O3b Networks Ltd was a satellite communications company founded by Greg Wyler in 2007 to supply voice and data connectivity to mobile operators and internet service providers in emerging markets. Its name, short for Other 3 Billion, referred to the global population without broadband access, and it operated a medium Earth orbit constellation of twenty Ka-band satellites flying far closer to Earth than traditional geostationary satellites, cutting latency. SES acquired full ownership of the company in 2016 and folded it into SES Networks, and the O3b satellites still operate today alongside the newer O3b mPOWER constellation launched from 2022.
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O3b Networks became a wholly owned subsidiary of SES in 2016 and the operator name was subsequently dropped in favour of SES Networks, a division of SES.
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was a network communications service provider building and operating a medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellite constellation primarily intended to provide voice and data communications to mobile operators and Internet service providers.
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