ScheduALL, the leading global provider of intelligent resource scheduling solutions for media, broadcast and transmission businesses since 1989, will demonstrate new customer self-provisioning capabilities for 4K and 8K feeds at the Content and Communications World, featuring SATCON, conference in New York City, November 11-12.

ABS and Arab Satellite Communication Organization (Arabsat) announced that they have signed an expansion capacity agreement on ABS-3A for a multi-transponder, multiyear deal for Ku-band payload.  The additional capacity will be used for different customer networks within the  Middle East and North Africa regions in particular Saudi Arabia. 

Under the agreement, Arabsat will use the new bandwidth on ABS-3A at 3W, mostly for data services for enterprises, banking and government institutions. 

Comtech Xicom Technology Inc., has received a US$1.7 million contract from a major U.S. system integrator to supply 500-Watt Ka-Band Traveling Wave Tube Amplifiers (TWTAs) for HTS gateways. These high-power amplifiers will be used to expand existing European infrastructure and add gateway facilities in Africa.

Comtech EF Data Corp., the market leader in optimized satellite transmission technology, announced today the expansion of its LPOD Block Up Converter product family with the introduction of two new models, the 300 Watt LPOD and the 16 Watt LPOD-R. With the introduction of the higher power 300 Watt C-Band model, the LPOD is now available in a wider range of power levels and bands, including 20-125 Watt Ku-Band, 25-250 Watt X-Band and 25-300 Watt C-Band. The new 16 Watt P1dB / 20W Psat Ku-Band LPOD-R is the market’s smallest and smartest 16 Watt unit.

Advantech Wireless, a global leader for Satellite broadband communications solutions, announced today that its Transcend™ 800 – Point-to-Point Microwave Radio system has been successfully and continuously operating a 95km microwave link over the Caribbean Sea for the last two years without any traffic interruption or degradation. Advantech Wireless was selected to install, consult, implement and put in service a microwave link that has been operating since 2013. This high capacity microwave link is carrying native SDH (STM-1) and native IP traffic simultaneously.

STN, a leading teleport based in  Lubljana, Slovenia signs a capacity agreement with satellite operator SES to distribute over the prime orbital position of Astra 19.2 ° East.

ND SatCom today announced a co-operation with RUAG Defence for incorporating ND SatCom’s new SKYWAN 5G - integrated in a Portable Manpack Terminal – into the RUAG ARANEA Communication Solution. This co-operation gives RUAG Defence the ability to offer more advanced mobile terminal solutions to customers.

Advantech Wireless, a global leader in Satellite broadband communications solutions, announced today the release of the Second Generation 350W/500W CL-Band SapphireBluTM GaN (Gallium Nitride) based SSPA/SSPB for Troposcatter (TROPO) Applications.

UAE-based satellite operator Yahsat, announced during Latin America Satellite Congress the contract award to Newtec for the delivery of service platforms and operating systems in support of the company’s planned extension across Brazil in 2017.

Spanish satellite communications operator HISPASAT signed an agreement today in Geneva committing it to provide satellite capacity and terminals to restore communications in natural disasters and emergencies, thereby assisting in the rescue and reconstruction tasks carried out by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the United Nations agency in charge of coordinating humanitarian aid.