Telesat and Airbus begin collaboration to integrate Telesat Lightspeed services into HBCplus portfolio

APEX Expo, Long Beach, California - October 28, 2024 -Telesat (NASDAQ and TSX: TSAT), one of the world's largest and most innovative satellite operators, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Airbus SAS to collaborate on the integration of the Telesat Lightspeed low earth orbit (LEO) network within the Airbus HBCplus Ka-band solution portfolio.

Airbus launched its HBCplus satellite connectivity solution as a supplier-furnished line-fit catalogue option and also for retrofit on all Airbus programs. Airbus and Telesat will work together to address user terminal integration for HBCplus installations that are capable of providing Telesat Lightspeed services.

"Our advanced, enterprise-class LEO network was designed from inception to meet the demanding requirements of inflight connectivity service providers with guaranteed committed information rates and SLAs," stated Philippe Schleret, Vice President of Aviation for Telesat. "We're excited to begin this important collaboration with Airbus to ensure our channel partners can seamlessly integrate Telesat Lightspeed services into their portfolios to deliver exceptional connectivity experiences to their customers as HBCplus Managed Service Providers."

"We are very happy to partner with Telesat," said Tim Sommer, Head of Connected aircraft at Airbus. "The integration of the Telesat Lightspeed LEO network within the Airbus HBCplus solution will perfectly complement our current MEO & GEO offer. This partnership is a great opportunity to answer to the emerging demand for low latency connectivity, but also to contribute towards our multi orbit strategy for global coverage."