Optus today announced a new two-year agreement with global satellite network services provider, ITC Global.Under the agreement Optus will provide ITC Global with expanded satellite capacity, equipment hosting, up-linking and downloading services via its major satellite facility, located in the northern Perth suburb of Lockridge, Western Australia.

Optus’ Lockridge facility is both a domestic and international gateway for satellite services across Australia and regions to the west, around the Indian Ocean and into Europe.

C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. a global provider of mobile auto-deploying satellite antenna systems, announced today that a number of its iNetVu<® antenna systems have been deployed to assist with communications during the recent earthquake in China.

Unisat, one of C-COM's largest resellers in China, and their customer, China Mobile, have deployed a number of iNetVu® mobile antennas in the earthquake affected region of Yunnan to re-establish cellular communications and provide emergency services.

Globecomm Maritime, a leading provider of maritime communications solutions, has been awarded a contract to provide VSAT connectivity to PBJV Group's barge Kota Laksamana 101.T he barge, which accommodates up to 300 personnel, was recently chartered to Petronas, a fully integrated energy company based in Malaysia. Under the terms of the deal, PBJV is required to provide a dedicated 512kbps up and down link to Petronas staff working on board the vessel.