Global Invacom

Global Invacom is a British manufacturer of satellite ground equipment, headquartered in Canterbury, England. Its oldest operating subsidiary, Global Invacom Limited, was incorporated in 1988 (originally as Global Communications (UK) Limited), giving the group more than three decades of history in the sector.

The company designs and makes low-noise block downconverters (LNBs), RF components, receiver electronics, waveguides and RF-over-fiber equipment used on the ground-station side of satellite television, broadband and earth-observation networks — the antenna feed and signal-conditioning hardware that broadcasters, direct-to-home platform operators and VSAT integrators typically buy from specialist manufacturers rather than build themselves.

The company states that more than 40 million of its satcom antenna components and 30 million RF products have been installed, with operations reaching more than 120 countries, and it serves commercial, government and defense markets across satellite communications, television distribution, earth observation and network 'digital edge' applications. Global Invacom operates as a group with affiliated brands including Foxcom for fiber-optic signal distribution.

The RF-front-end and LNB layer of the ground segment is dominated by a small number of specialist suppliers; Global Invacom is one of the longer-established independent names in this niche, distinct from the antenna and modem makers, teleport operators and larger integrators already represented in this directory.