Thuraya Telecommunications, based in the UAE and now the satellite mobility arm of Space42, is a mobile satellite service (MSS) provider. Operating geostationary satellites, Thuraya delivers voice, data, and broadband services across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia via its L-band network. Key products include satellite phones, broadband terminals, and IoT solutions, serving sectors like maritime, energy, government, and emergency response and partners like Cobham Satcom, and customers like government agencies and NGO's.
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The SKYPHONE by Thuraya can be used with mobile operator SIM cards from more than 370 Thuraya Roaming Partners across over 170 countries.
Thuraya Telecommunications Company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with nybl.
Thuraya’s collaboration with nybl positions it as one of the first AI-driven end-user solutions providers in the satellite communication industry.
The MoU sets out the framework for introducing AI and ML-driven solutions over Thuraya and Yahsat satellites.
Under the MoU, Thuraya and nybl will focus on testing, certifying, and enabling the nybl platform over Thuraya and Yahsat satellites.
Thuraya Telecommunications Company and YahClick signed a service partnership with Gate for Technologies (G4T) to launch mobility and data services in South Sudan.
Thuraya 2 and Thuraya 3 are mobile connectivity satellites operated via Yahsat’s Thuraya subsidiary.
SpaceX is slated to launch the Thuraya 4-NGS satellite for Yahsat in 2024.
Jassem Nasser is chief business development officer at Thuraya and expects the direct-to-device market will take 7–10 years to reach $1,000,000,000 in annual revenue.
The successful demo is the first of several milestones Yahsat expects to achieve via its investment in eSAT Global and Thuraya’s agreement with eSAT Global to develop a next-generation IoT platform.
Thuraya MarineStar was launched in 2019.
Astrocast will collaborate with Thuraya to explore expanding service offerings across GEO and LEO satellite assets.
Astrocast will collaborate with Thuraya on creating new products and applications and leveraging the Thuraya distribution network to expand Astrocast’s customer ecosystem.
The Thuraya–Astrocast agreement includes plans to explore ways to expand service offerings across geostationary (GEO) and Low Earth Orbit (LEO) assets.
As part of the agreement, Thuraya and Astrocast will seek to extend a technical cooperation agreement for another four years that was originally entered in 2019.
Thuraya and Astrocast agreed on terms for the convertible loan on 2023-04-03.
Yahsat and Thuraya are seeking to expand their service offering across GEO and LEO.
Thuraya is the mobile satellite services subsidiary of geostationary orbit (GEO) operator Yahsat.
Thuraya is providing Swiss small satellite operator Astrocast a $17,500,000 convertible loan that could later be converted into shares in Astrocast.
Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PJSC (Yahsat) awarded Comtech Telecommunications a $29,000,000 contract to deliver communications technologies and location services for the Thuraya 4-NGS satellite constellation.