XipLink, the technology leader in Wireless Link Optimization and Entel S.A. from Bolivia today announced successful deployments for enhanced mobile 3G/LTE connectivity in rural areas all over Bolivia. Half the population of Bolivia still live in rural areas, often with no access to telecommunications infrastructure, yet, they all yearn to be connected. The agreement will support growth of VSAT based 3G and LTE mobile communications while contributing to Bolivia’s current government policy for “total access".

Comtech EF Data Corp., a subsidiary within Comtech Telecommunications Corp.'s (NASDAQ: CMTL) Commercial Solutions segment, announced today that it expanded its Heights Networking Platform portfolio to include three new and innovative Remote Gateways. The new Remote Gateways include both indoor and outdoor models - the indoor H-Plus Remote Gateway, and two outdoor units, the H-Plus-ODU Remote Gateway and the H-Pro-ODU Remote Gateway.

Comtech Telecommunications Corp.'s Santa Clara, California-based subsidiary, Comtech Xicom Technology, Inc., which is part of Comtech's Commercial Solutions segment, announced the release of several new products including:  a new GaN-based Ku-Band solid-state power amplifier (SSPA) that packs a tremendous amount of power into a compact 48-pound (22 kg) antenna-mount outdoor unit (ODU).

Newtec – a specialist in designing, developing and manufacturing equipment and technologies for satellite communications – today announced its technology is being deployed by Orbith, a wholesale provider of high-speed Internet services.

Buenos Aires-based Orbith is building a new VSAT network connecting 20,000 sites to provide consumer and business connectivity to the Buenos Aires province and surroundings. In order to accommodate a maximal subscriber number over one satellite transponder, Orbith wanted a technology provider that offers the highest efficiency in Ka-band.

Gilat Satellite Networks) Gilat Satellite Networks has announced that Hispasat has selected Gilat’s innovative platform for a multi-million dollar project to provide broadband commercial services in Mexico using Hispasat’s Ka HTS capacity of the Amazonas-5 Satellite.

A potential of tens of thousands of Gilat’s VSATs are estimated to be deployed over the next few years, as Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ramp up their service.