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[jojaken] 08/12/2013 02:32

I wonder if the rise is tacit recognition of the quiet flow of contracts over the last few months.

11-18-2013 Avanti signed a multiyear contract with Internet Solutions, a division of Dimension Data, for more than 56Mb of managed capacity on its Hylas 2 satellite.
hxxp://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2013/11/18/internet-solutions-chooses-avanti-for-capacity-on-hylas-2-satellite

19-11-2013 JD Group Limited's Incredible Connection, the largest consumer electronics and IT retailer in South Africa, partners with MaxConnect, which is powered by Avanti.
hxxp://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6908

04-12-2013 The Polish telecommunications infrastructure operator Grupa Technitel signs a multi-year contract
hxxp://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20131204005637/en/Technitel-Selects-Avanti-Communications-Provide-Satellite-Connectivity

In addition since October Avanti has finally been able to use C-COM's new generation iNetVu Ku-981 antenna. This provides a significant step up in performance and cost. I have been wondering if this was the catalyst for signing off some contracts like Internet Solutions and Incredible Connection both in South Africa where C-Com has an established presence.

And couple of weeks earlier Avanti signed a contract with L-3 TRL Technology to provide secure, high-speed Ka-Band satellite services to government and military agencies that use L-3 TRL's CATAPAN encryption.

Also in October BAE systems showed they had shown Avanti's Ka-band satellites could be used in a new secure 'data corridor' for UAVs. While this doesn't bring in any much-needed revenue, is does show Avanti has a clear advantage in future BAE contracts being the insider.
hxxp://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/business-news/engineers-unlock-data-corridor-1-6236319

The question is, can the momentum of the last few months be maintained? If it can, at least Avanti will have something positive to talk about in the next update.

[qs99] 07/12/2013 11:01

All to play for next week then! Decisive move already from recent lows on no news...all good stuff..

[ttny2004] 06/12/2013 19:11

Yes look like we are on the way up. If we break decisively through 260 can see a nice run to 300 and onto 350 levels. Think move from 270 to 300 will be quick.

[qs99] 06/12/2013 12:25

Someone obviously likes this...£3 next?

[gekks] 06/12/2013 12:02

I'm no chartist but I like the look of it !

[wilksey1] 06/12/2013 10:44

looking good still driving upwards against the market ,getting a tow from santa

[qs99] 06/12/2013 09:42

Lets break £2.50....

[qs99] 06/12/2013 09:28

Off we go again..

[martincoops] 06/12/2013 06:55

Terrestial Operators Eyeing Ka-band Satellite Spectrum







By Peter B. de Selding | Dec. 5, 2013












LONDON - The same terrestrial wireless broadband interests that covet C-band spectrum now occupied by satellite systems are eyeing Ka-band for next-generation cellular networks, satellite industry officials said Dec. 5.

These officials said that while C-band remains the most urgent of their concerns in the run-up to a meeting of global frequency and orbital-slot regulators in 2015, the threat to Ka-band is already on the horizon.

"There is now a push by major players, including Samsung and other equipment manufacturers, for access to spectrum in the 20/30 gigahertz range, which they would like for 5G terrestrial mobile systems," said Kumar Singarajah, director of regulatory affairs and business development at Avanti Communications of London. "We have to stay focused on this."

Avanti's Hylas satellites are using Ka-band frequencies for broadband, cellular signal backhaul and other applications in more than 50 nations, including much of Africa.

Deployment of Ka-band satellites is proceeding quickly. Northern Sky Research (NSR), a telecommunications consultancy, counts 17 high-throughput satellites, most of them using Ka-band, already in orbit, with another 30 satellites scheduled for launch by 2022.

Revenue from these broadband satellites, which is expected to be less than $500 million in 2013, will surpass $3 billion within 10 years, NSR President Christopher Baugh said in a Dec. 5 presentation here to the High-Throughput Satellites London Roundtable, organized by the Global VSAT Forum, an industry advocacy group.

Paris-based Euroconsult has arrived at a similar conclusion, forecasting that 33 high-throughput satellites, most in Ka-band, will be launched in the next three years alone, compared with 31 launched over the past 10 years. Ka-band satellites will be producing an annual revenue of $5.6 billion by 2022.

Some of these satellites will provide services to terrestrial cellular networks including the backhauling of signals from remote cell towers to the telecommunications grid, and handling excess traffic that cannot be digested by the terrestrial network.

These services notwithstanding, the terrestrial wireless broadband industry, which clashed head-on with the satellite sector in 2007 over the use of C-band, is gearing up for a new battle at the World Radiocommunication Conference in 2015. The conference, which occurs every three or four years, is organized by the International Telecommunication Union, a United Nations affiliate.

David Hartshorn, executive secretary of the Global VSAT Forum, said his organization is already seeing initial moves to force Ka-band frequencies that now are reserved for satellite systems to share spectrum with terrestrial wireless operators.

Hartshorn said regulators in the United Arab Emirates, which is home to the operator of the civil-military Yahsat Ka-band satellite system, have openly suggested that these radio frequencies be shared.

If it is happening on Yahsat's home turf, Hartshorn said, it is certain to crop up elsewhere sooner or later.

Ann Vandenbroucke, director of international regulatory policy issues at London-based Inmarsat, which expects to begin deploying its Global Xpress Ka-band system in the coming weeks, said the satellite industry should assume that none of its frequencies is beyond attack.

"I don't think any satellite frequency assets are safe," Vandenbroucke said. "Ka-band is not under immediate threat, but there are rumors. People are saying it could be shared, or perhaps put to better use" by terrestrial wireless applications.

"We need to go into a mode of spectrum PR," Vandenbroucke said. "We need to go political, basically, and show how necessary this spectrum is for the oil and gas industry, for shipping and other sectors."

Hartshorn said even the satellite industry's declared victory over C-band use in 2007 is now being routinely violated in certain regions of the world, with broadband wireless networks causing interference with C-band satellite signals that in some nations are the main form of satellite communications.

[ttny2004] 05/12/2013 15:46

Can we make a new high finish. 246p to buy. Can see 250p

[ttny2004] 05/12/2013 14:01

Also for Paul Walsh to do that after being a non exec director for over a year already to me shows confidence in the future, and the biggest buy sign there was.

[ttny2004] 05/12/2013 13:52

From a chart perspective when this does finally break out it will do so quite strongly.

[ttny2004] 05/12/2013 13:46

Agree re business fundamentals as well as chart. I think with Paul Walsh who has an impeccable track record becoming deputy chairman and then chairman in March as recently announced I think that speaks volumes. Hopefully be a positive year ahead on all fronts.

[qs9] 05/12/2013 13:24

haha agree, charts are one thing, but hopefully they presage knowledge that it is on track...?!

[hpcg] 05/12/2013 13:21

Could be, we are just kissing the 200sma and the 20 looks like it is about to cross the 50 (but hasn't and might not). Chart definitely looking better then any time since June 2012. I'd like the business itself to be pointing in a clear upward direction more than anything though.

[qs9] 05/12/2013 13:04

Is this heading to breakout territory?

[qs9] 05/12/2013 11:35

yup, looking very good IMO....

[ttny2004] 05/12/2013 11:33

Absolutely. Be surprised if we don't see first test of 260 today or tomorrow.

[qs9] 05/12/2013 11:29

looking to turn blue is it not?

[ttny2004] 04/12/2013 17:41

Yep 260 next target resistance level. If we can break that 330p next target and then 400p. Would be nice!

[qs99] 04/12/2013 16:34

Am in late doors for a few...constant tick up looks too interesting not to join in...apologies in advance if it halves!

[2350220] 04/12/2013 16:25

Blimey, this is a rare old day.
Just need another 250p and we'll be well happy again:-)

Not too much to ask, is it?

All the best,
John

[gekks] 04/12/2013 15:50

Yes there has , be good if volume picks up a bit .

[revoman] 04/12/2013 15:46

There feels to be a tickle of life in this in the last few days...