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As SES has worked to make its GEO and MEO multi-orbit platform more open and integrated with terrestrial networks, it is opening up new options for mobile operators who are unaware of how satellite could seamlessly extend the reach of their networks. To showcase some of these new 5G possibilities, SES recently completed multiple field tests and technical demonstrations with a major mobile operator and cloud provider in the U.S..

Integrating an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Programme into a company’s philosophy is about far more than paying lip-service to the acronym. Its integration is fundamental to a company’s success. Sabrina Alam, SES Associate Programme Member, gives her thoughts on the development of SES's ESG Programme and the impact it is having across the company.

Paul Van Gelder, VP of Technology Programmes Management, discusses how new technologies implemented into SES-17 make it the single most capable satellite SES has ever brought to market.

Bridging that digital gap is a vision that all SESers share, and O3b mPOWER Spacecraft Systems Engineer, Ishan Basyal, is no exception. Ishan tells us about what drives him while working closely on the procurement of the upcoming O3b mPOWER communications system in California.

In 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) asked for satellite operators such as SES to clear C-band spectrum to enable the nationwide rollout of 5G mobile services. Since then, SES has been busy transitioning their existing customers to a smaller portion of the spectrum without disrupting TV and radio services, as well as other critical data transmission services they deliver. We spoke with Stanley Russo, Director of Implementation Engineering, who is tasked with leading the transition of SES’s managed services, to learn more about this undertaking.

Demand for reliable and high-performance satellite communications services are greater than ever as shipowners adopt technology to increase efficiency and profitability

A journey of our video business in Germany and what’s to come.

We sat down with Valva to explore her latest challenges of overseeing the development of the complex ground infrastructure behind SES’s O3b mPOWER constellation.

SES is committed to diversity and inclusion in every area. The Diversity Award Lëtzebuerg 2021, recently received by the company, recognises our efforts towards instilling diversity as one of the key values into the company culture. Evie Roos, Chief Human Resources Officer at SES, shares the hows and whys.

Working with the Azure team, SES is reimagining what is possible in terms of how video channels are created, managed, distributed and consumed, using the cloud’s inherent flexibility, scale and cost advantages to disrupt long-ingrained business models and workflows. To learn more about the value SES’s Cloud Playout brings to customers, we sat down with Markus Placho, Vice President of Product for SES video customers.

O3b mPOWER arrives just in time to boost 5G acceleration beyond urban centres with its unbeatable reach of high throughput and low latency.

The recent extension of the SATMED project into 2024 marked the start of the next phase for this renowned Luxembourg initiative. We spoke to Alan Kuresevic, Managing Director of SES Techcom, to learn more about this important project.