Products/Services

Tel Aviv, Israel, March 12, 2015--Spacecom (Tel Aviv Stock Exchange: SCC), the operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, and SatLink Communications today announced that they have been selected to provide Pan-African distribution services on AMOS-5 at 17°E for the Orange African Under-20 Football Championship competition. This is a direct result of the successful broadcast of the 2015 African Cup of Nations in January-February by AMOS-5.

Montréal, QC, Canada, March 12, 2015–XipLink, the technology leader in wireless link optimization, has won a distinguished award as one of the top 250 Canadian companies in the Information, Communications and Technology (ICT) sector. The rankings are based on proven revenues over a sustained period of time with emphasis on results for the year ending 2014.  

Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, March 4,  2015--Newtec Dialog®, a scalable, flexible and agile multiservice platform, has been selected by Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) / National Grid Saudi Arabia (SEC/NG SA) to deliver Automatic Metering Reader (AMR), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), voice and video satellite connectivity between remote sub-stations to enable new applications.

San Bernardino, Calif., March 3, 2015—Walton De-Ice, the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of satellite earth station antenna (ESA) weather protection solutions, announces that its Snow Shield and Ice Quake products are now available via Preferred Walton De-Ice Distributors, Capella Telecommunications, Satcom Resources, Satellite Engineering Group (SEG), and Viking Satcom.  These satellite ground system integrators can now help their customer achieve up to 100-fold energy savings with Walton's Ice Quake compared to conventional anti-ice solutions.

Tempe, Ariz., March 3, 2015-- Comtech EF Data Corp. received a US $1.1 million order for satellite communications equipment and services. The equipment will be used by one of the largest pan-regional mobile network operators (MNOs) to upgrade and significantly expand its infrastructure throughout the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

TOKYO, Japan, March 2,  2015. The world’s first DVB-S2X 256APSK satellite transmission has been successfully completed by Japan-based Nippon Television Network Corporation (Nippon TV) with Newtec technology. Performed on November 1, 2014, the trial campaign saw Nippon TV transmit 5MHz bandwidth with a 256APSK carrier from a Satellite News Gathering (SNG) truck to the Superbird-B2 satellite. The transmission was successfully received at the headquarters of Nippon TV in Minato, Tokyo.

Tempe, Arizona, March 2, 2015–Comtech EF Data Corp. announced today that its satcom infrastructure products are now in service for multiple customers using O3b Networks’ innovative Ka-band Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellite system. The deployed Comtech EF Data products are facilitating satellite mobile backhaul, high-speed trunking and premium enterprise services. The Comtech EF Data products are compatible with the new O3b satellite network, and are commercially available today.

Montreal, Canada, February 26, 2015 – Advantech Wireless a global trusted leader for wireless broadband communications solutions for Commercial, Critical Infrastructure & Government and Military clients announced today the release of its new Satellite Modulator SBM75X, high data rate, for broadcast applications.

Yverdon-les-bains, Switrzerland, February 26, 2015--Intelsat S.A. (NYSE:  I), the world’s leading provider of satellite services, and ITC Global, the leading provider of satellite communications to remote and harsh environments, announced today that the companies will provide ground-to-ground satellite communication services to Solar Impulse during its first round-the-world solar flight.

Tempe, Ariz., February 24, 2015-Comtech EF Data has received a $6.4 million contract award extension for the implementation of an Adaptive Coding capability for Advanced Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) Interface Processor (ATIP) terminals from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR).