Eutelsat OneWeb (formerly OneWeb) is a satellite communications company aiming to bridge the digital divide by providing high-speed, low-latency broadband internet services globally via a low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation. As a subsidiary of Eutelsat Group, it focuses on delivering connectivity solutions to governments, enterprises, and communities in underserved areas, as well as to the maritime and aviation sectors. Key partners include distribution partners, Airbus (through OneWeb Satellites, a joint venture for satellite manufacturing), and technology providers like Microsoft Azure and AWS for network peering.
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Hughes Network Systems invested $50,000,000 in OneWeb and is developing parts of OneWeb’s ground segment.
Holders of Intelsat’s debt rejected the proposed OneWeb–Intelsat deal in 2017.
OneWeb has launched more than a third of its planned 648 LEO satellites and aims to begin partial services before the end of 2021 and global services in 2022.
OneWeb will buy Texas-based managed satcoms provider TrustComm as part of plans to create a government subsidiary for selling its services.
A newly acquired proxy subsidiary of OneWeb will be led by TrustComm CEO Bob Roe and will focus on introducing OneWeb’s enterprise-grade network services to customers.
Eutelsat plans to buy 24% of low Earth orbit broadband startup OneWeb for $550,000,000 with the deal expected to close in the second half of 2021.
OneWeb will offer Department of Defense and other government clients a suite of services with network speeds up to 195 Mbps.
OneWeb filed for bankruptcy in March 2020 after launching 74 low Earth orbit satellites and later received a $1,000,000,000 investment from a consortium led by the British government and Bharti Enterprises.
OneWeb successfully demonstrated a turnkey satellite-based communications system to the U.S. Department of Defense in March 2021 with data rates up to 500 Mbps and latency levels as low as 32 ms.
OneWeb will begin providing commercial services across the Arctic in late 2021 and expand to global coverage in 2022.
OneWeb has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Texas-based TrustComm Inc.
OneWeb will offer government clients lower latency, smaller and more compact multi-orbit user terminals and built-in network management tools intended to provide substantial economic savings over traditional GEO sales models.
Rick Lober, vice president and general manager of the defense and intelligence systems division at Hughes, predicted that only OneWeb would be able to deliver 24-hour high-throughput services to strategic Arctic regions by the end of 2021.
OneWeb has an 18-month contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory worth about $3,400,000 for testing services between certain U.S. Northern Command sites.
Bob Roe will lead a new OneWeb subsidiary following OneWeb's acquisition of TrustComm, which OneWeb expects to close 2021 after regulatory approvals.
Under the terms of the agreement, a newly acquired proxy subsidiary of OneWeb will be led by TrustComm CEO Bob Roe and will focus on introducing OneWeb’s enterprise-grade network services to customers.
OneWeb successfully demonstrated a turnkey satellite-based communications system to the U.S. Department of Defense in March 2021 with data rates up to 500 Mbps and latency levels as low as 32 ms.
TrustComm signed an agreement on 2021-03-16 to be OneWeb's Department of Defense distribution partner focusing on early adopters including the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and the U.S. Army Futures Research Lab.
OneWeb will offer Department of Defense and other government clients a suite of services with network speeds up to 195 Mbps, lower latency, smaller and more compact multi-orbit user terminals, and built-in network management tools that provide substantial economic savings over traditional GEO sales models.
OneWeb will start providing commercial services across the Arctic in late 2021 and expand to global coverage in 2022.