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\n\tAvailable from 11 December 2025 for the general public, and during 2026 for professional and corporate customers, this service consolidates Orange\u0092s leadership position in networks and in France by offering the most comprehensive and high-performance range of connectivity solutions on the market. It also illustrates the Group\u0092s commitment to continuing its strategy of providing a complete portfolio of mobile, terrestrial, satellite and submarine connectivity solutions, leveraging its innovation and technological diversification capabilities.<\/p>\n
\n\tBased on a partnership with Skylo, a non-terrestrial network operator (NTN), this offer is available for Orange\u0092s 5G and 5G+ customers and will be initially proposed, on an exclusive basis, to those owning a Google Pixel 9 or 10 smartphone. Subsequently, Message Satellite will be enriched in terms of services and compatible handsets.<\/p>\n
\n\tConcrete benefits for customers<\/p>\n
\n\tThis service relies on the Direct to Device technology, which allows the smartphone to communicate directly with a satellite. The process is simple: users connect to the satellite through a dedicated SMS interface allowing them to write their message. The satellite then takes over to ensure the sending and receiving of SMS messages via Orange\u0092s core mobile network.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe technology ensures reliable and straightforward SMS exchanges, perfectly suited for certain use cases or environments such as:<\/p>\n
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\n\t\tOutdoor adventurers and sports enthusiasts: staying connected with loved ones during treks, trail runs, mountain or sea outings.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n
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\n\t\tThose living or traveling in areas with no coverage in France or abroad.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n
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\n\t\tEmergency services, logistics or transport operations: for teams operating in isolated or poorly covered areas or after natural disasters when terrestrial networks are disrupted.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n
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\n\t\tTourism: for those traveling in mountainous, coastal or rural areas.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n
\n\tThe Message Satellite offer will be available as a free option for the first 6 months, then at a price of \u00805\/month.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Skylo coverage area includes Germany, England, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Spain (excluding Canary Islands), Estonia, Finland, mainland France (including Corsica) and Guyana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, R\u00e9union, Mayotte, Saint Martin, Saint Barth\u00e9lemy, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, USA, Canada, Brazil, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand.<\/p>\n
\n\t\tJ\u00e9r\u00f4me H\u00e9nique, CEO of Orange France<\/p>\n
\n\t\tthe Message Satellite offer addresses the fundamental need to stay connected with loved ones, even when away. With this new offer, Orange provides a useful and simple innovation that strengthens service continuity for our customers, wherever they are. Being the first operator in France to launch this option demonstrates our leadership and our ambition to provide high-quality connectivity everywhere and for everyone<\/p>\n
\n\t\tMicha\u00ebl Trabbia, CEO of Orange Wholesale<\/p>\n
\n\t\tOrange combines the best available technologies to meet our customers\u0092 connectivity needs. The Direct to Device technology is part of this approach, providing readily available and targeted connectivity on your smartphone even in the absence of mobile or Wi-Fi coverage. The launch of this technology in France to enable the sending and receiving of SMS messages is a major first step for the Group, paving the way for an enrichment of services available to Orange customers as technological evolutions continue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" During the Orange OpenTech event in Paris, Orange announced the launch of Message Satellite, a service that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":591977,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5309],"tags":[41493,2000,299,36,183826],"class_list":{"0":"post-591976","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-direct-to-device","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-france","12":"tag-satellite-sms"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115608120280653548","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=591976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/591977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=591976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}