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SES Teams Up with Google to Provide Streamlined Android Login, Expanding In-flight Connectivity Revenue Potential

SES is collaborating with Google to streamline how Android users connect and engage with airline-branded onboard portals. The collaboration aims to strengthen portal engagement and create more consistent experiences for passengers using Android devices.

Image of a Group of Women in STEAM Initiative event.

The SES Space STEM Programme and the Women in STEAM Initiative are making space education more accessible, relevant, and community-driven.

woman using laptop and cellphone on flight

Unveiled in June of 2022, the multi-orbit ESA antenna is less than three inches high and weighs less than 140 pounds, making it an ideal solution for aircraft of all sizes.

Airline passenger watching video on tablet

For business and leisure travelers, in-flight connectivity makes it possible to access the internet, stream movies, watch live TV, engage in social media, and enjoy other forms of entertainment that help pass the time and improve the overall experience of air travel.

Satellite connectivity is now central to telco and MNO strategies, enabling wider coverage, greater resilience, and new services through innovations like multi-orbit networks and direct-to-device.

Image of satellites in orbit forming a ring around Earth with wide coverage beams.

As preparations for the World Radiocommunication Conference in 2027 (WRC-27) progress, Agenda Item 7 (AI 7) emerges as a pivotal topic with significant implications for satellite regulation.

In today’s streaming age, fans want and expect to be able to watch live events no matter where they are – and that includes inside the cabin of a commercial aircraft 35,000 feet above the Earth.

While Direct-to-Device (D2D) connectivity continues to gain traction in the consumer space, SES is bullish on its prospects for the commercial and government markets as well.

Image of a woman with Laptop and Smartphone in an airplane

In 2003, Lufthansa became the first commercial airline to offer its passengers access to internet connectivity during a flight. Passengers traveling from Munich to Los Angeles paid $30 to access a very slow and unstable inflight Wi-Fi service.

Empowering Digital Transformations with Intelligent Networks, Advanced Industrial Automation and Edge-Enabled Satellite Connectivity.

WRC-27 Agenda Item 1.5 intends to address a real and growing challenge: unauthorized operations of earth stations (terminals) that connect to satellites in NGSO orbits.

Earth from space with multiple satellites orbiting.

For years, fibre has been the backbone of modern networks, and still is, but in disaster-prone regions, it isn’t enough. That’s why hybrid connectivity, combining terrestrial and satellite links, is becoming the new standard.