Products/Services

Reston, VA, March 16, 2015--Earlier this month global satellite solutions provider SES Government Solutions (SES GS) hosted their second O3b satellite demonstration for over 50 U.S. Government customers at the SES Washington Media Port in Bristow, Virginia. SES GS previously conducted an O3b demo at MacDill Air Force Base last year. SES GS and O3b have teamed to demonstrate game-changing technology to deliver fiber-like connectivity via satellite.

Santa Clara, Calif. March 13, 2015--Comtech Xicom Technology, Inc., the technology leader in high power amplifier products for satellite communications (SATCOM), today introduced new highly efficient, very high power Ku-band and DBS-band SuperPowerTM traveling wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs) that can double available TWTA output power and provide direct replacement for Klystron power amplifiers (KPAs) in satellite communications uplink applications.

Asheville, NC, March 12, 2015–O3b Networks selected AvL Technologies to design and build the Transportable Terminal Antenna System for use with O3b’s Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) Satellite Network.  The program calls for AvL to develop and manufacture the hardware and software for a family of earth station antennas with reflector sizes of 0.85m, 1.0m, 1.2m, 1.8m and 2.4m. These Transportable Antenna Systems will enable O3b’s customers to rapidly deploy systems to take advantage of O3b’s “Fiber Speed with Satellite Reach.” 

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.