Comtech Telecommunications Corp.’s (NASDAQ:CMTL) Santa Clara, California-based subsidiary, Comtech Xicom Technology, Inc., which is part of Comtech’s Commercial Solutions segment, announced today a new 650-Watt Ka-Band amplifier for High-Throughput Satellite gateway service.

Spanish satellite telecommunications operator Hispasat has completed the successful installation of a hub at its gateway in Ixtlahuaca del Rayón (Mexico) to manage the Smartellites, hiSky terminals that offer MSS (Mobile-satellite services) and IoT solutions through Amazonas 5 satellite Ka band, which covers 79% of Mexican population. Both companies signed an Agreement in 2017 to jointly commercialize this solution in Spain, Portugal, Latin America and North Africa.

UHP Networks has announced the availability of enhanced solutions for High-Speed Communications On-The-Move (COTM) of their award-winning VSAT product which will be demonstrated at the upcoming Satellite 2019 show in Washington, DC. These solutions comprise several key features, such as seamless switchover of mobile VSAT terminals between satellite beams, load balancing across the beams and ultra-high throughput to match the state-of-the-art High Throughput Satellites (HTS).

Hispamar, the Brazilian subsidiary of the Spanish satellite-based communications operator Hispasat, has unveiled its new teleport and satellite control centre in Serviente (Rio de Janeiro).

In recent years, the company has developed an ambitious expansion plan, increasing its satellite fleet and activity in Latin America. This growth has made it necessary for the company to acquire a larger teleport to host all the antennas and control equipment needed for the company's operations as they no longer fit in the old control center located in Guaratiba (Rio de Janeiro) since 2003.

Comtech EF Data Corp., a subsidiary within Comtech Telecommunications Corp.’s (NASDAQ: CMTL) Commercial Solutions segment, announced today that it expanded its Heights Networking Platform product line to add a new low-cost, high-performance remote gateway, the H-Pico Heights Remote Gateway (“H-Pico”). The H-Pico will address CAPEX-sensitive end users while retaining Comtech EF Data’s position as the high-performance Very Small Aperture Terminals solution.

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (Nasdaq: CMTL) announced today, that during its third quarter of fiscal 2019, its Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., which is part of the Commercial Solutions segment, had its Heights Networking Platform selected by Claro Argentina to connect rural communities throughout Argentina with high-speed 2G/3G and LTE backhaul.

Terrasat Communications will be presenting its latest state-of-the-art IBUC for Fly-Aways & COTMs - the IBUC3 - at Booth 1135 of Satellite 2019 in Washington DC from May 6-9.

At the NAB 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador was given a demo of SES' newly launched Ad Insertion and Event Management products.

Newtec, a specialist in the design, development and manufacture of equipment for satellite communications, has announced that it has deployed a Newtec Dialog hub for the Agencia Boliviana Espacia (ABE) which will enable the agency to extend access to residential broadband to at least 6,000 users. The service will be delivered via ABE’s Tupac Katari 1 satellite in Ka-band.

Comtech EF Data has received a significant follow on order from SES Networks for equipment to support its global mobility services.