Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (ADX: YAHSAT), the UAE’s flagship satellite solutions provider, has announced the appointment of Amit Somani as Chief Growth and Strategy Officer.

Comtech (NASDAQ: CMTL), a global technology leader, today announced the appointment of telecommunications and public safety industry leader Jeff Robertson as the Company’s new President of its Terrestrial and Wireless Networks business segment.

The Satcoms Innovation Group has announced the winners of the 2024 SIG Awards.

AvL Technologies (AvL) announced the appointments of Cammie Driggs as Chief Financial Officer, Ryan Cox and Jesse Kirby as Senior Directors, and Heather Wright as a Director.

Virtus Solis CEO/Founder John Bucknell and CTO/Founder Dr. Ed Tate announce the appointment of the following distinguished new members to our Industry Advisory Board:

Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM) today announced that John McNiff has joined Iridium as Vice President and General Manager overseeing Iridium’s Space Development Agency (SDA) support, effective February 5, 2023.

Krasimir Terziev and Bobby Kirchev, both experienced telecomunications and satellite professionals,  are on the executive team of Orbital Connect. Krasimir is Director of Business Development while Bobby is Director of Sales. In a relatively short time built the company into one of the leading channel partners and authorized distributor of global leading hardware manufacturers. Orbital Connect’s product list includes over 3,000 satellite products and RF components, solutions, and terminals, such as Earth station antennas, fixed and maritime VSAT or receive-only antennas, terminals on the move and on the pause,  high power amplifiers, modulators, de-modulators, redundant systems, modems, RF products and matrices, RF over fiber solutions, LNBs, BUCs, BDCs, LNAs, among others. Excerpts of the interview with Krasimir and Bobby follows

Comtech (NASDAQ: CMTL) today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed John Ratigan, Chief Corporate Development Officer (CCDO), as interim Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Ratigan succeeds Ken Peterman, who has been terminated as President and CEO and will cease to serve on the Board. Peterman’s termination was for conduct unrelated to Comtech’s business strategy, financial results or previously filed financial statements according to the company.

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) today announced that Hubbard Radio’s David Kolesar and consulting engineer Winston Caldwell are the recipients of the 2024 NAB Engineering Achievement Awards. They will be honored at the We Are Broadcasters Awards, held on the Main Stage of the 2024 NAB Show, April 16 at 9:30 a.m.

Media software solutions provider today announced new leadership in the form of Sam Kamel as CEO and Fred Fourcher as Chairman.  This marks a return for Bitcentral founder Fourcher, evolving Bitcentral from an essential software platform for nightly news preparation to a leading company  in streaming media. Under Fourcher's guidance, Bitcentral will continue to redefine audience engagement, offering scalable solutions from traditional broadcast newsrooms to dynamic streaming online talk shows.