horizon strategy is where sustainable space meets sustainable Earth and focuses on four key pillars – ensuring the secure and sustainable use of space; bold climate action, including a commitment to carbon NetZero by no later than 2050; increasing diversity and inclusion in the industry, starting with SES; and using our global content connectivity…
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Resultats de l’exercice 2021
SES S.A. publie ses résultats financiers au titre de l’exercice clos le 31 décembre 2021. De solides performances générant un chiffre d’affaires de 1 782 millions EUR et un EBITDA ajusté(1) de 1 091 millions EUR, la fourchette haute des prévisions financières – Une trajectoire en progrès pour Video (-4,6 % en glissement annuel(2,3) en 2021, contre -8,0 % en glissement annuel(2,3) en 2020 supérieure aux attentes – Des performances résilientes pour Networks, de +0,5 % en glissement annuel(2,3) dans un contexte dégradé par le COVID – Un résultat net ajusté en hausse de 69 % à 323 millions EUR profitant notamment d’une baisse des charges d’exploitation récurrentes, des dépenses…
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Orange, Sonatel and SES to Deploy First African O3b mPOWER Gateway in Senegal
Orange, one of the world’s leading multi-service telecommunications groups with a presence in 18 African countries, along with its subsidiary Sonatel, the leader in Senegalese telecommunications solutions, will partner with SES, the leader in global content connectivity solutions, to deploy and manage the first O3b mPOWER gateway in Africa, allowing the African continent to enjoy easy access to high-performance and low-latency connectivity services. The three companies announced that the gateway for O3b mPOWER, SES’s next-generation medium earth orbit (MEO) communications system, will be located at the Sonatel teleport in the Senegalese territory of Gandoul among other local satellites antennas This very first O3b mPOWER gateway will be used by Sonatel…
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Marlink and SES turbo-charge long-term partnership with O3b mPOWER commitment
Smart Network Company Marlink and SES, the leader in global content connectivity solutions, have signed a multi-year, multi-million-euro deal, which will enable Marlink’s customers to access SES’s next-generation medium earth orbit constellation (MEO) — O3b mPOWER, the two long-term partners announced today. Under the agreement, Marlink will offer the high-throughput and low-latency O3b mPOWER dedicated connectivity services to its customers with data-intensive requirements. These include its humanitarian, energy, enterprise, mining, government, maritime and OmniAccess’ superyacht customers who require robust communication networks with higher speeds and dedicated lower latency for their business operations in the most remote locations. O3b mPOWER is built on the proven commercial success of SES’s first-generation O3b…
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Honeywell, SES And Hughes Demonstrate Multinetwork Airborne Connectivity For Government Customers
Honeywell (NASDAQ: HON), SES and Hughes have successfully demonstrated multinetwork, multiorbit high-speed airborne connectivity for military customers, a technological breakthrough that will enable government and military personnel to communicate between the ground and air more efficiently and securely than ever. Honeywell’s JetWave MCX broadband satellite communication (SATCOM) solution, using an HM-series modem from Hughes Network Systems LLC (Hughes), was paired with SES’ medium earth orbit (MEO) high-throughput, low-latency network, and multiple SES geostationary satellites, including the government-dedicated GovSat-1 satellite. Airborne demonstrations showed that Honeywell’s JetWave MCX terminal is compatible with various Ka-band network capabilities and can provide military customers with network resilience that supports primary alternate contingency and emergency (PACE)…
