Kacific Broadband Satellites has appointed Brandon Seir as vice president, sales and marketing – Asia & International Carriers.

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (Nasdaq:CMTL) announced today that during its fourth quarter of fiscal 2018, its Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., which is part of Comtech’s Commercial Solutions segment, received a US$ 1.3 million order for satellite communications infrastructure equipment from a major defense contractor. The order for VSAT networking equipment will be deployed by a government entity to support a new VSAT network.

DEV Systemtechnik is expanding its RF-over-Fiber (RFoF) product portfolio with a new, extremely cost-efficient system. With its world-leading high packing density, the new product line Alpha ideally serves operators of cable networks and satellite ground stations.

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ:CMTL) announced today that during its fourth quarter of fiscal 2018, its Santa Clara, California-based subsidiary, Comtech Xicom Technology, Inc., which is part of Comtech’s Commercial Solutions segment, received an award of over $20.0 million from a systems integrator for millimeter-wave traveling wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs) to support a new high-speed satellite network. Products will be delivered over the next two fiscal years.

Baylin Technologies Inc. (TSX: BYL) has announced that its Dorval, Quebec subsidiary, Advantech Wireless Technologies Inc., has released its new L-Band to 720MHz SATCOM synthesized frequency converters.

The new SATCOM L-Band up & down converters from Advantech are designed to translate the 720 +/- 200 MHz band to 800-1550 MHz with 100 KHz step size. This frequency translation provides a low cost alternative for using off-the-shelf, satellite based, block-up or block-down converters that usually include an L-band input or output within 800-1550 MHz.

Southwest Microwave, Inc. has appointed Michelle Roe as President. She succeeds Richard McCormick, who has transitioned to Chairman and CEO.

Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Limited said today its revenues for the first half of 2018 rose by 14% to HK$730 million (2017: HK$642 million) due to substantial full six-month revenues from the leases of AsiaSat 8 and AsiaSat 4, and additional revenue from new leases with video, data and occasional use customers.

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (Nasdaq: CMTL) announced today that during its fourth quarter of fiscal 2018, its Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., which is part of Comtech's Commercial Solutions segment, won a tender by a major Mobile Network Operator (MNO) in China to replace the older generation of lower efficiency modems to provide more reliable services at a much lower OPEX.

Boeing [NYSE: BA] will acquire Millennium Space Systems, a provider of agile, flight-proven small-satellite solutions, under an acquisition agreement that will expand Boeing's satellite and space portfolio, talent and capabilities.

IHS Markit, a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, says pay TV homes in the Asia-Pacific region rose 5.7 percent to reach 76 percent of all homes in 2017, and the number will continue to rise steadily, from 632 million homes in 2017 to 743 million by the end of 2022.