Integrated satellite and terrestrial network operator Intelsat and satellite services multinational Thales Alenia Space have signed an agreement to build two software-defined satellites that have been designed to advance Intelsat’s global fabric of software-defined geosynchronous equatorial orbit connectivity as part of its fifth-generation (5G) software-defined network (SDN). “The addition of the Thales Alenia Space software-defined satellites represents an essential advancement in Intelsat’s 5G SDN, designed to enable greater agility, flexibility and orchestration across edge, satellite and core. Intelsat’s standards-based, open-architecture network design facilitates the incorporation of the best technology at any given time, further bolstering network resiliency,” says Intelsat CEO Stephen Spengler.
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