News Analysis

Melville, NY, December 9, 2014-- Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (Nasdaq:CMTL) announced that its Board of Directors has completed a review of strategic alternatives today with the assistance of its financial advisor, Citibank, its legal counsel, Proskauer Rose, and its special counsel, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell. After considering various strategic alternatives to enhance shareholder value, including a possible merger or sale of the company, the Board has determined that the interests of the company and its shareholders will be best served by the company remaining independent.

New York, NY, December 9, 2014– The World Teleport Association (WTA) published its annual rankings for the Top Teleport Operators of 2014. The annual rankings of companies by revenue and revenue growth are compiled by surveying teleport operators around the world as well as referencing the published results of publicly-held companies.

Palo Alto, Calif., December 5, 2014-- Spanish satellite telecommunications operator, HISPASAT, has contracted Space Systems Loral (SSL) to build the Amazonas 5 satellite, which will provide a wide range of telecommunications services in Latin America. This new satellite constitutes an expansion of the Amazonas 4B project, to which the full capacity of the Amazonas 4A was added.

Arlington, Va., Dec. 4, 2014—Alliant Techsystems Inc. (“ATK”) (NYSE: ATK) and Orbital Sciences Corporation (“Orbital”) (NYSE: ORB) announced that the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has unconditionally cleared the proposed merger of ATK’s Aerospace and Defense Groups with Orbital.

 Video interviews with key industry executives from Oilcomm 2014 in  Houston, Texas including JR Barallon, CEO, Proactive Energy; David Kagan, President, ITC Global  and David Sikorski, Sales Director, Energy Markets, Noarth America of SES.

London, UK, November 25, 2014 – The demand for high throughput military satcom applications is growing as the use of unmanned aerial systems and implementation of command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance of C4ISR systems increase. High throughput satcom applications can support imagery streaming and seamless connectivity across tactical and strategic networks – capabilities which have become vital in the military space.

Geneva, Switzerland, November 24, 2014 – Over three billion people are now online and information and communication technology (ICT) growth remains buoyant in just about every country worldwide, according to ITU’s flagship annual Measuring the Information Society Report.

November 13, 2014, New York City—At an awards ceremony held on the first day of the SATCON Conference and Exhibition in New York City, the Third Annual Vision Awards announced winners in three categories:   Gary Hatch, Co-founder and CEO of ATCi Communications won the Visionary Executive of the Year; Integrasys’ Satmotion Pocket won the Innovative Product of the Year and Advantech Wireless won the Most Promising Company of the Year. 

Rochelle Park, NJ, November 7, 2014 – ORBCOMM Inc. (Nasdaq: ORBC), a leading global provider of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) solutions, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SkyWave Mobile Communications (SkyWave), the largest M2M service provider on the Inmarsat (LSE: ISAT.L) global L-band satellite network, for US$ 130 million. Based in Ottawa, Canada, SkyWave has more than 250,000 subscriber units, 400 channel partners, an estimated annualized US$ 60 million in revenues and over US$ 12 million in Adjusted EBITDA.