O3b Networks

[13] In April 2016, SES announced that (subject to regulatory approvals which were expected to be completed by the end of 2016) it would pay US$20 million to increase its fully diluted ownership of O3b from 49.1% to 50.5%, taking a controlling share in the company.

[16] Operators in the Cook Islands,[17] Pakistan[18] and Nigeria[19] were among the first to prebook capacity on the O3b constellation to serve their respective markets.

O3b also announced a contract with Viasat for the production and installation of Ka-band infrastructure indicating significant progress in the deployment of O3b's Next Generation Network.

[25] The first four satellites were launched on a Soyuz-2 / Fregat-MT rocket by Arianespace on 25 June 2013 at 19:27:03 UTC,[4] and are currently in orbit and functioning properly.

[29] In November 2014, MS Quantum of the Seas became the first cruise ship to provide fast internet to guests through O3b Networks.

The service is branded "Voom" by its cruise line, Royal Caribbean International and it was subsequently rolled out to every ship in their fleet.

[6] [7] [8] In August 2015, SES Government Solutions (now SES Space & Defense) agreed on a one-year contract with US government scientific agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to supply O3b services and ground equipment to the National Weather Service Office in American Samoa, which will expand NOAA's broadband connectivity outside the continental United States to provide weather, water, and climate data, and forecasts and warnings to American Samoa.

[31] Four additional satellites were launched on 9 March 2018 on a Soyuz-2.1b rocket from the Centre Spatial Guyanais, to join the existing constellation of 12.