Global Markets - Products and Services
INTEGRASYS announced the release of Satmotion Pocket Remote Commissioning Solution for Google Glass, at CommunicAsia 2014 exhibition in Singapore.
Thaicom, Thailand's leading satellite operator, has become the first in the Asia Pacific region to introduce commercial In-Flight Connectivity Services using Ku-band to provide broadband on commercial flights. The deal has been agreed with Thailand's number one premium low cost airline Nok Air, which last year transported nearly six million passengers. With 48,000 flights per year the carrier will provide broadband Wi-Fi services on many of its aircraft starting in August - ranging from Internet access to other complimentary services in the future.
Advantech Wireless, a privately-held Canadian corporation and manufacturer of Satellite, RF Equipment and Microwave Systems has successfully supporting the live transmissions of the sports tournament in Brazil with its award winning 400W C-Band and 200W Ku-Band SapphireBlu™ Series of UltraLinear™ GaN technology based High Power Amplifiers.
Newtec and MEASAT will be hosting a a world premier at the CommunicAsia show next week of satellite transmission of 4K UHDTV video distributed using the new DVB-S2X transmission standard. The extensions to the DVB-S2 standard, a new specification developed by DVB including Newtec, called DVB-S2X, will be instrumental for the satellite industry to keep pace with demands for new features and increased efficiency.
Comtech EF Data Corp. announced today that in the recently published 8th Edition of the Wireless Backhaul, Trunking and Video Offload via Satellite report by Northern Sky Research (NSR), it was identified as the dominant industry participant for both Single Channel per Carrier (SCPC) equipment and the overall wireless backhaul market.
HISPASAT, the Spanish satellite telecommunications operator, today announced that is has completed an agreement with Intelsat, the world's lagest satellite operator, to jointly provide satellite services at the 55.5ºW orbital position for the Latin American market.
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The Interference and Direction Analyzer IDA 2 from Narda Safety Test Solutions now generates persistence spectrums. Interference hidden beneath strong signals can now be detected and traced on the spot. Sources of electromagnetic radiation that interfere with radio or wireless communications can be difficult to localize if they are swamped by the regular signals. The interference is hidden beneath the useful signal when subjected to conventional spectrum analysis.
C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. a provider of mobile auto-deploying satellite antenna systems, today announced that it has received type approval for its iNetVu® FLY-75V Ka-band antenna system from Eutelsat for use on its KA-SAT Tooway service. Eutelsat is one of the world's leading satellite operators delivering service into 150 countries via 37 satellites.
Comtech EF Data has been awarded US$ 1.0 million in follow-on equipment orders from a Mobile Network Operator (MNO) in Africa in the three months to the end of April. The equipment will be used for a network upgrade that will transport and optimize voice and data communications, and facilitate subscriber growth across the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Spanish satellite communications operator HISPASAT will provide satellite capacity for MEO Ultra HD’s live broadcast in Ultra High Definition (UHD) of the soccer match pitting Portugal against Greece on May 31. This match, in the run up to the World Cup to be held in Brazil this summer, will be sent out live from the national soccer stadium in Lisbon.
