SES and Eutelsat concluded a series of agreements...

SES and Eutelsat concluded a series of agreements to settle their dispute over operations at the 28.5 degrees east orbital position. “The first agreement ends the arbitral procedure” between the companies that was initiated in October 2012 under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris, the companies said in a press release (http://bit.ly/MlNWpW). The dispute concerned use of 500 MHz of spectrum at 28.5 degrees east, it said. SES was granted the right to use German Ku-band orbital frequencies effective Oct. 4 (CD Sept 17 p15). Under another agreement, Eutelsat contracted long-term satellite capacity on the SES satellite fleet at that orbital position, the companies said. The third agreement allows both parties “an optimized use of their respective spectrum at a number of orbital positions over Europe, the Middle East and Africa,” they said.