UNIVITY wins €44m France 2030 funding to validate VLEO 5G non‑terrestrial network (uniShape)

CNES awarded UNIVITY €31m under France 2030 — part of a €44m programme with industry co‑finance — to validate uniShape, an in‑orbit VLEO 5G non‑terrestrial network that integrates satellites with terrestrial infrastructure. UNIVITY and TDF will demonstrate services aimed at terrestrial operators and French technological sovereignty.

Discovered 2025-09-01T06:52:46.516945-07:00 | 2025-09-01T06:52:46.516945-07:00

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CNES backing (€31m) within a €44m France 2030 programme funds an in‑orbit VLEO 5G-NTN demo (uniShape), signalling direct public support and industrial co‑finance for French/European space telecom capability; it sits alongside Paris' wider market interventions such as its €700m support for Eutelsat and the DGA's framework for OneWeb LEO services.
The uniShape demo supplements a wave of European NTN validation activity, complementing recent projects like Tyvak's ESA 5G NTN demonstration, All.Space's ESA-funded multi-network terminal work and the Kratos–Intelsat live GEO 5G NTN test, accelerating operator-focused satellite+terrestrial integration and downstream service readiness.

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