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Europe Gets Universal Broadband Coverage by Elisabeth Tweedie
DTH Services Boost the Asia-Pacific Market by Peter Galace
The Importance of Latency in the Mobile Marketby Virgil Labrador
Enterprise-Class HTS Serviceesby Martin Jarrold
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Melville, N.Y., Dec. 9, 2013 — Comtech Telecommunications Corp. has reported lower net sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2014 because of lower sales in its RF microwave amplifiers and mobile data communications segments. Comtech said net sales for the first quarter ended October 31, 2013 reached US$ 83.4 million compared to $91 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2013. But the company said it also experienced a surge in the sale of its telecommunications transmission segment.
El Segundo, Calif., Dec. 9, 2013—In a sign of how profoundly Internet-based media is revolutionizing the way consumers access video entertainment content, more than 1.7 billion devices capable of accessing over-the-top (OTT) broadband content like Netflix and Hulu are set to ship by the end of 2013. Shipments of OTT-capable devices will rise 20 percent this year from 1.43 billion units in 2012, according to a new Consumer Electronics Topical Reportf rom IHS Inc.
London, UK, December 9, 2013--The latest broadband forecasts from Point Topic have dropped the expected number of broadband lines in the UK by almost 8% at the end of 2016, from just under 26 million lines to 23.88 million.
Bensheim, Germany, December 3, 2013 —RF Design has unveiled its latest FlexLink K4 ideal for flexible signal assignment and perfectly suited for RF-distribution applications in teleports, satellite earth-stations as well as broadcasting and CATV/IPTV facilities.
Products and Services MarketPlace Profiles showcased at SATCON 2013 in New York City and MILCOM 2013 in San Diego, Calif. To view the profiles click here. You will need Adobe Acrobat reader to view the profiles.
Mexico City, December 4, 2013 – World leaders from government, industry and research institutions gathering this week in Mexico City for ITU’s World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium (WTIS) have sent a strong message calling for the international community to explicitly prioritize information and communication technologies (ICTs) as essential to every nation’s future social development and economic growth.
London, UK, December 2, 2013--The subjects of the oil & gas vertical market and that of High Throughput Satellites are rarely outside the scope of anyone connected with the development and delivery of satellite-based communications solutions these days. Indeed, as you read this column – during, I believe, the first week of December – one of the latest of the GVF-EMP Conference Partnership events covering the first of these subjects has already been successfully concluded, and another, covering the later subject, will be very nearly, or even actually, underway.
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