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DES Chief of Defence Material Certificate of Commendation

Posted: Monday, 23rd January 2012
Spectra Personnel Receive a DES Chief of Defence Material Certificate of Commendation

We would like to take this opportunity on behalf of Spectra to congratulate and give praise to the following contractors who have recently received a DES Chief of Defence Material Certificate of Commendation for their tremendous efforts and work ethic for Overtask Tranche 5.

Mr Ian Bain and Mr Ian Milsom who both deployed to theatre for 3 weeks during this MoD project.

Well done chaps.

Top performing partners recognised at conference

Posted: Tuesday, 29th November 2011
Spectra was named "Best accredited partner"

Partners' outstanding efforts in selling Inmarsat services were recognised at the Global Partner Conference.

Top performers were presented with special awards during the plenary sessions.

UK-based service provider Spectra was named "Best accredited partner" for its creative use of Connect funding in delivering its managed service offering to a key customer in the government services sector.

Airtime benefit
The company utilised demonstration airtime as a benefit of being an accredited partner to successfully test and trial an end-to-end BGAN solution to their customer.

The company made use of the free demonstration airtime on offer to successfully test and trial an end-to-end BGAN solution.

In addition, Spectra achieved enhanced levels of growth for BGAN in Q3 2011.

Best sales growth
Other award winners were:

  • Greatest contribution to FleetBroadband growth - Navarino
  • Greatest contribution to IsatPhone Pro growth - SatCom Global
  • Greatest contribution to BGAN growth - Galaxy 1
  • Greatest contribution to SwiftBroadband growth - Satcom Direct

An award was also presented for "Most successful solution developer 2011" to Global Marine Networks for its successful low-cost webXaccelerator data compression and control router for the maritime market.

Spectra support Stabilisation Unit in Libya

Posted: Tuesday, 14th June 2011
Spectra deployed to Libya to provide telecommunications services to the Stabilisation Unit in support to the UN Mission

Spectra have deployed to Libya to provide telecommunications services to the Stabilisation Unit in support to the UN Mission

SHADE Lite deployed in support of the Stabilisation Unit and provided, Internet, VoIP, and ISDN Services.

A Spectra engineer deployed and provided SHADE services and VHF and HF networks in the Area of Operations

More news

January 2012

DES Chief of Defence Material Certificate of Commendation
Read article Posted: Monday, 23rd January 2012

November 2011

Top performing partners recognised at conference
Read article Posted: Tuesday, 29th November 2011

June 2011

Spectra support Stabilisation Unit in Libya
Read article Posted: Tuesday, 14th June 2011

April 2011

Spectra becomes Inmarsat Gold Partner
Read article Posted: Wednesday, 20th April 2011

January 2011

Understanding VSAT Systems - Duration: 3 days - Hereford - next course 29-31 March 2011
Read article Posted: Wednesday, 26th January 2011

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October 2010

Small teams operating in remote or hostile areas.
Read article Posted: Thursday, 28th October 2010

Understanding VSAT Systems - 7th to 9th December 2010
Read article Posted: Monday, 11th October 2010

July 2010

Understanding VSAT Systems - Duration: 3 days - Hereford
Read article Posted: Wednesday, 28th July 2010

June 2010

Spectra achieves INMARSAT Gold Partner Status
Read article Posted: Monday, 28th June 2010

January 2010

SHADE deploys to Haiti
Read article Posted: Wednesday, 27th January 2010

October 2009

Spectra Group provides communications solution for Original Mountain Marathon (OMM)
Read article Posted: Saturday, 10th October 2009

June 2009

Spectra Group provides communications support to Kota Mama VII expedition
Read article Posted: Tuesday, 16th June 2009

Spectra Group sponsors the OMM
Read article Posted: Tuesday, 16th June 2009

May 2009

Spectra Group achieves ISO 9001:2008 registration
Read article Posted: Tuesday, 12th May 2009

SHADE features at DSEi 2009 – the world’s largest defence and security exhibition
Read article Posted: Thursday, 7th May 2009

April 2009

Spectra Group demonstrating SHADE capabilities at DVD 2009
Read article Posted: Thursday, 30th April 2009

January 2009

Mark Langridge reaches the South Pole
Read article Posted: Monday, 5th January 2009

December 2008

Spectra Group announces senior appointment
Read article Posted: Monday, 1st December 2008

November 2008

A new resourcing service for ex-military and civilian telecommunications specialists
Read article Posted: Thursday, 20th November 2008

July 2008

Satellite technology helps Solo Antarctica expedition communicate
Read article Posted: Friday, 18th July 2008

June 2008

Mobile BGAN solution provides high-speed broadband on the move
Read article Posted: Monday, 2nd June 2008

April 2008

Families can sue MoD over failings that led to deaths of troops
Read article Posted: Tuesday, 15th April 2008

March 2008

Spectra achieves Service Provider status with SatCom Global
Read article Posted: Wednesday, 19th March 2008

February 2008

Spectra Group provides satellite communications to support Atlantic rowing race team
Read article Posted: Tuesday, 12th February 2008

Spectra expands resettlement training operation
Read article Posted: Tuesday, 12th February 2008

Spectra launches SHADE - A new rapid deployment voice and data infrastructure solution
Read article Posted: Tuesday, 12th February 2008