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SES-led consortium wins Europe’s Quantum plan

An SES-led consortium is to develop the satellite/terrestrial infrastructure and roadmap for next-generation cybersecurity. A statement from the consortium said: “The Luxembourg’s Quantum Communications Infrastructure project (LuxQCI), coordinated by the Department of Media, Telecommunications and Digital Policy (SMC) of the Luxembourg Ministry of State, and supported by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Luxembourg […]

July 13, 2021By Chris Forrester

Luxembourg: Golf Channel launches on PostTV

Mediawan’s Golf Channel has been added to the PostTV platform in Luxembourg’s largest TV platform. The announcement was made by Alteox Media Consulting, the content provider and technical partner of POST Luxembourg. The channel is available in the ‘Entertain Me!; package that offers over 100 channels in English, German, French and other languages and allows […]

July 5, 2021

Luxembourg taps €41m from 5G auction

Luxembourg has raised more than €41 million from the 4 bidders for the tiny nation’s 5G licences. Overall the new licence holders will pay €41.3 million for 15-year operational licenses in the 3.6 GHz band. Luxembourg’s three main existing operators secured most of the spectrum with Post and Orange each taking 110 MHz each while […]

July 24, 2020By Chris Forrester

SES still negotiating cuts

Satellite operator SES has reached an agreement with its personnel delegations to discontinue social plan talks for its Luxembourg-based employees, instead shifting gears to negotiate an employment safeguard plan. In Luxembourg, SES management and its personnel delegation reports they have had multiple meetings in the last four weeks. Together, they have managed to reduce the […]

July 10, 2020

Disney+ launching in 8 more European countries

The Walt Disney Company’s Direct-to-Consumer & International segment has set September 15th as the launch date for Disney+ in eight new markets across Western and Northern Europe. The streaming service will launch in Portugal, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Belgium and Luxembourg and will retail at the following prices: €6.99 (monthly)/€69.99 (annually) in Portugal, Belgium, […]

June 23, 2020

SES cuts staff, offices

SES, as largely expected under its ‘Simplify and Amplify’ cost-savings programme, is to restructure its operations globally. As part of the scheme it will consolidate many of its European offices into its Luxembourg HQ. SES plans to close its offices in Brussels, central London, the Isle of Man, Warsaw and Zurich – redistributing activities in […]

June 1, 2020By Chris Forrester