du and SES Demo First Satellite-enabled 5G Mobile Backhaul Network in the Middle East

LUXEMBOURG–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SES and du from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), a leading telecom operator in the United Arab Emirates, have successfully demonstrated the first satellite-enabled 5G backhaul in the Middle East utilising SES’s Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites, the two companies announced today.

The aim of the live demonstration was to demonstrate how SES’s current O3b constellation could…