Amkom Design Group Inc. based in Vista, California is a manufacturer of world-class amplifiers of varying frequencies in a full portfolio of Commerical Off The Shelf (COTS) products and provider of custom design services for the VSAT and satcom markets. Satellite Markets and Research caught up with is Founder and CEO, Ernest Kasparov who expounded on his company's unique approach to manufacturing Block Upconverters (BUCs) and amplifiers.
Demand for maritime connectivity has escalated over the past week as seafarers clamour to call home, reports digital communications specialist IEC Telecom. The company advises that its usage figures for the past month show maritime comms traffic has risen by 30%, most of it over the previous seven days and attributable to extra calls to Ukraine.
According to the 2021 BIMCO/ICS Seafarer Workforce Report, the world fleet employs some 76,442 Ukrainian and 198,123 Russians, accounting for 14.5% of the global workforce.
I begin my column this month with a brief statement of sadness. For those of you reading this who do not already know, on 24 February the satellite community – the industry and its stakeholder users – lost a valued friend with the sudden passing away of Simon Gray, Eutelsat’s Senior Vice President for Civil Government, and member of GVF’s Board of Directors.
GVF, and the entire satellite industry, sends its deepest condolences to Simon’s family. Simon passed away shortly after representing the
The consulting firm Capgemini and the MIT Center for Digital Business first coined the term “digital transformation” way back in 2011. They defined it as the use of technology to radically improve performance or the reach of businesses.
That year, 2011, is about a century ago in Internet Years. And here in 2022, the teleport and satellite industries are finally prepared to take it seriously – meaning, to make serious and continuing investments in technologies to transform their own businesses and those of their customers.
Orbital Assembly Corporation (OAC), a company advancing the development and operation of the first commercially viable, space-based business park with gravity, has appointed two highly-accomplished executives, William Tauskey and Drew Wahl to its board of directors.
The World Teleport Association (WTA) today announced the finalists for its 2022 Teleport Awards for Excellence. From this group of finalists, WTA will name the winners at the 27th annual Teleport Awards for Excellence Luncheon on March 22 during the SATELLITE conference in Washington, DC.
INTEGRASYS has joined the Mobile Satellite Users Association community, a non-profit association dedicated to promoting satellite innovations globally. For 30 years MSUA has been representing the interests of mobile satellite service providers and users universally.
The World Teleport Association (WTA) today named Jim A. R. Veeder, CEO and President of U.S. Electrodynamics, Inc. (USEI), as the 2022 Teleport Executive of the Year. Mr. Veeder will accept the award at the 2022 Teleport Awards Luncheon on March 22 during the SATELLITE 2022 Conference in Washington, DC.
XipLink, the technology leader in Wireless Link Optimization, is pleased to announce that it has teamed with Lanner Electronics to make its disaggregated virtual network functions available to the Lanner ecosystem.
Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PJSC listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (“ADX”) under (SYMBOL: YAHSAT) (ISIN: AEA007501017) today announced its financial results for the 12-month period ended December 31, 2021. FY2021 revenue of AED 1.49 billion [USS 407.6 million], increased year-on-year driven by exceptional 4Q 2021 performance in which revenues grew 7.9% vs. prior year.
