The Satellite Innovation conference and exhibition held  at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California from October 8-10 highlighted the latest industry trends and technological innovations. The conference featured over 120 speakers in 17 in-depth sessions and three keynote presentations. There was also an exhibition hall with 55 companies showcasing their products and services. The event organized by Satnews Publishers is now on its third year and is evolving into one of the must-attend  industry events in the West Coast of the US.  

 andrew-ivers.gifCommunications & Power Industries (CPI) has announced that Andrew C. Ivers will join the company as its newchief operating officer, effective November 4, 2019.

The total telecom and pay-TV services revenue in Japan is set to grow at a moderate compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.3% between 2018 and 2023, mainly supported by the rising adoption of mobile data, fixed broadband and pay-TV services, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

According to GlobalData’s fixed communications, mobile broadband and pay-TV forecast packs, mobile data will be the fastest growing and largest revenue-contributing segment to the Japan’s telecom and pay-TV services market during the forecast period. 

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) announced today that its Comtech Mission-Critical Technologies group and Comtech Systems, Inc., which are both part of Comtech’s Government Solutions segment, and Comtech EF Data Corp., which is part of Comtech’s Commercial Solutions segment, will be exhibiting October 14th through 16th at the Association of the United States Army (“AUSA”) Annual Meeting & Expo 2019. Comtech will be showcasing its tactical SATCOM technologies, resilient Blue Force Tracking (“BFT”) technologies, hi

 proton-2.jpgOn October 9, 2019, at 10:17:56 the Proton-M carrier rocket with Briz-M booster together with Eutelsat 5 West B and Mission Extension Vehicle-1 satellites successfully launched from launchpad No.39 pad No.200 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.The Proton active flight time lasted 582 sec, after that the orbital unit was injected to the suborbital trajectory.

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, the majority shareholder of ILS International Launch Services, (ILS) announced the departure of Kirk Pysher as ILS President. John Palme, ILS Chief Operations Officer, will serve as interim President until a successor is appointed.

Mr. Alexey Varochko, KhSC Director General, expressed his thanks to Mr. Pysher for his work on offering Proton M launch services on the global market.

​The World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (WRC-19) to be held at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, from 28 October – 22 November 2019, will address requirements for some of the leading edge technological innovations set to play a pivotal role in tomorrow's digital economy with immense implications for the trillion-dollar telecommunication and ICT industry. It will be preceded by the Radiocommunication Assembly 2019 (RA-19), 21 – 25 October 2019.