NSR’s industry-first In-Orbit Servicing Markets (IoSM) report, released today, finds the nascent in-orbit servicing market poised for growth, and forecasts a total market of over US$ 3 Billion in the next 10 years. Life extension services drive most of this revenue, as many in-orbit service providers plan to enter the market in the next five years servicing commercial and government customers with additional solutions to fleet management.

DEV Systemtechnik (www.dev-systemtechnik.com), supplier of RF signal transmission solutions for satellite, cable and broadcast applications, has appointed Manfred Mettendorff to the role of Managing Director.

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) announced today that during its second quarter of fiscal 2018, its Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., which is part of Comtech's Commercial Solutions segment, was awarded a multi-million dollar infrastructure equipment order from Telesat, a leading global satellite operator. Telesat will utilize the equipment to support its multi-Gigabit enhanced connectivity solutions for remote communities in Canada's Far North.

The business environment in which teleport operators work is being disrupted by technology and market change. Their established businesses face disruption from new models of connectivity (HTS, MEO and LEO), by the rising domination of software over hardware, and customer demands for seamless global service. They are disrupting their own operations by innovating up the value chain to meet new customer needs, which requires a new depth of technology knowledge and strong management skills.

Spanish telecommunications satellite operator Hispasat, together with the telecommunications services provider Media Broadcast Satellite, have reached a deal to distribute one of Europe’s most important Ultra-High- Definition (UHD) channels, FunBox UHD, in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa (EMEA).

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (Nasdaq: CMTL) announced today that during its second quarter of fiscal 2018, its Enterprise Technologies group, which is part of Comtech's Commercial Solutions segment, has received $3.8 million of funded orders from a major Middle East service provider for a complete suite of Location Based Services (LBS) to be used to support multiple application deployments, including mobile devices and Internet of Things (IoT).

DataPath, Inc., a leading provider of remote communications and information technology solutions to the aerospace, broadcast, government, and critical infrastructure markets, announced today the appointment of two new executives upon the heels of record growth in 2017. The company named Carter Johnson as its Chief Financial Officer and Brad Majeres as its inaugural Chief Operations Officer.

Content providers need to collaborate across borders and disciplines to create a stronger media and content infrastructure catering to changing global consumer habits, according to Martin Gaiss, Former SVP Global Content at 20th Century Fox who spoke at the CABSAT Congress during the CABSAT trade show in Dubai, UAE held from January 14-16, 2018.

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) announced today that during its second quarter of fiscal 2018, its Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., which is part of Comtech's Commercial Solutions segment, received a follow-on contract to provide long-term support for the Advanced Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) Interface Processor (ATIP) production terminals in support of the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR). This new contract is a 10-year IDIQ contract with a 5-year base and 5 one-year options.

XipLink, the technology leader in Wireless Link Optimization, and Virtel, a leader in satellite hardware and equipment distribution, have announced a Value-Added Distribution partnership that will provide XipLink Appliances (XA) and Specialty (XS) products to the MENA marketplace. In addition, Virtel will also distribute the new XipLink Virtual (XV) product line for solutions in software defined architectures. The distribution agreement is effective immediately with first orders in-house and personnel in training.

Key points of the agreement include;