Advantech Wireless, a global leader for Satellite broadband communications solutions, announced today that its Transcend™ 800 – Point-to-Point Microwave Radio system has been successfully and continuously operating a 95km microwave link over the Caribbean Sea for the last two years without any traffic interruption or degradation. Advantech Wireless was selected to install, consult, implement and put in service a microwave link that has been operating since 2013. This high capacity microwave link is carrying native SDH (STM-1) and native IP traffic simultaneously.

STN, a leading teleport based in  Lubljana, Slovenia signs a capacity agreement with satellite operator SES to distribute over the prime orbital position of Astra 19.2 ° East.

ND SatCom today announced a co-operation with RUAG Defence for incorporating ND SatCom’s new SKYWAN 5G - integrated in a Portable Manpack Terminal – into the RUAG ARANEA Communication Solution. This co-operation gives RUAG Defence the ability to offer more advanced mobile terminal solutions to customers.

Advantech Wireless, a global leader in Satellite broadband communications solutions, announced today the release of the Second Generation 350W/500W CL-Band SapphireBluTM GaN (Gallium Nitride) based SSPA/SSPB for Troposcatter (TROPO) Applications.

UAE-based satellite operator Yahsat, announced during Latin America Satellite Congress the contract award to Newtec for the delivery of service platforms and operating systems in support of the company’s planned extension across Brazil in 2017.

Spanish satellite communications operator HISPASAT signed an agreement today in Geneva committing it to provide satellite capacity and terminals to restore communications in natural disasters and emergencies, thereby assisting in the rescue and reconstruction tasks carried out by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the United Nations agency in charge of coordinating humanitarian aid.   

Advantech Wireless, a global leader in Satellite broadband communications solutions, announced today that it has completed delivery of a multi-million-dollar order of 1.2m EngageTM class High Performance VSAT FlyAway Terminals.

Spacecom, the operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, today announced that its AMOS-6 satellite was selected by Eutelsat and Facebook to provide satellite communication services in Sub Sahara Africa using the entire satellite's Ka-band capacity. Facebook and Eutelsat have partnered on a new initiative to leverage satellite technologies to increase the number of African citizens online. AMOS-6 will be the satellite backbone for this major operation.

Comtech EF Data has been awarded a $1.1 million order for infrastructure equipment in Asia. A large mobile network operator in Asia will utilize the equipment to upgrade and expand its existing mobile backhaul network – increasing the throughput capabilities of its existing satellite connections while lowering its overall operating costs.

Advantech Wireless, a global leader for Satellite broadband communications solutions, announced today the release of the Second Generation Gallium Nitride (GaN) Technology based 50 Watt X-Band Solid State Power Block/Block UpConverter (SSPB/BUC) for Tactical Mobile Military Applications.