Latest news with #KonnectVHTS
Broadcast Pro
14-03-2025
- Business
- Broadcast Pro
Turksat taps Eutelsat's Konnect VHTS for in-flight connectivity
Under the deal, Türksat will use multiple beams from the satellite to deliver cost-effective connectivity services for airlines. Eutelsat Group and Türksat have announced a new multi-million-dollar, multi-year agreement between for Ka band services on Eutelsat's Konnect VHTS satellite. Under the agreement, Türksat will leverage multiple beams over Europe to provide services to airlines. Konnect VHTS entered into service in October 2023 to address the European fixed broadband and in-flight connectivity verticals. With Ka-band capacity of 500 Gbps, Konnect VHTS embarks the most powerful on-board digital processor ever put in orbit, offering capacity allocation flexibility, optimal spectrum use, and progressive ground network deployment. Eva Berneke, Chief Executive Officer of Eutelsat, said: 'We are honored to be selected by Türksat to reinforce its aero mobility offer. Konnect VHTS is one of the most advanced satellites in our GEO connectivity fleet, specifically designed to address the European inflight connectivity market. We look forward to partnering with Türksat as an anchor customer on Konnect VHTS as its deploys its capabilities in the mobility market.' Ahmet Hamdi ATALAY, General Manager of Türksat, added: 'Türksat has been strengthening its capability to offer Aero services in in-flight connectivity verticals by expanding its reach via Konnect VHTS. This agreement will enable us to provide more reliable and uninterrupted IFC services for our Aero clients that have so many destinations over Europe. I believe that this cooperation will pave the way for new opportunities that will empower Türksat as one of the leading service providers in the IFC market.'
Reuters
13-02-2025
- Business
- Reuters
Orange CEO pushes for European sovereignty on satellites, to maintain Starlink ties
Feb 13 (Reuters) - France's Orange ( opens new tab is pushing for European sovereignty on satellites and wants that ecosystem to grow in strength, while also continuing to collaborate with Elon Musk's Starlink, the CEO of the telecoms group said on Thursday. WHY IT'S IMPORTANT European companies are ramping up their efforts to compete with Starlink's network of over 7,000 low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites providing internet connection to more than 100 countries. Last year, French satellite company Eutelsat ( opens new tab chose Airbus ( opens new tab to build 100 small satellites for its OneWeb constellation extension, as it seeks to challenge Starlink. The French government deployed some 200 Starlink antennas in storm-ravaged Mayotte last year. Orange also initially used Starlink to immediately restore internet connection while waiting for its network to be operational again. This option is especially used in emergencies. KEY QUOTES "(On satellites) we're more in line with the logic of a European sovereignty, but we also deal with Starlink in certain geographies, particularly in Africa," CEO Christel Heydemann said during a press conference in Paris, while presenting Orange's annual results. She said Orange was working with OneWeb and Eutelsat on satellites, while also working on a "sovereign solution" with its satellite broadband unit Nordnet. Heydemann added there were ongoing initiatives related to direct-to-cell technology, a service also offered by Starlink that beams phone signals from space to smartphones, but said Orange had not yet launched offers for it in France. CONTEXT Orange, France's largest telecoms provider by market share, already offers satellite broadband to customers in mainland France. The service relies on Eutelsat's Konnect VHTS geostationary satellite, which is different from LEOs.
