Thuraya Telecommunications Company, a leading Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) operator, has been named winner of the Innovation Award at the Lloyd’s List Middle East and Indian Subcontinent 2013 Awards.

Advantech Wireless Inc., a privately-held Canadian corporation and manufacturer of Satellite, RF Equipment and Microwave Systems is pleased to announce the release of its new S6920 Ruggedized SCPC/RCS VSAT Terminal.

Thuraya Telecommunications Company and RedPort Global, a leader in data and throughput optimization services, today announced the successful certification of the RedPort Optimizer satellite Wi-Fi router and the RedPort XGate satellite email and data service software.

Fashion One, the international television network for fashion, entertainment and lifestyle, has selected Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) to provide broadcast services. This exciting SD channel launched its demo broadcast services to Asia and Europe via the ABS-1 satellite C-band and Ku-band video platforms.

Hispasat, the Spanish satellite communications operator, and Astrium España (EADS CASA Espacio), have unveiled an innovative antenna that will enable the Hispasat AG1 satellite to change coverage in orbit to adapt more efficiently to customers' needs.

Called the DRA-ELSA reconfigurable antenna, the device is believed to be the largest and most complex such antenna developed to date in Europe.

Aerospace and defense company e2v has named Stephen Blair, formerly of Spectris, as its chief executive. He will join the company during the first quarter of 2014, with the exact date yet to be finalized according to e2v.

Satellite communications specialist Newtec and US commercial Internet service provider SniperHill have deployed new satellite technology to provide increased throughput and service availability for Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) networks on US and NATO bases in Afghanistan.

Advantech Wireless Inc., a privately-held Canadian corporation and manufacturer of Satellite, RF Equipment and Microwave Systems announced today that it has received an additional contract in excess of $3 million for a major network expansion of a Regional Operator in Latin America.

Globecast announced that it has added Japanese content to its MyGlobeTV platform in the United States. Toei Japan Channel and Fishing Vision have chosen this platform for their launch in the United States market.

MyGlobeTV is a consumer television service available in the United States that brings international and genre-based audiovisual content directly to subscribers via broadband. The fastest growing source of international content in the United States, MyGlobeTV delivers premium programming from around the globe to television or any connected device.

Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider and O3b Networks today announced that Huawei and O3b are the first in the world to enable full 3G voice, data and video over satellite. This follows rigorous testing of O3b’s system in the Huawei Interoperability Lab in Shanghai, China.  Furthermore, Huawei’s telepresence, video surveillance, unified communication and datacom solutions are also compatible with O3b’s medium-earth orbit (MEO) satellites based on corresponding test results.