Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) announced today that during its third quarter of fiscal 2020, its Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., which is part of Comtech's Commercial Solutions segment, received US$ 1.6 million in orders for satellite ground station equipment from the world’s largest Mobile Network Operator (“MNO”) based in China. This equipment will be utilized to support the upgrade of its existing mobile backhaul and teleport technologies.

In the classic novel “Love in the Time of Cholera” by Nobel-prize winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the protagonist takes advantage of the imposed isolation of a purported cholera epidemic to consummate a life-long passion for the one he loves. 

Most of the attention surrounding the early success of the SES Networks’ MEO constellation and the pending arrival of LEO constellations has focused skyward.  It is all about the satellites and their orbits, interference with GEO and the economic potential and risks of delivering global coverage to a planet that is 70% covered by water.

The transition of the video industry from traditional TV to OTT and IPTV is impacting  on satellite service providers’ video revenues. At the same time,  it has also created opportunities for the satellite companies to innovate and experiment by integrating satellite solutions in various video market verticals.

In life, it’s the connections that count. It’s the phone call and the text message. 

The emails for work. The online shopping and the credit card in the store. The visit to the ATM, the airplane trip, the medical emergency. Without those connections, life grinds to a halt.