French satellite service provider Eutelsat has successfully carried out the world's first trial of 5G Non-Terrestrial Network connection using OneWeb's low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites, it said on Monday, sending its shares 9 per cent higher. WHY IT'S IMPORTANT European telecom and space firms are ramping up efforts to expand internet networks with satellite investments at the core of the European Commission's 10.6 billion euro ($11.1 billion) IRIS² programme. 5G Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN),