Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 15, 2015–UAE-based satellite operator Yahsat, announced during Latin America Satellite Congress the contract award to Newtec for the delivery of service platforms and operating systems in support of the company’s planned extension across Brazil in 2017.
Geneva, Switzeland, October 14, 2015--Spanish satellite communications operator HISPASAT signed an agreement today in Geneva committing it to provide satellite capacity and terminals to restore communications in natural disasters and emergencies, thereby assisting in the rescue and reconstruction tasks carried out by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the United Nations agency in charge of coordinating humanitarian aid.
Montreal, CANADA – October 9, 2015 – Advantech Wireless, a global leader in Satellite broadband communications solutions, announced today that it has completed delivery of a multi-million-dollar order of 1.2m EngageTM class High Performance VSAT FlyAway Terminals.
Tel Aviv, Israel, October 6, 2015--Spacecom, the operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, today announced that its AMOS-6 satellite was selected by Eutelsat and Facebook to provide satellite communication services in Sub Sahara Africa using the entire satellite's Ka-band capacity. Facebook and Eutelsat have partnered on a new initiative to leverage satellite technologies to increase the number of African citizens online. AMOS-6 will be the satellite backbone for this major operation.
Tempe, Ariz., October 6, 2015--Comtech EF Data has been awarded a $1.1 million order for infrastructure equipment in Asia. A large mobile network operator in Asia will utilize the equipment to upgrade and expand its existing mobile backhaul network – increasing the throughput capabilities of its existing satellite connections while lowering its overall operating costs.
Montreal, Canada, October 2, 2015 – Advantech Wireless, a global leader for Satellite broadband communications solutions, announced today the release of the Second Generation Gallium Nitride (GaN) Technology based 50 Watt X-Band Solid State Power Block/Block UpConverter (SSPB/BUC) for Tactical Mobile Military Applications.
Aberdeen, UK,September 29, 2015–ITC Global, a leading provider of satellite communications to remote and harsh environments, announced today that it has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract by Copenhagen, Denmark-based Maersk Drilling, which is part of Danish shipping and energy company, Maersk Group.
Ottawa, Canada, September 29, 2015–C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. (TSXV: CMI), a leading global provider of mobile auto-deploying satellite antenna systems, has announced today that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China Communications Technology Co., Ltd. (CCT).
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 29, 2015--HISPASAT Group signed a contract with Empresa Brasil de Comunicação (EBC) through their Brazilian subsidiary Hispamar Satélites to supply them with C-band capacity, which will be used for contribution services for the events and news broadcasting of TV Brasil and NBR, networks operated by the Brazilian firm.
Amsterdam, the Netherlands at the IBC show, September 12, 2015--- Hellas Sat, a subsidiary of Arabsat today signed a contract today with Newtec to power a new multimillion Euro Direct-to-Home (DTH) earth station.