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SES to Enhance and Expand O3b mPOWER System Capabilities with Dynamic

Software Innovation

SES announced that Adaptive Resource dynamically adjusted to suit customer on its SES-17 high-throughput satellite.
Control (ARC), a dynamic software demand and geographic position. O3b The geostationary satellite, which will be
solution under development in partnership mPOWER also will include a variety of launched in 2021, is dedicated to providing
with Kythera Space Solutions. This intelligent, application-specific Customer services for the aeronautical, maritime
groundbreaking system will further Edge Terminals integrated with SES’s and fixed and mobile broadband markets
enhance the market-leading flexibility and terrestrial network. SES will leverage across the Americas with its 200 spot
efficiency of O3b mPOWER, SES’s next- ARC to efficiently synchronize, optimize beams. “Next-generation satellites such
generation medium earth orbit (MEO) and automate the utilization of these as SES’s O3b mPOWER and SES-17 have
communications system. ARC will enable space and ground assets – seamlessly sophisticated on-board processors that
the dynamic control and optimization of integrating satellite with terrestrial offer tremendous new value in the form of
power, throughput, beams and frequency networks. As the newest technology flexible service and superior performance.
allocation across the entire O3b mPOWER partner in the O3b mPOWER ecosystem, The solution we are working on with SES is
system’s space and ground assets, Kythera, a leading provider of dynamic about unlocking that value,” said Dr. Jeffrey
resulting in the efficient delivery of low- management systems for next generation Freedman, CEO of Kythera. “We are proud to
latency, satellite-based data services satellite payloads and networks, is working be able to leverage our 10-year heritage of
with a superior end-user experience. with SES to develop ARC as an entirely new developing satellite resource management
ARC will deliver unprecedented levels of paradigm for communications services and optimization software to co-develop
automation and adaptability for telco, delivered via high-throughput satellites. the industry’s most advanced software
government, and communications-on- ARC’s ability to capture and utilize real- solution for SES’s O3b mPOWER and
the-move customers, enabling predictable, time data from Customer Edge Terminals SES-17 satellites.” “For satellites to play
reliable services delivered over O3b means that end-user requirements can be a key role in the cloud-scale connectivity
mPOWER. ARC uses standards-based instantly aligned with space- and ground- ecosystem, we have to make sure our
application programming interfaces based network resources. Together with satellite network offers maximum agility
(APIs) for easy integration into SES’s O3b mPOWER’s dynamic network and and adaptivity to real-time changes. This
service orchestration solution based user terminals, it will further boost the is the heart of our network modernization
on Open Network Automation Platform next-generation system’s flexibility and strategy and the reason why we are co-
(ONAP). ARC and ONAP work together as network efficiency when it launches in developing and implementing ARC,” said
a unified service delivery and optimization 2021. SES’s current O3b constellation Stewart Sanders, SES’s Executive Vice
solution, with ARC managing the physical has been operational since 2013 and is President of Technology and O3b mPOWER
network resources allocated to services delivering fiber-equivalent connectivity program manager. “In choosing Kythera as
orchestrated end-to-end by ONAP. services to customers operating in nearly the latest technology partner in the O3b
SES’s high-throughput low-latency O3b 50 countries today. The O3b system is mPOWER ecosystem, SES is laying down
mPOWER communications system, the only technically-, operationally- and a key building block in the realization of
scheduled to launch in 2021, will leverage commercially-proven non-geostationary that strategy – the ability to fully integrate
seven next-generation MEO satellites, system for delivering low-latency data the power of our space resources with the
each capable of generating thousands of communications today. In addition to O3b latest network software innovation.”
electronically-steered beams that can be mPOWER, SES also will implement ARC

Tech Mahindra Recognized As a ‘Leader’ in
Software Product Engineering Services

Tech Mahindra Ltd. a leading provider in strategic platforms, customized industry as a “Leader” for their strong capabilities
of digital transformation, consulting specific solutions and advisory role in in software product engineering and
and business reengineering services customer’s digital transformation journey successful engagements with customers
and solutions, has been recognized as were amongst the key assessment criteria. via innovative constructs such as product
a ‘Leader’ in the Everest Group Software As part of this report, Everest Group carve outs. Akshat Vaid, Vice President,
Product Engineering Services PEAK classified service providers on the PEAK Engineering Services Research & Advisory,
Matrix™ Assessment for the year 2019. Matrix™ into leaders, major contenders and Everest Group, “Tech Mahindra maintained
Focus on future technologies, investments aspirants, and positioned Tech Mahindra its leadership position in the 2019 PEAK

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