KVH expands mini-VSAT broadband network capacity

MIDDLETOWN – KVH Industries Inc. said it has expanded the capacity of its mini-VSAT broadband network, giving it two “major upgrades” to support customer demand for broadband at sea around the world.
The company, which provides guidance and Internet systems for the maritime, retail, leisure and defense industries, said that one expansion added a new satellite beam that doubled mini-VSAT broadband network capacity in the North Atlantic Ocean region, including Canada’s Hudson Bay. The second expansion added a new beam across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, adding 30 percent more capacity across areas including the North Sea and Mediterranean Sea.
“Our customers are in need of faster speeds, more content and affordable service, and we continue to enhance what is already the world’s leading maritime VSAT network,” Brent Bruun, KVH executive vice president for mobile broadband, said in a statement. “Our network is stronger than ever before in these heavily traveled waterways. KVH’s strategy of adding capacity when and where it’s needed while leveraging cutting-edge satellites and technology continues to deliver the best user experience in the industry.”

According to KVH, commercial and recreational mariners use the mini-VSAT broadband network for broadband services that include Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), and for news, television, movies, sports and music that is multicast to vessels through KVH’s IP-MobileCast service.
In a press release, KVH said that the North Atlantic expansion is in response to customer demand from coastal recreational users and commercial vessels traveling between the United States, Canada and Europe, while the expansion across Europe and the Middle East reflects demand from commercial vessels for fast and reliable broadband services at sea in those areas.

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