Barcelona, Spain, June 16, 2020--Spanish satellite operator Hispasat joins the 5GMED consortium, with a global investment of 16 million euros of which 75% is financed by the European Commission. The consortium aims to bring a sustainable 5G deployment model for future mobility in the Mediterranean Cross-Border Corridor. The project will be launched in September 2020 and will be implemented until November 2023.
Yaounde, Cameroon, June 12, 2020--Shaanxi Probecom Microwave Technology Co. Ltd. (Probecom), a systems integrator of large and mobile satellite antenna systems and Terrasat Communications Inc, the leader in intelligent BUC innovations, have together delivered seven systems of Probecom 3.7/4.5m C-band antennae with Terrast 400W IBUC G in a redundant (1+1) configuration.
Tempe, Ariz., June 10, 2020--Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) announced today that during its fourth quarter of fiscal 2020, its Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., which is part of Comtech's Commercial Solutions segment, received a US$ 1.1 million order for satellite ground station equipment from a South East Asia Ministry of Defense. This initial order of SCPC modems and complementary redundancy switches is part of a network upgrade which could expand to more than 2,000 units.
Ottawa, Canada, June 10, 2020 – C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. (TSXV: CMI), the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of commercial grade, auto-acquire mobile satellite antenna systems, announced today that it has successfully completed the integration of the UHP-200 modem with its iNetVu® 8000 series antenna controllers. The new modem is now fully compatible with all C-COM antenna systems using OpenAMIP interface.
Mexico City, June 4, 2020--HISPASAT, the Spanish telecommunications satellite operator, has reached an agreement with Altán La Red Compartida, the shared telecommunications network in Mexico, in order to provide transmission services to expand its mobile network. The Amazonas 5 satellite will provide Altán Ka band satellite links to connect 65 new base stations of its La Red Compartida.
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Tempe, Ariz., May 28, 2020--Comtech EF Data Corp. received a US$ 1.7 million order for engineering services from Hughes Network Systems, LLC to support the Data Link Modernization (“DLM”) contract by providing new advanced satellite communications systems for the U.S. Army’s MQ-1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). Additional orders are expected in future periods.
Tempe, Ariz., May 27, 2020--Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) announced today that during its third quarter of fiscal 2020, its Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., which is part of Comtech’s Commercial Solutions segment, received a US$ 4.7 million contract for engineering services from a large prime U.S. Department of Defense contractor to support a critical Air Force and Army Anti-jam Modem (A3M) program under the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC).
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Madrid, Spain, May 13, 2020--HISPASAT, the Spanish telecommunications satellite operator, and EasyTV, the provider of innovative entertainment and digital content solutions, have joined forces to bring internet access to Brazilian towns located in regions that lack connectivity. The first phase of the project includes the installation of 50 new WiFi satellite hotspots in Brazil, powered by Facebook Connectivity’s Express WiFi platform. This will enable EasyTV to provide practical and reliable high speed internet access using coverage in the Ka band of HISPASAT's Amazonas 5 satellite.