Germany finances Eutelsat satellite internet in Ukraine — Reuters

This was reported to Reuters by Eutelsat CEO Eva Berneke. She noted that the company has been providing high-speed satellite Internet services in Ukraine for about a year through a German distributor.

She did not disclose the amount of funding, saying only that it was provided by the German government.

Earlier, Eva Berneke said in an interview with Bloomberg that the company could deploy 40,000 terminals in Ukraine in a couple of months, but needs financial and logistical support to scale up quickly.

In Ukraine, there were less than a thousand terminals connecting users to the Eutelsat network.

"We are now aiming to get 5,000 to 10,000 relatively quickly," she said, adding that it could happen "within weeks."

Asked whether Germany would also fund this additional provision, Eutelsat spokeswoman Joanna Darlington said the issue was under discussion.

"We don't yet know how the EU collectively or country by country will fund further efforts," Darlington said.

In 2023, Eutelsat acquired the British company OneWeb, which is Starlink's main competitor in providing high-speed satellite internet via satellites in low Earth orbit. Eutelsat currently operates 35 geostationary satellites and 600 low-Earth orbit satellites.

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