DataMiner SatOps wins Teleport Technology of the Year award at SATELLITE 2026

Left: Steven Soenens (2nd from the right) receiving the Teleport Technology of the Year award • Right: Steven Soenens & Kurt Marlein holding the WTA award

Solving infrastructure, business, and operational fragmentation

As teleport operators move toward multi-orbit and hybrid operations, the historical divide between Monitoring & Control (M&C) and OSS/BSS functions has become a showstopper, driving massive time and cost overhead while holding operators back from innovating and scaling their services.

“DataMiner SatOps addresses this by replacing siloed tools with a vendor-agnostic digital twin that provides a single-pane-of-glass view of the entire operation. This allows operators to manage technical assets, service orchestration, and logistics within one cohesive environment, reducing OPEX while enabling faster innovation,” said Hans Massart, Satellite Business Development Director at Skyline Communications. “It’s a huge honor to see how positively the industry reacts to what we’re building. This award is a strong signal that the market is ready for this shift and that DataMiner SatOps is the right solution to lead it.”

DataMiner SatOps is a unique solution that helps satellite and teleport operators reshape how quickly and effectively they deliver value in an era where speed and agility are becoming prime differentiators. Randall Barney, Executive Director at WTA

Randall Barney, Executive Director at WTA commented on the award, saying “DataMiner SatOps is a unique solution that helps satellite and teleport operators reshape how quickly and effectively they deliver value in an era where speed and agility are becoming prime differentiators. That’s the kind of innovation we look for in a Technology of the Year.”

The foundation for GenAI-ready operations

While the immediate value of SatOps lies in operational efficiency, this award also recognizes the industry’s next major opportunity: the GenAI era.

“With the explosion of data from converged networks, human-led monitoring and control is no longer scalable,” added Hans. “DataMiner’s digital twin architecture allows AI to handle the heavy lifting. For satellite operators currently weighing the risks and rewards of AI, DataMiner provides a secure, future-proof foundation to move from human oversight to autonomous operations.”

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Human-led monitoring and control is no longer scalable, DataMiner’s digital twin architecture allows AI to handle the heavy lifting. Hans Massart, Satellite Business Development Director at Skyline Communications

Experience DataMiner live at SATELLITE 2026

Skyline Communications accepted the Teleport Technology of the Year award on March 24 during the annual WTA-led Teleport Awards for Excellence Luncheon. The luncheon is a highlight of SATELLITE 2026, the industry’s flagship gathering, and a fitting backdrop for a company with a rapidly expanding international presence.

“Across the satellite industry, DataMiner is increasingly recognized as the operating system at the heart of modern operations,” said Hans. “In the future, success will be defined less by the infrastructure itself and more by how effectively operators orchestrate, automate, and continuously evolve their operations around it. This is exactly where DataMiner delivers strategic value, enabling organizations to fully leverage their infrastructure and grow into powerful, agile SatOps operations.”

He added, “We also see growing demand for this approach in the GovDef segment, where mission-critical environments operate in rapidly evolving landscapes that demand continuous agility and adaptability.”

The award-winning DataMiner SatOps solution is demonstrated live at the Skyline Communications booth (3250) for the remainder of SATELLITE 2026.

Built on the DataMiner xOps Platform

DataMiner SatOps is powered by the DataMiner xOps Platform, an operating system for organizations that run complex operational ecosystems. It provides a unique opportunity for organizations to quickly and efficiently evolve into a data- and control-driven entity, establishing a unified foundation where data, controls, and operational processes come together to continuously convert operational complexity into business value.

Designed for the new operational reality of converged, software-defined, and highly dynamic infrastructures, DataMiner enables organizations to evolve from fragmented ecosystems scattered with point solutions into data- and control-driven entities, with the ability to smoothly progress toward AI-assisted and autonomous operations in the Intelligence Era.

As an open and vendor-agnostic platform, DataMiner allows industry-specific solutions such as SatOps to run as ready-to-deploy operational blueprints, accelerating time to value while ensuring long-term flexibility and continuous evolution. For satellite operators, this means they can modernize their operations with confidence, knowing they are building on a future-proof xOps foundation aligned with the growing role of GenAI and operational intelligence.

DataMiner displaying real-time monitoring and orchestration for a London-based satellite environment.