The license will allow Solaris Mobile’s hybrid satellite and terrestrial network to operate in Spain, and will enable the company to provide voice and data services, video-on-demand, digital radio and other broadband and broadcast services to mobile devices.

In May 2009, the EC selected Solaris Mobile to operate services in 2 x 15 MHz blocks of S-Band spectrum across Europe. Solaris Mobile already has similar licenses in Finland, Luxembourg, Italy, Slovenia, France, Sweden, Germany, Denmark, The Netherlands, Poland and the United Kingdom. Four of these licenses comprise authorizations covering both the MSS and the terrestrial CGC element.

             “Solaris Mobile has made steady progress in acquiring license authorizations from the member states in the last year. We continue to make progress in acquiring and consolidating rights with subsequent EU countries for the remaining licenses, and will act in compliance with national regimes as soon as they are put in place. Several member states have yet to establish their national framework for authorizing these services,” Solaris Mobile CEO Steve Maine said in a statement.