AERKOMM and SES jointly deliver MEO connectivity services across Taiwan.
SES's O3b and O3b mPOWER Medium Earth Orbit constellation services become commercially available in Taiwan for the first time, delivered by AERKOMM Taiwan under a newly awarded Taiwan Ministry of Digital Affairs frequency licence.
AERKOMM Taiwan Inc. — a subsidiary of AERKOMM Inc. USA — and SES have announced that MEO satellite connectivity services are now commercially available in Taiwan. The launch marks the first commercial availability of SES’s Medium-Earth-Orbit constellation in the country.
The service
AERKOMM Taiwan holds a commercial satellite communications frequency licence from Taiwan’s Ministry of Digital Affairs, authorizing it to provide connectivity via non-geostationary satellites. Under the partnership with SES, AERKOMM Taiwan will deliver high-throughput, ultra-flexible, carrier-grade connectivity via SES’s O3b and second-generation O3b mPOWER constellations from even the most remote regions across Taiwan.
Why it matters
MEO sits between LEO’s low latency and GEO’s coverage economics — well suited to the mix of government, maritime, and aviation demand that AERKOMM Taiwan is targeting. First commercial availability of O3b mPOWER in Taiwan means the first time carrier-grade MEO capacity is on the ground for local operators and government customers, rather than only available across other regional markets.
Source: ses.com ↗