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Orange tests D2D appetite as Europe eyes satellite sovereignty

2026-10-28T13:52:00

Orange tests D2D appetite as Europe eyes satellite sovereignty

Source: vecstock / Magnific

Orange is using its first commercial direct-to-device offering to test customer appetite rather than chase mass adoption, while trials with AST SpaceMobile and the battle over European MSS spectrum point towards a broader satellite strategy built around multiple technologies and partners.

This article includes:

  • Themes: Direct-to-device (D2D); Digital sovereignty; Mobile satellite services (MSS); Multi-orbit connectivity; Non-terrestrial networks (NTN); Satellite connectivity; Satellite spectrum; Technological sovereignty; Terrestrial-satellite convergence.
  • People: Andrew Puzder; Christel Heydemann; Henna Virkkunen; Laurent Leboucher.
  • Geographic: Czechia; Europe; France; Germany; Ireland; Romania; Spain; UK; Ukraine.
  • Organisations: AST SpaceMobile; BICS; Deutsche Telekom; EchoStar; European Commission; ICEYE; Inmarsat; IRIS²; KPN; MásOrange; Nokia; Orange; Orange France; Satellite Connect Europe; Skylo Technologies; SpaceX; Starlink; Telefónica; Viasat; Vodafone; Vodafone Group; Vodafone Ukraine.

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