Spanish satellite communications operator HISPASAT, and QUANTIS, together with their Moroccan subsidiary NORTIS, a leading operator in data, voice and satellite Internet services in Spain and Morocco, have signed a contract to provide satellite broadband services in North Africa. The agreement between the two companies establishes the use of space capacity of the Ka frequency band of the Hispasat 30W-6 satellite until the end of its useful life, estimated at fifteen years, at a cost of approximately 125 million euros.

AvL Technologies has completed the construction of its new far field antenna test range near its headquarters in Asheville, NC.  The new 1,600 foot range is now operational and AvL is using it to test a new 2.5M high-wind antenna system. 

The new range has a 70 foot source tower with an enclosed platform. The antenna under test (AUT) tower has a lift system for placing new antennas into test position. The range is capable of testing antennas with measurements from L-band through Ka-band and reflectors ranging from 30cm to 9.0M in size. 

(www.de-ice.com), the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of satellite earth station antenna (ESA) weather protection solutions, announced that STN, the Satellite Telecommunications Network, (www.STN.eu) has extensively deployed Walton’s Plenum Hot-Air De-Icing systems (

C-COM Satellite Systems Inc., (TSXV: CMI) the leading global provider of mobile auto-deploying satellite antenna systems, today announced that its iNetVu®  98 cm Ka-band vehicle mount and flyaway antenna systems have received type approval from Hughes Network Systems (HUGHES), for use on its high-throughput JUPITER™ System satellite networks.

XipLink, the technology leader in Wireless Link Optimization, announces that six significant cellular service providers have recently purchased Advanced Cellular Compression (ACC) features in order to roll out highly optimized cellular backhaul networks over satellite.   These customers include:  

XipLink, the technology leader in Wireless Link Optimization, announces that six significant cellular service providers have recently purchased Advanced Cellular Compression (ACC) features in order to roll out highly optimized cellular backhaul networks over satellite.   These customers include:  

Comtech EF Data has been awarded a $1.9 million order for infrastructure equipment. A large satellite systems integrator in India will utilize the equipment to increase its customer’s capabilities and expand its existing satellite connectivity network to optimize Internet traffic and increase the throughput while lowering overall operating costs.

Advantech Wireless announced today the launch of the second generation Gallium Nitride (GaN) based S-band power amplifiers, designed for air traffic control radar systems.

SpeedCast International Limited (“SpeedCast”), a global satellite telecommunications service provider, today announced a new agreement with Gazprom Space Systems (“GSS”), a Russian-based satellite operator, to expand satellite communications services in Africa. This partnership allows SpeedСast to utilize capacity on GSS’s Yamal-402 Ku-band satellite to provide high-performance services to global oil and gas companies across Africa.   

INTEGRASYS launch a state-of-the-art tool that is set to revolutionise the way in which VSAT networks are maintained.  VSAT is used for a huge variety of diverse applications all across the world from cellular backhaul to disaster recovery, and the advent of High Throughput Satellites (HTS) is also fuelling the numbers of deployed sites.