30 June 2026 – SES and Sharp Corporation plan to collaborate on work to combine SES’s medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellite network with Sharp’s advanced communication technologies and user terminals to enable high-availability satellite communications services in Japan. As part of this collaboration, Sharp is advancing the development of a new compact MEO user terminal, designed to support scalable deployment across mobility and industrial applications. The work plans to focus on industrial and mobility use cases both at sea with martime, as welll as on land in and mountainous regions, where terrestrial networks are unreliable or unavailable. Potential applications include connectivity for heavy machinery and equipment in remote locations and managing the operations of autonomous vehicles. Sharp aims to provide end-to-end services, spanning user terminal development, service deployment, and ongoing operations. Read more