Overview
Alain Rolle co-founded nxgsat with Frederik Simoens, serving as CEO and CTO of the company. nxgsat raised EUR 1.2M in seed funding from PMV and imec.istart in October 2025 to accelerate development of its high-speed 5G satellite modem designed for non-terrestrial network applications. The company has secured commercial and governmental contracts in the space sector and plans a commercial release in Q2 2026.
Career history
In the news
- The productized nxgsat 5G NTN UE. Synchronized. Connected. Broadband high resolution video streaming combined with interactive web browsing over a realistically emulated NTN channel. Not a slide, not a recording. That's what's live the next 2 days in the demo room at the ESA NTN Colloquium & General Assembly. If you're at ESTEC through 2 September, come find us at the nxgsat stand! Jelle Jocqué, Jo De Loor and Alain Rolle will happily walk you through the demo set-up. Can't make it? Book a demo here: https://lnkd.in/eZ69MSpS
- We're heading to the European Space Agency - ESA NTN Forum's Colloquium & General Assembly. 31 August – 2 September 2026 Our team (Alain Rolle, Jo De Loor, Jelle Jocqué) will be on-site with technology in action: 🔹 5G interoperable, resilient and secure satcom 🔹 5G NTN software modems 🔹 Beyond the lab, ready for real-world deployment If you're at the event, come find us, we'd love to show you what we've built. Book a demo and we'll walk you through it: https://lnkd.in/eZ69MSpS #NTNForum #ESA #Satcom #5G
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