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Houston, Tex., Jan. 13, 2015--RigNet, Inc. (Nasdaq:RNET), a  provider of digital technology solutions to the oil and gas industry, today announced that Rajesh Salem has joined the company in the new position of vice president, Strategy & Marketing.

Washington, D.C. January 12, 2015 - The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) today announced the election of its 2015 Executive Committee. The SIA Board of Directors elected Stacy Fuller of DIRECTV to serve as Chair for the coming year, joined by Jennifer Manner of EchoStar, as Vice Chair, and Patricia Cooper of Intelsat, as Treasurer.

Holzkirchen, Germany, Jan. 7, 2015—WORK Microwave, a leading European manufacturer of advanced satellite communications, navigation, defence electronics, and sensors and measurement equipment, today announced the appointment of Andreas Lermann as the new director of sales and marketing. Lermann is responsible for driving product strategy and global business development for WORK Microwave‘s SatCom, Defence, and Sensor units to increase the company's worldwide sales presence and revenue streams.

Melville, NY, December 23, 2014--Comtech Telecommunications announced today that its Board of Directors has named Dr. Stanton D. Sloane as Chief Executive Officer and President of Comtech. Dr. Sloane will assume these positions no later than February 1, 2015 and will succeed Fred Kornberg as CEO and President, who will continue to serve the company during the next year as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Deerfield, IL,  December 18, 2014–The Hosted Payload Alliance (HPA)  Board of Directors has elected its Officers for 2015 consisting of Chairperson Nicole Robinson, Corporate Vice President of Communications and Government Affairs for SES Government Solutions; Vice-Chair Rory Welch, Director of Business Development, Intelsat General; Treasurer Al Tadros, Vice President of Government Business, SSL, Treasurer; and Secretary Robert B. Clark, Hosted Payload Manager, Harris Corporation.

Wuppertal, Germany, Dec. 16, 2014—Riedel Communications, provider of pioneering real-time video, audio, data, and communications networks, has named Robert Pennington to serve as its U.S. sales manager, broadcast, for the East Coast. In this new role, Pennington will assist customers in selecting and implementing Riedel's broad product portfolio of networked communications and signal transport solutions.

London, UK, December 16, 2014--The GVF has appointed five members to its  Board of Directors. Joining the Board are Yasir Hassan of the Arab Satellite Communications Organization (ARABSAT) and Michael DeMarco of Intelsat; re-elected to the Board are Arunas Slekys of Hughes Network Systems, Jonas Eneberg of Inmarsat, and Nancy Eskenazi of SES.  The five elected Directors join two seated Board Members: Simon Gray of Eutelsat and Timothy Shroyer of General Dynamics’ SATCOM Technologies.

Washington, D.C. December 11, 2014--Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I) announced today that current Intelsat President and Chief Commercial Officer Stephen Spengler has been promoted to Deputy Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.

Hauppauge, NY, December 10, 2014--It has been a year since the private equity firm Wasserstein & Co. acquired Hauppauge , NY-based provider of managed network communication solutions Globecoom.  We spoke to Globecom's CEO to give us an update on their company and where its going after the acquisition.  Excerpts of the interview follows:

Washington, D.C., December 9, 2014–The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) today announced that SIA’s Board of Directors has appointed Tom Stroup to the position of President, effective December 15th. Stroup’s appointment follows an extensive search to replace the former President, Patricia Cooper, who departed SIA earlier this year for private industry.