KVH connecting more ships at sea

MIDDLETOWN – KVH Industries Inc., a manufacturer of maritime communications solutions, has signed a new satellite capacity agreement with SES S.A., a satellite operator, to connect more ships traversing prime sea routes along the eastern coasts of Canada and the U.S. and throughout the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico.
Under the multi-year agreement, KVH will use 36 MHz of Ku-band capacity aboard the SES-4 satellite to expand high-speed Internet access and voice over IP services across its mini-VSAT broadband network to luxury, government and commercial vessels.
Said Elias Zaccack, senior vice president of the Americas region and head of the mobility market solutions centre for SES, said,“SES and KVH are elevating the world of maritime communications, putting everything – from streamlined operations management tools to all the entertainment conveniences of home – at the fingertips of ships’ passengers and crew.”
KVH is experiencing increasing bandwidth demand from commercial vessels for a variety of applications, including machine-to-machine and remote operations monitoring, computer-based training, web-filing of maritime documentation and crew welfare. With thousands of mini-VSAT broadband systems already deployed, KVH is addressing evolving crew requirements at sea with its new IP-MobileCast content delivery service, which utilizes the satellite-delivered broadband connection and multicasting technology to deliver news, sports, movies, music and television shows directly to the ship.
“The SES-4 capacity is greatly enhancing our mini-VSAT broadband coverage along eastern Canada, as well as complementing our existing AMC-21 bandwidth and reach across many of the prime waterways along the eastern seaboard and throughout the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico,” Brent Bruun, KVH executive vice president of mobile broadband, said in a statement.
“Our strong relationship with a global satellite provider of SES’s caliber is extremely important to us,” he noted. “It is a key reason why our satellite network can respond to our customers’ demands quickly and effectively, adding capacity where it is needed most.”

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