Orange maintains pragmatic approach to building an NTN future

Anne Morris2026-09-15T14:53:00

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Operator’s technical strategy lead believes the road to ubiquitous satellite connectivity will be gradual rather than revolutionary, with telcos likely to pursue multiple NTN partnerships and technologies as standards, economics, and spectrum frameworks evolve.

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Themes: Always-on connectivity; Direct-to-device (D2D); Digital resilience; Geolocation services; Mobile-satellite integration; Multi-orbit strategy; Narrowband NTN (NB-NTN); New Radio NTN (NR-NTN); Non-terrestrial networks (NTN); Satellite communications; Satellite messaging; Seamless connectivity; Spectrum policy; Standards development; Terrestrial-satellite convergence.
People: Luke Pearce; Marko Keskinen; Michaël Trabbia; Ronan Le Bras.
Geographic: Europe; France; Valladolid.
Organisations: AST SpaceMobile; BICS; FDM CCS Insight; Deutsche Telekom; EchoStar; Google; KPN; MásOrange; Orange; Orange France; RCRTech; Satellite Connect Europe; Skylo Technologies; SpaceX; Starlink; Tele2; Telefónica; Telus; Verizon; Viasat; Vodafone.

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