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A Unified Vision, Advanced Technology, and Global Expertise to Drive Customer Adoption
HERNDON, Va. and PARIS, Dec. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ST Engineering iDirect, a global leader in satellite communications, announced today that it is collaborating with Capgemini, an AI-powered global business and technology transformation company, to develop a 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) satellite base station. Based on cloud-native fundamentals, the solution will enable seamless integration between satellite and terrestrial networks, accelerating the adoption of standards-based, software-defined 5G NTN technology.
The core of this collaboration is the development of a satellite-optimized Radio Access Technology (RAT) within ST Engineering iDirect's cloud-native Intuition ground system. Built using Capgemini's gNodeB software stack, which serves as the foundation for managing and controlling communication links between 5G-enabled endpoints and the 5G core network, and leveraging ST Engineering iDirect's deep expertise in satellite communications, the NTN satellite base station has been uniquely optimized to address the nuances of satellite connectivity. Together, these innovations ensure native 3GPP access to the 5G core network over satellite, enabling interoperability with terrestrial 5G networks and supporting advanced 5G enabled applications.
"By combining our advanced satcoms technology with Capgemini's expertise in 5G technology, we are delivering a solution that meets the evolving needs of operators and enterprises." said Sridhar Kuppanna, Chief Technology Officer at ST Engineering iDirect. "This aligns with our hybrid 5G strategy, which focuses on enabling seamless integration across non-3GPP and 3GPP networks, ensuring operators can transition smoothly while maximizing the value of their existing infrastructure and paving the way for a fully standardized 5G–6G future."
Capgemini brings critical 5G technical capabilities to this collaboration, including its gNodeB stack supporting transparent and regenerative satellite functionality, as well as FR1 and FR2 (millimeter wave) bands. These features are essential for enabling higher-capacity satellite links, improving spectral efficiency, and ensuring alignment with 3GPP standards. When integrated with ST Engineering iDirect's Intuition ground system, the result is a solution that delivers global scalability, seamless roaming, and expanded coverage for operators worldwide.
"This collaboration underscores Capgemini's commitment to advancing innovation across terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks," said Nicolas Rousseau, Chief Digital Engineering and Manufacturing Officer at Capgemini. "By uniting ST Engineering iDirect's satellite expertise with our 5G software leadership and global engineering reach, we are helping to accelerate the adoption of standards-based NTN solutions. Together, we are building the foundation for truly ubiquitous connectivity that empowers operators and enterprises across the world."
The collaboration reflects a shared vision and a strong alignment with key customers and programs, ensuring the successful adoption of this transformative technology. By uniting terrestrial and satellite technologies under a standards-based framework, ST Engineering iDirect and Capgemini are driving the future of integrated networks, empowering industries and enterprises to achieve seamless global connectivity.
ST Engineering iDirect, a subsidiary of ST Engineering, is a global leader in satellite communications (satcom) providing technology and solutions that enable its customers to expand their business, differentiate their services and optimize their satcom networks. With over 40 years of delivering innovation focused on solving satellite's most critical economic and technology challenges we are committed to shaping the future of how the world connects. The product portfolio, branded iDirect, represents the highest standards in performance, efficiency and reliability, making it possible for its customers to deliver the best satcom connectivity experience anywhere in the world. ST Engineering iDirect is a leader in key industries including mobility, broadcast and military/government. In 2007, iDirect Government was formed to better serve the U.S. government and defense communities. For more information visit www.idirect.net.
Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organizations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion. Make it real | www.capgemini.com
A Unified Vision, Advanced Technology, and Global Expertise to Drive Customer Adoption
HERNDON, Va. and PARIS, Dec. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ST Engineering iDirect, a global leader in satellite communications, announced today that it is collaborating with Capgemini, an AI-powered global business and technology transformation company, to develop a 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) satellite base station. Based on cloud-native fundamentals, the solution will enable seamless integration between satellite and terrestrial networks, accelerating the adoption of standards-based, software-defined 5G NTN technology.
The core of this collaboration is the development of a satellite-optimized Radio Access Technology (RAT) within ST Engineering iDirect's cloud-native Intuition ground system. Built using Capgemini's gNodeB software stack, which serves as the foundation for managing and controlling communication links between 5G-enabled endpoints and the 5G core network, and leveraging ST Engineering iDirect's deep expertise in satellite communications, the NTN satellite base station has been uniquely optimized to address the nuances of satellite connectivity. Together, these innovations ensure native 3GPP access to the 5G core network over satellite, enabling interoperability with terrestrial 5G networks and supporting advanced 5G enabled applications.
"By combining our advanced satcoms technology with Capgemini's expertise in 5G technology, we are delivering a solution that meets the evolving needs of operators and enterprises." said Sridhar Kuppanna, Chief Technology Officer at ST Engineering iDirect. "This aligns with our hybrid 5G strategy, which focuses on enabling seamless integration across non-3GPP and 3GPP networks, ensuring operators can transition smoothly while maximizing the value of their existing infrastructure and paving the way for a fully standardized 5G–6G future."
Capgemini brings critical 5G technical capabilities to this collaboration, including its gNodeB stack supporting transparent and regenerative satellite functionality, as well as FR1 and FR2 (millimeter wave) bands. These features are essential for enabling higher-capacity satellite links, improving spectral efficiency, and ensuring alignment with 3GPP standards. When integrated with ST Engineering iDirect's Intuition ground system, the result is a solution that delivers global scalability, seamless roaming, and expanded coverage for operators worldwide.
"This collaboration underscores Capgemini's commitment to advancing innovation across terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks," said Nicolas Rousseau, Chief Digital Engineering and Manufacturing Officer at Capgemini. "By uniting ST Engineering iDirect's satellite expertise with our 5G software leadership and global engineering reach, we are helping to accelerate the adoption of standards-based NTN solutions. Together, we are building the foundation for truly ubiquitous connectivity that empowers operators and enterprises across the world."
The collaboration reflects a shared vision and a strong alignment with key customers and programs, ensuring the successful adoption of this transformative technology. By uniting terrestrial and satellite technologies under a standards-based framework, ST Engineering iDirect and Capgemini are driving the future of integrated networks, empowering industries and enterprises to achieve seamless global connectivity.
ST Engineering iDirect, a subsidiary of ST Engineering, is a global leader in satellite communications (satcom) providing technology and solutions that enable its customers to expand their business, differentiate their services and optimize their satcom networks. With over 40 years of delivering innovation focused on solving satellite's most critical economic and technology challenges we are committed to shaping the future of how the world connects. The product portfolio, branded iDirect, represents the highest standards in performance, efficiency and reliability, making it possible for its customers to deliver the best satcom connectivity experience anywhere in the world. ST Engineering iDirect is a leader in key industries including mobility, broadcast and military/government. In 2007, iDirect Government was formed to better serve the U.S. government and defense communities. For more information visit www.idirect.net.
Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organizations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion. Make it real | www.capgemini.com
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ST Engineering iDirect and Capgemini collaborate to Advance 5G Non-Terrestrial Network Solutions
Multi-phase, multi-region rollout will deliver advanced AMD AI silicon and the open AMD ROCm software stack to frontier-model, enterprise, and sovereign AI customers across global markets
SINGAPORE, May 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- OneQode, a global provider of mission-critical digital infrastructure, today announced a collaboration with AMD to deploy AMD Instinct™ GPUs, as well as announcing plans to deploy AMD Helios rack-scale solution as the platform foundation for OneQode's global AI infrastructure rollout.
OneQode plans a phased rollout anchored by AMD Instinct™ MI355X GPUs in initial deployments and incorporating AMD Helios solution in the future. The deployment will run on the open AMD ROCm™ software stack, giving customers a standards-based, vendor-neutral foundation for large-scale AI training and inference.
The announcement follows OneQode's recently announced 110MW AI infrastructure agreement with Bitzero in Norway, and reflects the company's broader strategy to deploy high-performance AI capacity across Europe and Asia-Pacific. It leverages their existing cloud and telecommunications footprint deployed across 5 continents over the last 7 years, and will also incorporate their unique low-latency, sovereignty-focused product offerings.
OneQode expects to support a range of high-performance AI workloads, powered by AMD AI solutions, including frontier-model training and inference, enterprise AI, and sovereign AI for governments, research institutions, and AI-first organisations.
"Demanding AI workloads require high-performance compute, scalable infrastructure and an open software ecosystem," said Negin Oliver, corporate vice president, Business Development for AI, AMD. "AMD Instinct GPUs and the unifying AMD ROCm open software stack are designed to help customers accelerate large-scale AI training and inference with the performance, efficiency and flexibility they need. We're pleased to work with OneQode as it expands access to AMD AI solutions for customers globally."
"AMD is shipping some of the most compelling AI hardware in the market," said Matthew Shearing, Founder and CEO of OneQode, "The challenge now is putting that silicon in the right places - close to the customers, sovereign workloads, and AI-first organisations that need it. That's what OneQode does. We've spent nearly a decade building performance infrastructure across Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the global south, serving the kinds of workloads where uptime, latency and sovereignty actually matter. We're aiming to be AMD's partner of choice for extending AMD Instinct silicon at scale into the regions that need it most."
"We're genuinely pumped to be working with AMD," said Joe Swinn, Head of Product at OneQode. "We've been deploying infrastructure at scale globally for seven years, including some blazing-fast AMD EPYC processor-based private cloud builds, and this is one we've been waiting for. The AMD Instinct MI355X is a serious piece of silicon, and AMD Helios is built for the kinds of AI workloads our customers actually want to run. The AMD team have been brilliant to deal with, and we can't wait to get this kit in front of customers."
About OneQode
OneQode is a global provider of performance digital infrastructure. With a vertically-integrated platform that spans cloud compute, low-latency networking and sovereign technology across over 30 datacentres in 5 continents, they enable enterprises, governments and performance-hungry businesses to run AI & mission-critical workloads at scale, across the globe. Learn more at oneqode.com.
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OneQode to Deploy AMD Instinct GPUs and Plans for AMD Helios Rack-Scale Solution for Global AI Infrastructure
