Paris-based satellite fleet operator Eutelsat is setting up a new unit to focus on government and institutional markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
The branch will be based just outside Oxford, UK, and will perform a similar function to…
Paris-based satellite fleet operator Eutelsat is setting up a new unit to focus on government and institutional markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
The branch will be based just outside Oxford, UK, and will perform a similar function to Eutelsat America Corp; its DC-based business which works with companies providing services to US government departments, as well as commercial customers.
Matt Child, once CEO of Irish MSS operator Solaris Mobile, has been chosen to run Eutelsat Government EMEA.
Child joined Eutelsat last year to structure the operator’s long-term strategy on government-related business, including satellite bandwidth leases, shared satellites and hosted payloads.
In a statement Michel de Rosen, Eutelsat’s chairman and CEO, said: “Our objective with this new division is to complement the strong government-based business driven by Eutelsat America Corp. by providing vision, support and expertise to the many ways we can support companies in the EMEA region serving governments and institutional agencies.”
Eutelsat Government EMEA will utilise the operator’s fleet of C, Ku and Ka-band satellites to aid in instances such as disaster recovery and humanitarian communications across the region.
The division will also market the upcoming Eutelsat Quantum satellite to potential customers in EMEA. Eutelsat has said Quantum’s “highly flexible design in terms of coverages, power and frequency bands, as well as its very high resilience, will be ideally suited to government requirements”.
In its 2014-2015 half-year results, Eutelsat’s global government services operations generated €92.2m of its €723m total revenue, which represents 13% of its income and a 2.7% rise compared with the same period in 2013-2014.
