Hunter Communications Canada  announce that with the successful launch of the Eutelsat 115 West B satellite from Cape Canaveral on 1 March, a milestone has been reached for the provision of premium Ku-band bandwidth across Canada.

The Hunter Ku-Band beam on Eutelsat 115 West B will provide a variety of services that include broadband, cellular backhaul, and VSAT solutions for industries that include oil and gas markets of Alberta, mining sectors in Northern Canada and maritime use for commercial and military applications.

TeamCast and Integrasys have combined their technologies and expertise for testing and demonstrating new opportunities offered by Carrier Identification (CID) insertion and spectrum monitoring.

Comtech EF Data Corp. announced today that it is previewing the new Heights™ Networking Platform at the Satellite 2015 show in Washington, D.C. Designed with the service provider in mind, Heights is a scalable networking platform that meets the evolving demands of a diverse end user community.

Earlier this month global satellite solutions provider SES Government Solutions (SES GS) hosted their second O3b satellite demonstration for over 50 U.S. Government customers at the SES Washington Media Port in Bristow, Virginia. SES GS previously conducted an O3b demo at MacDill Air Force Base last year. SES GS and O3b have teamed to demonstrate game-changing technology to deliver fiber-like connectivity via satellite.

Advantech Wireless a global leader for Satellite broadband communications solutions is revealing today its most advanced technologies implementing innovative feature sets unique in its class of VSAT Routers. The Series 7000, is a new family of powerful VSAT Routers/modems, answering the operators strive for tangible multi service solutions.  

Comtech Xicom Technology, Inc., the technology leader in high power amplifier products for satellite communications (SATCOM), today introduced new highly efficient, very high power Ku-band and DBS-band SuperPowerTM traveling wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs) that can double available TWTA output power and provide direct replacement for Klystron power amplifiers (KPAs) in satellite communications uplink applications. 

O3b Networks selected AvL Technologies to design and build the Transportable Terminal Antenna System for use with O3b’s Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) Satellite Network.  The program calls for AvL to develop and manufacture the hardware and software for a family of earth station antennas with reflector sizes of 0.85m, 1.0m, 1.2m, 1.8m and 2.4m. These Transportable Antenna Systems will enable O3b’s customers to rapidly deploy systems to take advantage of O3b’s “Fiber Speed with Satellite Reach.” 

Spacecom (Tel Aviv Stock Exchange: SCC), the operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, and SatLink Communications today announced that they have been selected to provide Pan-African distribution services on AMOS-5 at 17°E for the Orange African Under-20 Football Championship competition. This is a direct result of the successful broadcast of the 2015 African Cup of Nations in January-February by AMOS-5.

XipLink, the technology leader in wireless link optimization, has won a distinguished award as one of the top 250 Canadian companies in the Information, Communications and Technology (ICT) sector. The rankings are based on proven revenues over a sustained period of time with emphasis on results for the year ending 2014.  

XipLink’s fiscal year ended in April 2014, thus the Branham 300 award includes some results from 2013 and 2014.  

Newtec Dialog®, a scalable, flexible and agile multiservice platform, has been selected by Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) / National Grid Saudi Arabia (SEC/NG SA) to deliver Automatic Metering Reader (AMR), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), voice and video satellite connectivity between remote sub-stations to enable new applications.