SES brings satellite communications training to the Andean community

SES, the world's leading satellite operator, announced Monday the launch of this year’s annual training for the Andean community as part of the company’s mission to provide training worldwide.

SES’s goal is to bring together broadcast communities to grow and enhance the future of the digital ecosystem. Within the next year, the Andean community, which encompasses Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, will see a major change in satellite communications with the SES-10, a new Ku-band satellite that will use the 67 degrees West orbital site over the area to provide service to Latin America and the Caribbean.

“The training will enable member countries of the Andean community to optimize SES-10’s coverage,” said Gerhard Bethscheider, the managing director at SES Techcom Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of SES that is in charge of the training. “By interacting directly with our experts, the delegates will develop their knowledge and gain a deep insight into the workings of a satellite. These sessions will also open the doors for potential future partnerships between the Andean community and SES in areas like disaster response, communications and e-health.”

As with the first training held last September, the new group of participants will start with an introductory overview of the satellite communications industry and then be taken through a series of sessions that cover the life cycle of a satellite.

Technical, operational, business and regulatory matters will all be covered. Participants will conclude the training with a hands-on exercise, where they will apply their newly acquired knowledge to design a value proposition and a business model for a satellite network.