Talia has today purchased an additional Newtec Dialog® platform to provide Ka-band High Throughput Satellite (HTS) services to Afghanistan and Iraq. The additions will provide access to multiple transponders on Arabsat’s 5C Ka-band satellite, located at 20 Degrees East.

Arabsat, a leading satellite services provider in the Arab world, has teamed up with CETel, a leading German provider of global managed end-to-end communications solutions to offer unique and exclusive Business Continuity Services. Building on a long-lasting relationship the two partners developed a remarkable product for companies to necessitate safeguarding their existing networks for redundancy, back-up and security reasons.

Advantech Wireless, a global leader for Satellite broadband communications solutions, announced today that its High Performance 1.2m EngageTM Class VSAT FlyAway Terminal has been certified by a NATO customer.

The New EngageTM Class 1.2m Flyaway VSAT Terminal Solution includes the most advanced SATCOM technology available today. This flexible and transportable VSAT solution from Advantech Wireless is a fully integrated tri-band system designed for easy deployment and use.

NSR’s newly released Land Mobile via Satellite 5th Edition(LMvS5) forecasts cumulative revenues of over $19.4 billion over the 2016-2026 timeframe. After experiencing a challenging 2015-2016, MSS operator land revenues have rebounded to single-digit growth, due to an increasingly diverse product portfolio and (slight) rebounds in energy markets, which had depressed the Land Mobile via Satellite market in earlier years.

The World Teleport Association (WTA) today published its annual rankings for the Top Teleport Operators of 2017. The annual rankings of companies by revenue and revenue growth are compiled by surveying teleport operators around the world as well as referencing the published results of publicly-held companies.

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (Nasdaq:CMTL) announced today that during its second quarter of fiscal 2018, its New York-based subsidiary, Comtech PST Corp., which is part of Comtech's Government Solutions segment, received a $1.2 million order to upgrade solid-state, high-power amplifiers from a major prime contractor.

This upgrade of existing field proven hardware enables the end user to leverage their previous investment and to continue to be able to address evolving electronic warfare needs.

The number of pay TV subscribers in Sub-Saharan Africa will increase by 74% between 2017 and 2023 to reach 40.89 million. However, the Sub-Saharan Africa Pay TV Forecasts report estimates that subscriber growth will outstrip revenue progress. Pay TV revenues will climb by 41% to $6.64 billion by 2023, up by US$ 2 billion on 2017.

Simon Murray, Principal Analyst at Digital TV Research, explained: “Pay TV competition in Sub-Saharan Africa is becoming more and more intense, especially given the launch of Kwese TV in 14 countries during 2017.”

NSR’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Satcom and Imaging Markets, 4th Edition report, released today, projects a cumulative revenue opportunity of $19.7 billion for UAS satellite communications and $4.3 billion for commercial UAS imaging service during the 2016-2026 period owed to an accelerating Government and Military UAS market, with increased adoption rates for unmanned systems around the world.

HISPASAT's Amazona 4 satellite has completed its transfer from its original position at 61o West to its new orbital position at 74o West. This means that the satellite, launched on 22 April 2014, will be the first in the fleet to provide commercial telecommunication services from this position, after HISPASAT's Brazilian subsidiary, HISPAMAR Satélites, obtained the exploitation rights in Ku band in 2015.

NSR’s newly released Small Satellite Markets, 4th Edition (SSM4) report identifies growth across the 1-500 kg smallsat market with 5,000 satellites launching within the next decade, generating cumulative revenues of US$ 25 Billion in manufacturing and launch services. Constellations remain the strongest driver of market growth; 70% of satellites to launch will be part of such a group of 5 or more satellites with the same mission.