Spacecom, the operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, today announced that AMOS-5 at 17°E is now providing a hybrid satellite-cellular communications solution in Africa. The hybrid solution delivered on AMOS Ku-band capacity enhances the quality of affordable high speed Internet connectivity to a telecom provider in Africa.

The World Teleport Association (WTA) today announced the winners of the 19th Teleport Awards for Excellence during an exclusive luncheon at Satellite 2014. The awards are presented each year to organizations and individuals in the teleport industry whose achievements have been deemed exceptional by the international trade association and its awards committees, made up of industry members from across the globe.

The 2014 recipients are:

Thuraya Telecommunications Company, today announced its partnership with Talia, a top-tier provider of data communications and voice services. Headquartered in the UK, Talia owns and operates a teleport facility in Germany and offers satellite communication solutions.

Talia’s customers across various market sectors, especially oil and gas, will now have access to Thuraya’s portfolio of mobile satellite products and solutions.

O3b Networks today unveiled O3bTrunk+, a next generation IP trunking solution that boosts existing link capacities to rival the affordability and latency of fiber. Powered by Comtech EF Data’s patented and award-winning technologies, O3bTrunk+is designed to deliver the most efficient networking and trunking solution over the highest throughput satellites in the world.

Advantech Wireless Inc., a privately-held Canadian corporation and manufacturer of Satellite, RF Equipment and Microwave Systems will present details and a demonstration of its revolutionary VSAT Discovery Hubs product line-up based on Adaptive Satellite Access Technology (A-SATTM) at the Satellite 2014 Exhibition that will take place March 11th through March 13th, in Washington, D.C.

ATCi, a full service provider of live and on-demand video, satellite, mobile GSM backhaul and delivery of HLS, iPhone, iPad, Google, Silverlight and other options, announced from the Mobile Satcon Conference in New York that the company is offering low cost rentals on its popular LiveStreamPac Intelligent Bonding compact video systems for live stream TV and Web reporting to Russia and Ukraine.

C-COM Satellite Systems Inc.,a provider of mobile auto-deploying satellite antenna systems, today announced that its iNetVu FLY-75V antenna system received authorization from ViaSat Inc. for use on ViaSat Exede Enterprise Service.

Signalhorn announced today that one of its maritime customers has renewed its managed services agreement for an additional two years.  

Signalhorn provides managed satellite services to the company in various regions of the world through its European infrastructure and multiple platforms. Signalhorn is able to provide very cost-effective services to this maritime customer allowing them to focus on the end customer and growing their business.

Satellite communications specialist Newtec announced today that it will be launching next month at the Cabsat in Dubai and Satellite 2014 in Washington, D.C.,  Newtec Dialog®, a scalable and flexible multiservice platform which allows operators to build and adapt their infrastructure easily as their business and the satellite market grows and changes.

Advantech Wireless Inc., a privately-held Canadian corporation and manufacturer of Satellite, RF Equipment and Microwave Systems today announced the release of its new 10kW S-band Solid State Pulse Amplifier.

The new 10kW S-band Solid State Pulse Amplifier from Advantech Wireless is fully modular and operates over the band of 2.7 – 2.9 GHz. It includes built-in features such as duty cycle monitor and pulse width monitor to ensure trouble free operation.