OQ Technology 's Founder and CEO Omar Qaise will speak at World Space Business Week 2026 in Paris at the Novaspace Summits panel discussion on D2D Tomorrow.

OQ Technology is a Luxembourg-based satellite operator pioneering standardized 5G Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) through its global Direct-to-Device (D2D) satellite network. As Europe's first company operating a LEO constellation dedicated to D2D services, OQ Technology leverages its Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) S-band spectrum rights to deliver secure, seamless, and standards-based connectivity directly to unmodified smartphones and IoT devices. By bridging terrestrial and space-based mobile networks, OQ Technology enables 3GPP-compliant 5G NTN communications for governments, enterprises, and consumers worldwide, supporting applications across critical infrastructure, public safety, energy, logistics, maritime, agriculture, transportation, and defense. Over the past years, OQ Technology has played a key role in advancing Europe's sovereign NTN ecosystem through strategic partnerships, commercial deployments, and support from leading European institutions, including the European Innovation Council (EIC), the European Investment Bank (EIB), and the European Space Agency (ESA). Having successfully commercialized satellite NB-IoT services, the company is now expanding its next-generation D2D constellation to deliver emergency broadcast, two-way messaging, voice, and data connectivity on a global scale. With headquarters in Luxembourg and offices across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Australia, OQ Technology is building the next generation of global satellite connectivity.