XipLink, the technology leader in Wireless Link Optimization,  has won the prestigious Deloitte "Fast 500" award in 2020 for the fiscal year ending in 2019. The award is measured in terms of revenue growth over a three-year period and is unique by including both Canadian and US companies in the competition. Evaluators are sent to each company either in-person prior to Covid-19 or virtually during the pandemic period. Results are reviewed for consistency and accuracy as one expects from a leading worldwide accounting firm.

Increasing demands for faster, more efficient and more reliable ways to manage connected devices will make 2021 the year of service and device lifecycle management, according to open broadband standards development organization, the Broadband Forum. Broadband Forum’s User Services Platform (USP) standard offers related data models and the communication protocol to master such needs. 

NSR’s In-Orbit Servicing & Space Situational Awareness Markets, 4^th Edition (IOSM4) report, released today, forecasts In-Orbit Satellite services (IoS) cumulative revenues of US$ 6.2 billion by 2030.

Informa Tech, the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) Singapore and the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) today unveiled details of a new flagship tech event for Asia in 2021 – Asia Tech x Singapore (ATxSG).

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) announced today, that during its second quarter of fiscal 2021, its Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., which is part of Comtech’s Commercial Solutions segment, was awarded an US$ 11.4 million delivery order in support of a previously announced US$ 58.8 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract from the U.S. Naval Information Warfare Systems Command. Funded orders received to-date under this IDIQ contract now total US$ 42.1 million.

MDA has appointed Amer Khouri as the company’s new Vice President of Satellite Systems. Khouri will be responsible for all satellite business activities including successful execution of existing programs and the continued growth of MDA’s Satellite Systems division, which is based in Montreal, Canada.

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HISPASAT, the Spanish satellite telecommunications operator, has signed a multi-year and multi-transponder agreement with Gilat Satellite Networks, to renew and expand the contracted satellite capacity to extend the mobile networks in the United States using Amazonas 2 and 3 satellites located in the 61º West orbital position. As part of this agreement HISPASAT will connect hundreds of base stations of Gilat’s strategic customers, including several mobile operators. 

Speedcast International Limited (ASX:SDA) today announced that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas has confirmed Speedcast International Limited and certain of its affiliates’ Plan of Reorganization. The confirmation definitively clears the path for the company to successfully complete the Chapter 11 process after receiving final regulatory approvals and satisfying customary closing conditions, which is expected by the end of the first quarter of 2021.

Momentus today announced its Board of Directors has appointed Dawn Harms, the Company’s Chief Revenue Officer, as a director and interim CEO effective immediately, following the resignation of director and founding CEO Mikhail Kokorich.