Products/Services

Montreal, Canada, February 10, 2016 – Advantech Wireless, a global leader for High Throughput Satellite (HTS) broadband communications solutions, today announced a new, significant advance in solid state power amplifier (SSPA) technology with the release of its SapphireBlu^TM Solid State Power Amplifier/Power Block (SSPA/SSPB), based on second generation Gallium Nitride (GaN) technology. 

Friedrichshafen, Germany, February 1, 2016--Frequentis and ND SatCom announce their cooperation for IP-based ATM-grade voice com­munication over satellite networks. Both companies commit to expanding their partnership to deliver highest voice quality through to dynamic delay compensation. As a result, a high availability solution will serve all future customers in compliance to the standards of ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization).

Tel Aviv, Israel, February 1, 2016--Spacecom (Tel Aviv Stock Exchange: SCC), the operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, announced that Space-X has scheduled the launch of the AMOS-6 satellite for May 2016. AMOS-6, to be co-located with AMOS-2 and AMOS-3 at the 4°W prime orbital position, will provide services to Western, Central and Eastern Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Its Ka-band beams have been selected by Facebook to be the satellite backbone of its initiative to bring broadband Internet to Sub Sahara Africa with Eutelsat.

Bermuda, January 28, 2016–ABS and Bluesky Pacific Group (Bluesky) have signed a multi-transponder contract on ABS-6. The multi-year capacity deal will offer expanded satellite connectivity services across the Samoan islands and the Pacific.

Moscow, Russia, January 19, 2016 — Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, has been chosen by Russian broadcaster Channel One to help them reach the European market (via HotBird) and Asia (via AsiaSat 5), extending its reach to new audiences. Globecast is providing dual illumination on HotBird with an MPEG-4 channel in addition to the existing MPEG-2 service it provides for the broadcaster.

Bermuda, January 18, 2016 – ABS announced today at PTC 2016 that FSM Telecommunications Corporation (FSMTC) has extended its partnership with ABS for the ABS-6 satellite.   FSMTC has contracted additional capacity to provide connectivity to its neighbouring islands in the Micronesia states.   The contract follows shortly after the initial agreement in July 2015.

Montreal, CANADA, January 13, 2016–Advantech Wireless, a global leader for High Throughput Satellite (HTS) broadband communications solutions, today released a lightweight, more powerful Gallium Nitride (GaN) technology-based Block Upconverter (BUC) that is perfectly suited for SATCOM manpack defense and security deployments.

Pasadena, Calif., January 4, 2016–The SPACECONNECTION, Inc., introduces the most effective, efficient service for broadcasting, streaming and managing live events. The state-of-the-art EventCast Live service takes live event management to a new level. 

Culver City, Calif., December 14,  2015 — Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, today announced that it has launched a new satellite platform on the AMC-11 satellite. As a result, prospective and current clients can benefit from the most powerful orbital position in the US for distribution to cable headends. This is evidenced by the fact that the satellite already hosts over 70 major Tier-1 American channels.

London, UK, December 11, 2015--Inmarsat today announced a new partnership with EM Solutions to develop the world’s first combined MilSatCom/Global Xpress (GX) maritime satcom terminal.  The new terminal is scheduled to receive full Inmarsat accreditation during Q2 2016 and will be submitted for Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) certification.