Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Awarded $1.1 Million Contract for High-Power Amplifiers for Direct-to-Home Television Services
December 18 2014 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
December 18, 2014 -- Comtech Telecommunications Corp.
(Nasdaq:CMTL) announced today that its Santa Clara,
California-based subsidiary, Comtech Xicom Technology, Inc., has
been awarded a contract for $1.1 million from a major system
integrator to supply outdoor mounted, high-power amplifiers
(“HPAs”). The HPAs will be used in Latin America at a new earth
station being built to provide direct-to-home television services.
The Comtech Xicom HPAs were selected due to their high output power
and overall efficiency, offering high performance at a lower
operating cost than other approaches.
“Customers are transitioning to high efficiency outdoor
traveling wave tube amplifiers. They enable more bang for the buck
than traditional indoor systems,” said Fred Kornberg, President and
Chief Executive Officer of Comtech Telecommunications Corp. “We are
pleased to be selected, once again, by a direct-to-home operator
and see growing opportunities in Latin America.”
Comtech Xicom Technology, Inc., a world leader in high-power
amplifiers, manufactures a wide variety of tube-based and
solid-state power amplifiers for military and commercial satellite
uplink applications. The product range encompasses power levels
from 8 W to 3 kW, with frequency coverage in sub-bands within the 2
GHz to 45 GHz spectrum. Amplifiers are available for fixed and
ground-based, ship-board, and airborne mobile applications. Please
visit www.xicomtech.com for more information.
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. designs, develops, produces and
markets innovative products, systems and services for advanced
communications solutions. The Company believes many of its
solutions play a vital role in providing or enhancing communication
capabilities when terrestrial communications infrastructure is
unavailable, inefficient or too expensive. The Company conducts
business through three complementary segments: telecommunications
transmission, RF microwave amplifiers and mobile data
communications. The Company sells products to a diverse customer
base in the global commercial and government communications
markets. The Company believes it is a leader in most of the market
segments that it serves.
Certain information in this press release contains statements
that are forward-looking in nature and involve certain significant
risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially
from such forward-looking information. The Company's Securities and
Exchange Commission filings identify many such risks and
uncertainties. Any forward-looking information in this press
release is qualified in its entirety by the risks and uncertainties
described in such Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
PCMTL
Media:Michael D. Porcelain, Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer631-962-7000info@comtechtel.com
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