{"id":839918,"date":"2025-04-08T18:12:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T23:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/08\/ses-invests-in-lynk-global-to-break-into-direct-to-device-market\/"},"modified":"2025-04-08T18:12:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T23:12:28","slug":"ses-invests-in-lynk-global-to-break-into-direct-to-device-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/08\/ses-invests-in-lynk-global-to-break-into-direct-to-device-market\/","title":{"rendered":"SES invests in Lynk Global to break into direct-to-device market"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Direct-to-device is a mid-term growth play, rather than an immediate boom, SES CEO Adel Al-Saleh (right) said during the Satellite Conference March 10.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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WASHINGTON \u2014 SES is investing in Lynk Global\u2019s low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation to expand into the emerging direct-to-device connectivity market.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe direct-to-device is a huge opportunity,\u201d SES CEO Adel Al-Saleh said March 10 during the Satellite Conference here, \u201cand we think that opportunity is going to evolve over multiple years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Under a strategic partnership, SES aims to enhance Lynk Global\u2019s capabilities by contributing ground infrastructure and its geostationary and medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellites, primarily used for broadband and broadcast services.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe our network in space, specifically MEO, is a great advantage,\u201d Al-Saleh said, enabling LEO operators to relay traffic to reduce latency with the ground.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lynk Global would also get access to the multi-orbit operator\u2019s gateways across the world, in addition to geostationary satellite support for Telemetry, Tracking and Command services.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, if you think about it, a lot of the gating factors in getting a constellation up and running and getting production going is actually having the right ground infrastructure in place to be able to do it,\u201d Al-Saleh continued.<\/p>\n

He said the Luxembourg-based operator will first focus on extending direct-to-device capabilities to the government, automotive and mobile network operator markets.\u00a0<\/p>\n

SES also plans to collaborate with Lynk Global to bring its satellite manufacturing capability to Europe, mirroring Texas-based direct-to-device rival AST SpaceMobile\u2019s recent expansion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery continent, every political entity, is looking for sovereignty,\u201d he said, \u201cso we will bring that capability to Europe to make sure that we can create an opportunity to participate in European projects.\u201d<\/p>\n

SES declined to disclose the size of its investment, which is part of the Falls Church, Virginia-based venture\u2019s ongoing series B investment round.<\/p>\n

The \u201cinvestment is small, low-risk,\u201d SES spokesperson Suzanne Ong said.<\/p>\n

Lynk Global\u2019s Series B round had raised more than $85 million<\/a> of a $215 million target as of Feb. 11.<\/p>\n

In partnership with local telcos, Lynk Global is currently providing intermittent texting and low-bandwidth services in the Solomon Islands, Cook Islands, Palau and at least four other countries after launching five pizza-box-sized satellites.<\/p>\n

However, the venture needs capital to deploy 5,000 satellites in total to expand globally and reduce latency, including through a merger with a publicly listed shell company led by former MLB star Alex Rodriguez.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Direct-to-device is a mid-term growth play, rather than an immediate boom, SES CEO Adel Al-Saleh (right) said during the Satellite Conference March 10. WASHINGTON \u2014 SES is investing in Lynk Global\u2019s low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation to expand into the emerging direct-to-device connectivity market. \u201cWe believe direct-to-device is a huge opportunity,\u201d SES CEO Adel Al-Saleh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":839919,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1424,29206],"tags":[9295,8550],"class_list":{"0":"post-839918","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-global","8":"category-invests","9":"tag-global","10":"tag-invests"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=839918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/839919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=839918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=839918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=839918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}