AVEALTO Ltd., a UK-based compan formed to design, build and operate a fleet of High Altitude Platform (HAP) vehicles which can transparently replace point-to-point satellite services at a lower cost, with higher quality service has began customer acquistion activities.  AVEALTO  announce that it will open discussions with potential early customers at the SATELLITE 2021 event in Washington D.C. from September 7-10  and also at the GSMA Conference in Los Angeles from October 26–28.

Teams from ST Engineering iDirect and Gilat Telecom have achieved the successful remote installation and commissioning of two Newtec Dialog® hubs to power cellular backhaul services for mobile network operator, Vodacom, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the largest country in Sub-Saharan Africa. The new hubs enabled Vodacom to migrate its VSAT-based 2G network to 3G across 150 Base Tranceiver Station (BTS) sites with the Base Station Controller located in Kinshasa.

The World Teleport Association (WTA) today announced the finalists for its 2021 Teleport Awards for Excellence. From this group of finalists, WTA will name the winners at the 26th annual Teleport Awards for Excellence Ceremony and Reception on September 8 during the SATELLITE conference in Washington, DC.

-Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) announced today, that during its fourth quarter of fiscal 2021, it was awarded multiple contracts aggregating $3.6 million from a U.S. system integrator for X-band SSPAs and BUCs for transportable satellite communication terminals.

Mission Microwave Technologies, LLC, a manufacturer of highly efficient Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs) and Block Upconverters (BUCs) continues to receive new and follow-on orders for its 200 watt Titan BUCs for use in a variety of satellite constellations. Mission Microwave’s terminal integrator customers have been deploying the Ka-Band Titan BUC in volume since 2017. Titan Ka-band BUC orders placed and scheduled for delivery in 2021 exceed US$ 8 million.

HISPASAT, Grupo Red Eléctrica's communications satellite operator, has begun a pilot project with Correos to give satellite connectivity to certain offices located in places where Internet access is problematic. The pilot will initially be run in six locations - three in Zamora (Santa Cristina de la Polvorosa, Fermoselle and Coreses), two in Teruel (Valdealgolfa and Mosqueruela) and one in Soria (Duruelo de la Sierra) - and may be rolled out to the company's other rural service points that have connectivity issues.

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL), announced today, that during its fourth quarter of fiscal 2021, its subsidiary Comtech EF Data Corp., a leading provider of satellite communications equipment was awarded a multi-million dollar order for WAN optimization equipment from a leading system integrator in South Asia. The equipment will be utilized by a Ministry of Defense (MoD) in the region.       

he Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications (Intersputnik) and the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) signed today  an Agreement on Cooperation in Using Frequency Assignments in the Geostationary Orbit and Other Satellite Orbits for the Implementation of the Project on the Joint Use of Satellite Capacity.

Spacecom (Tel Aviv Stock Exchange: SCC), the satellite services provider and owner-operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, today announced it had signed a two-year extension deal with D.B.S. Satellite Services, operator of Yes DTH in Israel. The deal, worth USD 14 Million, will continue the DTH’s operations from the AMOS-7 and AMOS-3 satellites at Spacecom’s 4°W orbital hotspot. With this agreement, Yes’ order backlog increases to USD 100 Million.

Advantech Wireless Technologies announced today that it has delivered its 8.5kW Ultra-High Power Modular Summit II Solid State Power Amplifier (SSPA) System to a major Satcom System Integrator.