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# CNES signs EUR 31 million contract for Univity's VLEO 5G connectivity demo
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-09-02-cnes-univity-5g-vleo-contract/
- Published: 2025-09-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-21T05:48:48.000Z
- Description: CNES signed a EUR 31 million contract with Paris startup Univity and telecom operator TDF, funded under France's France 2030 programme, to build and test a VLEO satellite 5G NTN connectivity service.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #reported, #editor-read

Reported Editor-read [frenchweb.fr, 2 September 2025](https://www.frenchweb.fr/la-guerre-des-constellations-5g-univity-signe-un-contrat-de-31-millions-deuros-avec-le-cnes/456779?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This does not establish that the uniSky constellation reaches orbit or operates a service; funding covers only the demonstration phase.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-14\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)