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Telesat Lightspeed Network Travels to Europe via Orange's French Teleport

Orange and Telesat have signed a
strategic multi-year partnership to enhance
satellite connectivity solutions, integrating
Telesat Lightspeed’s Low Earth Orbit
(LEO) services into Orange Wholesale’s
portfolio. Under this agreement, a Telesat
Lightspeed Landing Station will be hosted
at Orange’s teleport in Bercenay-en-Othe,
France, with connectivity to Telesat’s point
of presence (PoP) in Paris via Orange
Wholesale’s International Private Line (IPL).
The partnership enables Orange to offer
new satellite-based connectivity solutions
for businesses and telecom operators,
strengthening network resilience for mobile
backhauling, crisis response, and remote
connectivity. Telesat Lightspeed’s Carrier Bercenay-en-Othe WTA Tier-4 certified in 26 countries and territories, Orange
Ethernet services will provide enterprise- teleport will play a critical role in this continues to expand its multi-orbit satellite
class, low-latency, and secure connectivity, collaboration, further reinforcing Orange’s partnerships to support digital inclusion
allowing telecom operators to configure ability to deliver reliable connectivity in and global infrastructure resilience.
and monitor services in real-time. Orange’s underserved regions. With ground stations

Space42, Viasat to Develop 5G NTN Infrastructure for D2D Services

Satellite operators Space42 and Viasat 3GPP-compliant open architecture capable and guidelines developed by the Mobile
said they have signed a memorandum of supporting L-band, S-band and terrestrial Satellite Services Association (MSSA), the
of understanding (MOU) to explore ways spectrum to enable global roaming among industry body formed by Viasat in February
to develop a 5G non-terrestrial network regional network operators. Space42 and 2024 to develop a direct-to-device (D2D)
(NTN) ecosystem for direct-to-device Viasat will also explore new technologies ecosystem using the L- and S-bands already
(D2D) satellite services. The first phase of and sustainable system designs to make allocated and licensed for mobile satellite
the partnership will kick off with partner- satellite networks more efficient and ready services (MSS). Space42 is also a member
funded technical and commercial studies for 5G models and ensure compliance with of MSSA. Ali Al Hashemi, CEO of Yahsat
to develop a multi-tenant, multi-orbit 5G various telecoms regulatory frameworks Space Services at UAE-based Space42, said
NTN infrastructure. Space42 and Viasat of countries around the world. The tie-up a key goal of the partnership is to develop
said the infrastructure will be based on a will also follow industry best practices a scalable open architecture space system
that enables global collaboration across
public and private sector partners, and taps
into significant global growth opportunities
in the global satellite market, particularly
D2D communications and NB-IoT, as
well as existing and next-generation MSS
services. “This partnership accelerates
time to market, drives cost efficiency, and
ensures seamless integration with existing
and future networks,” he said in a joint
statement. Recent market research from
NSR and Analysys Mason forecast the D2D
market segment to reach US$50 billion
in 2032, with the traditional enterprise
and government MSS market segments
also seen as having substantial growth
potential.

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