An important project involving satellite operator Eutelsat and regional ISP Caribsat to bridge the digital divide in the French West Indies and French Guiana will make use of Newtec’s Sat3Play® VSAT Broadband Platform.

Satellite operator O3b today moves a step closer to service launch for its customers with the formal opening of its Gateway (satellite ground station) in preparation for its launch and service commencement in 2014. The facility was formally opened by the President of Peru, Ollanta Humala, at a ceremony attended by O3b CEO Steve Collar on Monday, 25 November at 11.00, local time.

Hunter Communications Inc. announces its entry into the Canadian satellite market and applauds the decision of Industry Canada to create a more level playing field for satellite services between foreign and Canadian satellite operators. 

O3b Networks today announced an agreement to provide high-speed, low-latency capacity to Somtel. Somtel, headquartered in Hargeisa, Somaliland is one of the leading telecommunications company in Somalia with over 500 employees providing a comprehensive range of mobile voice and data services including 3G and the first 4G network to customers in Somalia.

Astrium, announced the launch of Astrium Services’ next generation SKYWAN 5G satcom modem. With this new modem Astrium brings simplicity to satellite communications.

Advantech Wireless Inc., a privately-held Canadian corporation and manufacturer of Satellite, RF Equipment and Microwave Systems announced today the release of the new High Power 500W Ka-Band, MentorTM Class of Solid State Power Amplifiers. 

ORBIT Communication Systems, Ltd., a provider of elite mission‐critical connectivity solutions for satellite communications, tracking and telemetry, and communications management systems, today announced it will be showcasing and holding live demonstrations of its newOceanTRx™maritime stabilized VSAT product line at OilComm 2013, booth #721.

Advantech Wireless Inc., a privately-held Canadian corporation and manufacturer of Satellite, RF Equipment and Microwave Systems announced today that it has successfully completed the deployment of a turnkey solution including its high power SapphireBluTM Series of UltraLinearTM GaN technology based SSPAs for a major military customer in Latin America. 

TrustComm Inc. and Thuraya Telecommunications Company today introduced Starlight, a new end-to-end U.S.-managed implementation of mobile satellite services (MSS) delivered via Thuraya satellites. 

Starlight is designed to deliver high-quality IP and voice communications for end users who require resilient and assured communications.  With Starlight, the full lifecycle of Thuraya’s suite of services is managed by a U.S. company, satisfying the requirements of customers in the maritime, land, energy and enterprise markets.

AvL Technologies will launch a new 1.2M Ku-Band Low-Stow Mobile VSAT Vehicle-Mount Antenna at OilComm 2013.  The antenna features a new proprietary structural carbon fiber reflector, zero-backlash AvL Cable Drive, embedded auto-acquisition AvL AAQ controller, and level sensors for automatic vehicle tilt compensation and cross-pol alignment.