OneWeb
announces global agreement with AWS
March 13, 2023
OneWeb announced that it
signed a letter of intent with Amazon Web
Services EMEA SARL (AWS), a leading cloud
platform, to explore providing cloud-based
connectivity and the delivery of innovative
services to customers worldwide.
OneWeb and AWS will work
together to expand both horizontal and vertical
services to provide customizable and integrated
solutions for edge-to-edge operations.
Teaming-up global satellite broadband
connectivity with AWS cloud services and edge
computing capabilities, OneWeb can create a more
sustainable, competitive offering and deliver
advanced connectivity to a vast array of
customers around the globe.
The ambition is to provide
a fully integrated satellite constellation
management solution as a service to the public
and satellite community. Working together to
innovate, develop, and enhance industry and
cloud solutions, OneWeb and AWS will aim to
create the next generation of virtual network
functions focused on bringing LEO connectivity
to customers and communities around the globe.
OneWeb and AWS will work
closely together on four key initiatives:
•
Business Continuity: Bundling
connectivity with cloud services and edge
computing services, delivering continuity and
resiliency through an integrated infrastructure
backed by the LEO constellation.
•
Virtualization of Mission Operations:
Supporting virtual mission operations for
customers through integrated and customizable
solutions.
•
Space Data Analytics: Aggregating and
fusing new levels of predictive and trending big
data analytics through data lakes to support
space and ground operations.
•
User Terminals & Edge Integration:
Deploying seamless cloud to edge solutions with
a LEO connected user terminal.
OneWeb’s high-speed,
low-latency LEO technology could serve as a
conduit between the telco edge and AWS’s global
cloud network.
This announcement is the
latest effort by OneWeb in its mission to bridge
the digital divide and bolster innovation
through industry collaboration with
best-in-class service providers, serving
customers from government, telecommunications,
airline, and shipping industries.
Maurizio Vanotti, Vice
President for New Markets at OneWeb, said: “We
are incredibly excited to begin working with AWS
to see cloud services extended even closer to
the edge thanks to OneWeb’s network. This global
agreement will change the market dynamics, with
OneWeb’s high-speed, low-latency services
powering connectivity that will enable customers
to reach even the most remote edges of the world
and everywhere in between.”
Clint Crosier, Director,
Aerospace and Satellite Solutions, AWS said: “We
are excited to work with OneWeb in their efforts
to provide cloud-based connectivity and deliver
innovative services to customers worldwide. AWS
is committed to helping customers reimagine
space systems, accelerate innovation, and turn
data into useful insights quickly. We look
forward to working with OneWeb in their efforts
to push the edge closer to where their customers
need it most.”
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