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<\/p>\nT\u00fcrkiye and Qatar have signed a strategic partnership agreement for a next-generation software-defined communications satellite project, a top official said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The deal forms a long-term collaboration between Turkish satellite operator T\u00fcrksat and Qatar-based Es’hailSat.<\/p>\n
Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uralo\u011flu said the agreement covers the Es’hail-3\/T\u00fcrksat-Biruni satellite project and establishes a long-term strategic partnership focused on capacity sharing and joint commercial growth.<\/p>\n
The agreement was signed in Doha by Es’hailSat Chair and CEO Ali Ahmed Al-Kuwari and T\u00fcrksat General Manager Ahmet Hamdi Atalay.<\/p>\n
Under the agreement, the partners will jointly utilize the capacity of the high-throughput Ka-band Es’hail-3\/T\u00fcrksat-Biruni satellite, which will operate at the 50 degrees East orbital position.<\/p>\n
The cutting-edge satellite will be built by Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales and Leonardo, the company said separately on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The satellite will offer high-speed broadband connectivity services across Europe, Africa, Central Asia and the Middle East.<\/p>\n
Uralo\u011flu said the partnership would strengthen T\u00fcrksat-Biruni’s commercial capacity, expand T\u00fcrkiye’s presence in global satellite communications markets and enhance the country’s competitiveness in the sector.<\/p>\n
The project, financed by Qatar, will add a new high-capacity satellite to T\u00fcrksat’s fleet. Up to 50 gigabits per second (Gbps) of satellite capacity will be made available to T\u00fcrksat, helping reinforce T\u00fcrkiye’s satellite communications infrastructure, said Uralo\u011flu.<\/p>\n
Under the deal, the companies will also cooperate by sharing satellite assets, ground infrastructure, distribution networks and customer portfolios, aiming to optimize capacity utilization and maximize the satellite’s commercial potential from the outset.<\/p>\n
Uralo\u011flu stressed that the project would preserve T\u00fcrkiye’s strategic rights over the 50 degrees East orbital slot and associated frequency allocations, with no transfer of orbital or spectrum rights. The satellite will be registered under T\u00fcrksat with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).<\/p>\n
He said the satellite would support broadband internet, aviation and maritime connectivity, government communications and enterprise data services across the region it will cover.<\/p>\n
According to Uralo\u011flu, the agreement also deepens the strategic relationship between T\u00fcrkiye and Qatar by extending bilateral cooperation into the space and satellite technologies sector.<\/p>\n
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