Baylin Technologies Inc. (TSX: BYL) has announced that its Dorval, Quebec subsidiary, Advantech Wireless Technologies Inc., has released its new L-Band to 720MHz SATCOM synthesized frequency converters.

The new SATCOM L-Band up & down converters from Advantech are designed to translate the 720 +/- 200 MHz band to 800-1550 MHz with 100 KHz step size. This frequency translation provides a low cost alternative for using off-the-shelf, satellite based, block-up or block-down converters that usually include an L-band input or output within 800-1550 MHz.

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (Nasdaq: CMTL) announced today that during its fourth quarter of fiscal 2018, its Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., which is part of Comtech's Commercial Solutions segment, won a tender by a major Mobile Network Operator (MNO) in China to replace the older generation of lower efficiency modems to provide more reliable services at a much lower OPEX.

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (Nasdaq: CMTL) announced today that during its fourth quarter of fiscal 2018, its Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., which is part of Comtech’s Commercial Solutions segment, received a delivery order in support of the recently awarded contract from the U.S. Naval Warfare Systems Command. This latest delivery order, against the $59.0 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract, is for US$ 3.0 million.

The Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications is launching a US$ 4.5 million international business development program to assist in the expansion of economic, scientific, technological, and cultural relations in telecommunications via man-made satellites.

Baylin Technologies Inc. (TSX: BYL) announced today that its Dorval, Quebec subsidiary, Advantech Wireless Technologies Inc. has expanded its Latin American operations by opening a new office and service centre in Brazil.

The new Brazil office and service center have been opened to meet the growing demand for Advantech’s new line of Second Generation Gallium Nitride (GaN) technology based Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs) and Block Up Converters (BUCs).

The World Teleport Association (WTA) today announced that STN has achieved provisional certification of its Slovenia Teleport located near Ljubljana under WTA’s Teleport Certification Program.

Comtech Xicom Technology has received a contract for more than US$ 2.6 million from a domestic military system integrator.

This contract is for Ku and Ka-band high-power traveling wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs) for a transportable satellite communications ground system.

The  Newtec Dialog Multiservice Platform is now used by global telecommunications provider Milano Teleport to enrich its services for the maritime market.

DEV Systemtechnik (www.dev-systemtechnik.com) is expanding its product line with a combining matrix switch to meet the growing demand serving satellite uplink equipment.

Hispasat, the Spanish satellite communications operator and world leader in the distribution of content in Spanish and Portuguese, and Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ, TASE: GILT), a leader in satellite networking technology, solutions and services, have entered into a partnership to commercialize Hispasat’s Ka band satellite capacity over Brazil, with an estimated potential revenue of tens of millions of dollars over a period of several years.