[Satellite Today – 6-18-08] Solaris Mobile is establishing its headquarters in Dublin, the organization said June 18. Solaris Mobile is a joint-venture satellite based service company formed by SES Astra and Eutelsat targeting the mobile broadcast and multimedia services market. Services are scheduled for launch in early 2009.
    The company will operate in a 2.00 GHz frequency band, the S-band, reserved for the exclusive use of satellite and terrestrial mobile services. The S-band sits alongside UMTS frequencies that are already used across Europe for 3G terrestrial services. 
    The infrastructure will be able to deliver a wide range of broadcast and multimedia services on an anytime-and-anywhere basis. SES and Eutelsat believe that satellite networks will now be able to compete with, and complement, terrestrial networks in the provision of broadcasting services to the mobile sector.