Comtech Telecommunications has announced that its Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data, received a $3.5 million order for satellite communications ground equipment in October,reports Telecompaper.com on Nov 24, 2014. The equipment will be used by one of the largest mobile network operators (MNOs) in Eastern Asia to upgrade and significantly expand its infrastructure, which has grown to over one thousand locations over the past ten years leveraging Comtech EF Data products exclusively.

This upgrade and expansion, which is LTE enabled, will leverage Comtech EF Data\'s multi-layered optimisation approach, teaming the CDM-625A Advanced Satellite Modem with the Memotec RAN Optimisation CXU Series to achieve the maximum net efficiency possible on the MNO\'s link. The Comtech EF Data platform will enable the operator to expand its network and increase voice and data throughput by at least 500 Mbps without requiring the increased operational expense of additional satellite bandwidth. The operator currently supports several Gbps of traffic on multiple satellites in both C-Band and Ku-Band.