Category: Tech

Mary W. Jackson never accepted the status quo. This week we announced our headquarters building in Washington will be named after Jackson, who overcame barriers to become our first Black female engineer. Jackson started her career in 1951 at what is now our Langley Research Center in Virginia as a human computer – a mathematician Read More

Free-to-Air educational TV channel becomes a critical resource for senior high school students across West African sub-region Female student in a University campus room learning, preparing for test Joy Learning, the free-to-air (FTA) not-for-profit TV channel dedicated solely to Ghanaian educational content, has proven to be a critical source of learning for senior high school Read More

• Study shows Satellite TV reception increases by 23% in Nigeria and 19% in Ghana in 2019 since the last study, conducted two years ago • SES currently reaches 35 million TV households across the African Continent Family watching television on sofa SES, the leader in global content connectivity solutions, has unveiled the results of Read More

Ethiopia’s first dedicated TV platform adds nine educational channels to enable continued learning amid COVID-19 school disruption Cropped shot of an affectionate young single father helping his son with his homework at home The Ethiopian Ministry of Education (MoE) and Regional Education Bureaus (REBs) with the support of UNICEF, Save the Children, and a leader Read More

SES S.A. announced today the successful launch and pricing of a bond offering in which it has agreed to sell senior unsecured fixed rate notes due in 2028 for a total amount of EUR 400 million. The notes will bear a Coupon of 2.00% per annum and were priced at 99.445% of their nominal value. Read More

Long-time SES employee Thai Rubin to succeed John Purvis as Chief Legal Officer while Ferdinand Kayser, CEO of SES Video, to retire at year end after nearly 20 years at the company SES today announced that Ferdinand Kayser, who has spent nearly 20 years at SES leading the video business and is presently the CEO Read More

RCS to offer superior service availability with SES Networks’ new intelligent SD-WAN service High angle shot of a hacker cracking a computer code in the dark RCS Communication, an ICT company in South Sudan, has adopted a Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) built upon SES Networks’ SD-WAN service that will enable RCS to deliver an Read More

United Launch Alliance (ULA) recently named Vernon Thorp as Director of Global Commercial Sales. In this position he will lead all commercial sales activities for Atlas V and the Company’s next-generation Vulcan Centaur rocket launching next year. “Vern brings a wealth of experience and expertise to this position,” said Tory Bruno, ULA’s president and CEO. Read More

Northrop Grumman and the Boeing Company to manufacture and assemble the C-band only satellites in Dulles, Virginia and in Los Angeles, California photo caption: Boeing/Artist’s Rendition of SES-20 and SES-21 satellites SES, the leader in global content connectivity solutions, announces it has selected two U.S. satellite manufacturers, Northrop Grumman and the Boeing Company, to deliver Read More

….to Aid Worst-hit COVID-19 Colombian Amazonas Communities Colombian municipalities of Leticia and Puerto Nariño in the Amazonas can access improved telemedicine services and reliable residential broadband Internet for e-learning platforms, remote working and communication with relatives Local residents, businesses, government entities and the San Rafael de Leticia Hospital in the Colombian Amazonas are experiencing efficient, Read More