Cobham is unveiling its latest high performance VSAT antenna at Monaco Yacht Show 2013. The Sailor 800 VSAT is a 3-axis stabilised Ku-band antenna system with an 83 cm reflector dish, which provides the same radio performance as competing 1m antennae. Cobham’s new antenna is ideal for yacht installation because it ensures reliable near-global high throughput connectivity for email, web browsing, IP applications, VPN, conference calling etc., in a radome sized to look at home on any luxury vessel.

C-COM Satellite Systems Inc.,a global provider of mobile auto-deploying satellite antenna systems, announced today that Hughes Network Systems has qualified the new generation iNetVu® Ku 981 antenna system for use with Hughes HN/HX Systems.

The iNetVu® 981 mobile antenna is one of the new generation of auto-pointing antenna terminals which C-COM started manufacturing last year. The Hughes certification will allow the new antenna to be deployed on all networks around the world that use Hughes HN/HX Systems satellite equipment.

At IBC2013, Globecast announced plans to offer IP/MPLS (MultiProtocol Label Switching) technology using the Globecast Backbone Network (GCBN) in 2014. An international DTM (Dynamic Synchronous Transfer Mode) network that spans five continents with 92,000 km of fiber, the GCBN reaches 32 points of presence around the globe.

Globecast will operate IP/MPLS side by side with DTM technologies to provide its broadcast clients with the widest range of options for content delivery via more traditional linear services as well as non-linear and multi-platform offerings. 

ND SatCom presents a new and innovative plug & play Ka-band satcom terminal at the IBC (International Broadcasting Convention) in Amsterdam. The new terminal, named Ka2Go, is designed for fast and easy transmissions in Ka-band. It is an optimal solution to meet the growing need for new means of content gathering and transmission using Ka-band technology. It is a lightweight plug & play terminal which is fully KA-SAT compatible, therefore making it perfect in combination with already existing Ka-band service offerings on the market.

Advantech Wireless Inc., a privately-held Canadian corporation and manufacturer of Satellite, RF Equipment and Microwave Systems, today announced that it’s GaN based SapphireBluTM Series of UltraLinearTM Ku-Band SSPA has received certification from the Brazilian National Telecommunication Agency (Anatel). 

C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. a provider of mobile auto-deploying satellite antenna systems, announced today at the opening of the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, that it has received type approval for its iNetVu® Ka-98G antenna system from Avanti Communications who provide coverage across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

The iNetVu® Ka-98G mobile is the only officially approved vehicle mount auto-polarisation antenna that is able to operate on Avanti's HYLAS 1 and HYLAS 2 Ka-band satellites.

XipLink announced  the successful integration and deployment of several XipLink Hub Optimization (XHO) appliances with a Hughes Network SystemsHN VSAT satellite platform to support the Internet connectivity needs of a nationwide public school system in Mexico.  

Advantech Wireless Inc., a privately-held Canadian corporation and manufacturer of satellite, RF equipment and microwave systems, announced that it has successfully completed the delivery of several powerful Uplink System Solutions, including its new SapphireBluTM Series of UltraLinearTM GaN based SSPAs to a major DTH customer in Brazil.

Thuraya Telecommunications Company launched a new edition of the Thuraya SatSleeve, the world’s first and only satellite adaptor for the iPhone®.

Envivio, a provider of software-based video processing and delivery solutions, today announced video quality and compression efficiency enhancements to its Envivio Muse™ encoders. The improvements span the full range of codecs, from HEVC (H.265) to MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) and MPEG-2.