Melville, N.Y., April 26, 2016--Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (Nasdaq: CMTL) announced today that its commercial solutions segment has signed a multi-year contract valued at approximately $12.0 million with a major telecom equipment manufacturer. Under the terms of the contract, the telecom equipment manufacturer, which also is a global distributor of Comtech's services, will support the continued roll out of Comtech’s solutions to several wireless operators across the globe, including a large-scale North American-based wireless operator
Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, April 26, 2016--ABS and TRACE announce an agreement to broadcast TRACE Urban via ABS-2, Global C-band beam across the Asia Pacific region – The channel will debut on 1st May 2016.
Singapore, April 26, 2016--Satellite operator Kacific Broadband Satellitesand Newtec, a specialist in designing, developing and manufacturing equipment and technologies for satellite communications, today announced they have agreed on a cooperation for powering Kacific’s interim services usingNewtec Dialog® to be deployed and to provide affordable satellite broadband connectivity in the Pacific.
Las Vegas, Nevada, April 18, 2016–Advantech Wireless, a global leader for High Throughput Satellite (HTS) broadband communications solutions, will be demonstrating at the 2016 NAB Show its new record breaking WSM-5000 DVB-S/S2/S2X High Throughput Wideband Broadcast Satellite Modulator designed to transmit carriers of up to 600MHz.
Dob, Slovenia, April 15, 2016–STN, a leading provider transmission services and solutions to broadcasters, announces that it is spearheading a new commercial initiative to help content owners and broadcasters across the Asia-Pacific region to reach new audiences in the international markets including Europe, Africa and the US. STN’s goal is to help Asia-Pacific-based broadcasters to take advantage of the growing phenomenon of ‘diaspora broadcasting’.
Friedrichshafen, Germany, April 15, 2016--ND SatCom and Centrum Szkoleniowe Hector (CSH) announce their Cooperation on delivering Satellite Courses in Poland. As a result of this cooperation, a broad range of courses certified by ND SatCom will be available for polish customers, at CSH training centre in Warsaw.
Tel Aviv, Israel, April 14, 2016--Spacecom (Tel Aviv Stock Exchange: SCC), the operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, and Encompass Digital Media, a global technology services company delivering end-to-end video solutions to broadcast and digital media companies, today announced a joint new European TV distribution platform. The joint service will be distributed throughout EMEA over the AMOS-6 satellite's Ku Pan-European beam from its 4°W prime orbital position.
Madrid, Spain, April 14, 2016--Spanish telecommunications satellite operator HISPASAT, in collaboration with Cellnex Telecom, has expanded the number of Atresmedia television channels it currently distributes across the American continent through its Hispasat 30W-5 satellite.
San Bernardino, Calif., April 13, 2016—Walton De-Ice (http://www.de-ice.com), the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of satellite earth station antenna (ESA) weather protection solutions, announced thatAlpha Satcom Inc. (ASI), a provider of satellite earth station antenna solutions has selected Walton De-Ice systems for an installation at a major satellite broadcast facility. Alpha Satcom, Inc. (www.alpha-satcom.com), was selected by its customer to design, fabricate and supply a unique 9.0-meter Ku-Band low-passive intermodulation (PIM) antenna with especially challenging RF and structural design requirements, and in turn selected Walton De-Ice as part of Alpha Satcom, Inc.’s total solution.
Montreal, Canada, April 13, 2016– Advantech Wireless, a global leader for High Throughput Satellite broadcast and broadband communications solutions, today launched the AMT-50/50X family of advanced SCPC modems with bi-directional throughputs ranging from 100Kbps to 850Mbps and industry leading carrier echo cancellation technology. These new modems support all latest DVB-S2X standard’s modulation and coding: from BPSK to up to 256APSK, delivering spectral efficiency improvements of up to 60% leading to substantial satellite bandwidth savings.