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Immenstaad,Germany, March 7, 2016--Lately Cellular Backhaul is one of the hottest topics in the satellite industry. Every satellite equipment supplier has a solution addressing this vertical in some way; it’s an ongoing race of generating innovative and eye catching slogans to stimulate interest from the Mobile Network Operators. At the end of the day however, satellite communications is the last choice of a Mobile Operator to backhaul its traffic from a BTS, 3G or LTE site.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 7, 2016- ABS announced it has been granted landing rights from the Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL) in December 2015 to operate its first satellite in Brazil, the new revolutionary ABS-3A satellite on both C and Ku-bands. ABS-3A is the first commercial all-electrical propulsion satellite in the industry and entered into operation in August 2015.  The satellite is available to serve a wide range of verticals in Brazil, including mobile backhaul, rural broadband, video, Oil & Gas, and mobility applications.

Santa Clara, Calif., March 3, 2016--Comtech Xicom Technology, Inc., the technology leader in high-power amplifier products for satellite communications (SATCOM) uplink applications, announces completion of the initial installation and full operation of its new family of very high power SuperCool^TM traveling wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs).

Asheville, N.C., March 2, 2016–AvL Technologies has completed the construction of its new far field antenna test range near its headquarters in Asheville, NC.  The new 1,600 foot range is now operational and AvL is using it to test a new 2.5M high-wind antenna system. 

Dob, Slovenia, March 2, 2016—Walton De-Ice (www.de-ice.com), the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of satellite earth station antenna (ESA) weather protection solutions, announced that STN, the Satellite Telecommunications Network, (www.STN.eu) has extensively deployed Walton’s Plenum Hot-Air De-Icing systems (Walton De-Ice Plenum, Snow Shield and Ice Quake systems) to help provide the highest level of uptime during winter at STN’s teleport.

Madrid, Spain, March 2, 2016--Spanish satellite communications operator HISPASAT, and QUANTIS, together with their Moroccan subsidiary NORTIS, a leading operator in data, voice and satellite Internet services in Spain and Morocco, have signed a contract to provide satellite broadband services in North Africa. The agreement between the two companies establishes the use of space capacity of the Ka frequency band of the Hispasat 30W-6 satellite until the end of its useful life, estimated at fifteen years, at a cost of approximately 125 million euros.

Ottawa, Canada, March 1, 2016 – C-COM Satellite Systems Inc., (TSXV: CMI) the leading global provider of mobile auto-deploying satellite antenna systems, today announced that its iNetVu^®  98 cm Ka-band vehicle mount and flyaway antenna systems have received type approval from Hughes Network Systems (HUGHES), for use on its high-throughput JUPITER™ System satellite networks.

Montréal, Canada, February 25, 2016–XipLink, the technology leader in Wireless Link Optimization, announces that six significant cellular service providers have recently purchased Advanced Cellular Compression (ACC) features in order to roll out highly optimized cellular backhaul networks over satellite.   These customers include:  

Tempe, Ariz., February 25, 2016--Comtech EF Data has been awarded a $1.9 million order for infrastructure equipment. A large satellite systems integrator in India will utilize the equipment to increase its customer’s capabilities and expand its existing satellite connectivity network to optimize Internet traffic and increase the throughput while lowering overall operating costs.

Montréal, QC , February 25, 2016–XipLink, the technology leader in Wireless Link Optimization, announces that six significant cellular service providers have recently purchased Advanced Cellular Compression (ACC) features in order to roll out highly optimized cellular backhaul networks over satellite.   These customers include: