Argentina’s telecoms regulator Enacom has permitted another big name in satellite services to enter the market.
This time it’s satellite operator SES, which has been granted a license to provide ICT services, both in fixed and mobile mode, nationally and internationally, with or without its own infrastructure.
As with permits previously granted to Hughes, Satmex, Hispasat and Hispamar, the company will be incorporated into the registry of ICT services created for this purpose.
The conditions are fairly uncontroversial and request adherence to various resolutions, notably that the operating frequency bands of the satellite system used are duly attributed to the service to be provided and, where appropriate, the corresponding authorisation is obtained for the use of the radio spectrum of the satellite system to be used, at the national level.
Opening up the stacoms market appears to be an ongoing process in Argentina. The government gave authorisation for the deployment of Starlink in February, along with two competitors: Amazon’s Project Kuiper, which is due to launch this year, and OneWeb.
SES says it combines an intelligent network of nearly 70 satellites operating in two different orbits, ground infrastructure, and deep industry expertise to be able to deliver video and data services to 99% of the world’s population.
This is another major territory licence win for the company only a short while after we reported that a joint venture between technology firm Jio Platforms and SES had won approval from the Indian space regulator IN-SPACe to operate satellites in India.
