The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in United States, has chosen Thales to develop and build an operational ground station in the southwest part of the country, at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, to track Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) satellites operating in medium Earth orbit (MEO).

Satellite communications equipment manufacturer Newtec announced today its modems have become the first to be successfully tested over-the-air on Telesat’s inaugural Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite.

HISPASAT, the Spanish satellite communications operator, is bringing broadband connectivity to remote or hard-to-reach areas of the Mexico where there is no access to high-quality Internet, thereby helping reduce the digital gap that currently exists in the Mexican telecommunications market.

Baylin Technologies Inc. (“Baylin”) (TSX: BYL) announced today that its Dorval, Quebec subsidiary, Advantech Wireless Technologies Inc. (Advantech) delivered its 3.2kW Ku-Band Outdoor Modular Summit SSPA System to a major DTH Broadcasting customer.

LP Technologies, a leader in high performance and lower cost spectrum analyzer hardware and software technology, has earned a larger number of larger contracts during 2018. The current unit volume shipping rate is far beyond expectations and with three months remaining, calendar 2018 should end up exceeding plans by double, the company said.

C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. (TSXV: CMI), a leading provider of commercial grade auto-acquire mobile satellite antenna systems, announced today that it has received orders for approximately US$1.28 million for its iNetVu antenna systems from various customers across Africa.

HISPASAT, the Spanish satellite-based telecommunications operator, and Quadrille, the independent software provider and leader in supplying software solutions for contend and OTT channels delivery via satellite, are introducing their new solution for non-linear satellite-managed services, Push VoD (Video on Demand), at the IBC fair in Amsterdam. The solution allows on demand video contents (films, series, etc.) to be distribute via satellite without the need of internet access.

Newtec, a specialist in designing, developing and manufacturing equipment and technologies for satellite communications, and Arab Satellite Communications (Arabsat) have signed a new multi-million Euro contract, expanding their long-term partnership at the IBC 2018 show..

HISPASAT, the Spanish satellite-based communications operator, will present its new technologies for the audiovisual market in its stand in the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) 2018, which starts today in Amsterdam.

C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. (TSXV: CMI), a leading provider of commercial grade auto-acquire mobile satellite antenna systems, has signed a contract with one of its long-standing integrator partners AltegroSky. Under the contract, C-Com and AltegroSky is permitted to order up to US$2 million worth of C-COM’s products over a 5-year period.