Ten years after the launch of Inmarsat FleetBroadband, SAILOR terminals continue to deliver a vital link between ship and shore Copenhagen, Denmark - Cobham SATCOM has marked a major milestone for its market leading Inmarsat FleetBroadband hardware portfolio, with delivery of the 50,000th SAILOR FleetBroadband terminal. Launched in parallel with Inmarsat's then game-changing L-band maritime satcom service in 2007, SAILOR FleetBroadband...

Ship broadband communications will be improved by the successful launch of the fourth Inmarsat Global Xpress (GX) satellite. The Inmarsat-5 F4 (I-5 F4) satellite was launched by SpaceX on a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA. This satellite will boost Inmarsat’s existing GX network as it will supplement the existing three satellites already providing Ka-band broadband to maritime industries. Inmarsat offers Ka-...

KVH’s mini-VSAT Broadband service continues to dominate the maritime VSAT market in units in service, according to “Maritime SATCOM Markets, 4th Edition,” by Northern Sky Research (NSR), a leading maritime industry analyst firm. The report notes that KVH’s mini-VSAT Broadband customers account for 29% of the vessels using Ku-band services, which is more than double the 14% share of the nearest competitor, as of the end of 2015. KVH’s mini-VSAT...

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