Products/Services

Montréal, QC, September 9, 2013 – XipLink announced  the successful integration and deployment of several XipLink Hub Optimization (XHO) appliances with a Hughes Network SystemsHN VSAT satellite platform to support the Internet connectivity needs of a nationwide public school system in Mexico.  

Montreal, Canada, September 6, 2013 – Advantech Wireless Inc., a privately-held Canadian corporation and manufacturer of satellite, RF equipment and microwave systems, announced that it has successfully completed the delivery of several powerful Uplink System Solutions, including its new SapphireBlu^TM Series of UltraLinear^TM GaN based SSPAs to a major DTH customer in Brazil.

Dubai, UAE, September 5, 2013--Thuraya Telecommunications Company launched a new edition of the Thuraya SatSleeve, the world’s first and only satellite adaptor for the iPhone^®. The new release not only allows users to make phone calls and to send SMS messages via Thuraya’s satellite network, it also enables them access to emails, as well as popular social media and instant messaging apps such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and WhatsApp among others.

South San Francisco, Calif., September 4, 2013 – Envivio, a provider of software-based video processing and delivery solutions, today announced video quality and compression efficiency enhancements to its Envivio Muse™ encoders. The improvements span the full range of codecs, from HEVC (H.265) to MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) and MPEG-2.

August 26, 2013, Montréal, Canada–XipLink, the technology leader in wireless link optimization, announced that On Call Communications has selected XipLink to provide acceleration and optimization for their QuickSPOT™ automated newsgathering system. XipLink's unique stream based two-way compression and industry leading SCPS TCP Acceleration mitigates the effects of satellite latency while increasing overall end customer application performance.

The Satellite Technology Guide for the 21st Century, 2nd. Edition
by Virgil S. Labrador with chapter contributions from John M. Puetz, DC Palter and Daniel B. Freyer.
200 pages / 5.5" x 8.5" / Illustrated with photos, tables and diagrams with appendices
ISBN: 978-1-60530-421-2
Price: US$ 20.00

Newly revised and updated, the Satellite Technology Guide for the 21st Century clearly explains in non-technical terms the basics of satellite communications technology and how it works. This book also provides a historical background of the industry, its current status, market prospects, trends and the future of satellite communications. Fully illustrated with graphs and tables, the book contains appendices including a glossary of terms and a list of industry resources.  To order or for more information, click here.