Cape Canaveral – The SES-10 telecommunications satellite built by Airbus for the Luxembourg-based operator SES was successfully launched by Falcon 9 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA. It will provide replacement and additional capacity for direct-to-home TV broadcasting, enterprise and mobility services to Central and South America, Mexico and the Caribbean. With a mass at launch of 5,300 kg and spacecraft power of 13 kW, SES-10 is the 45th Eurostar E3000-based spacecraft … [Read more...] about SES-10 takes off
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SES enhances healthcare in Philippines
Luxembourg / Philippines– SES S.A. (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG), the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, and non-governmental organisation (NGO) German Doctors announced the launch of satellite-based e-health platform SATMED in the Philippines. The SATMED solution was deployed at the German Doctors’ hospital in Buda, Marilog District, Davao City. SATMED will allow German Doctors to enhance healthcare provision and deliver accessible e-health services … [Read more...] about SES enhances healthcare in Philippines
SES partner EDB
Luxembourg / Singapore– SES (NYSE Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) inked an agreement with the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), marking its inaugural cooperation with EDB’s Office for Space Technology and Industry (OSTIn) to explore greater development and innovation in satellite technologies, hardware and software tools for satellite networks of the future. SES and EDB will work with Singapore research institutes and industry partners in the design, prototyping and … [Read more...] about SES partner EDB
Via Satellite events
IPTV overtakes Satellite in APAC According to Digital TV Research, the number of paying IPTV subscribers in the Asia-Pacific region (APAC) overtook paying satellite TV ones in 2015. The research house says IPTV growth is far from over with 123.5 million subscribers expected by 2021. China is expected to contribute 78.4 million IPTV subs (or nearly twothirds of the region’s total) by 2021. Of the 314 million digital TV homes expected to be added between 2015 and 2021, 107 million … [Read more...] about Via Satellite events
SES and SpeedCast sign multi-year agreement
Houston- SES and SpeedCast International Limited have signed a multi-year service agreement for Telemetry, Tracking and Command (‘TT&C’) and Carrier Spectrum Monitoring (‘CSM’) services for four of its satellites in the AsiaPac/IOR region. Under the service agreement, SpeedCast will provide 24x7 TT&C/ CSM and gateway services for SES’s satellite, SES-9, in addition to providing TT&C/CSM services to their NSS-6, NSS-9 and NSS-12 satellites from SpeedCast’s teleport facilities in … [Read more...] about SES and SpeedCast sign multi-year agreement
CommunicAsia2016, EnterpriseIT2016 and BroadcastAsia2016 opens
Singapore– Robots, Virtual Reality, Drones, and Smart Devices – these are the innovations fueled by digital transformation that will pave the way of Asia-Pacific’s future. With digitisation and smart technologies enhancing productivity, these innovations form the heart of CommunicAsia2016, EnterpriseIT2016 and BroadcastAsia2016. From taxi bookings, travel lodging to courier arrangements, digital transformation which includes integration is at the heart of businesses’ and consumers’ lives … [Read more...] about CommunicAsia2016, EnterpriseIT2016 and BroadcastAsia2016 opens