SES partners with Global Eagle for Ku-band in-flight connectivity.

SES and Global Eagle Entertainment formed a partnership to deliver global Ku-band satellite in-flight connectivity to airlines. SES will provide the satellite bandwidth for use in Global Eagle's in-flight connectivity system, SES said Thursday in a news release. The agreement includes access to the existing SES network, and to upcoming high throughput satellite spot beam-based systems, "providing significant increases in bandwidth speeds," it said.