OneWeb and Kymeta bring LEO connectivity service to Superyachts
OneWeb and Kymeta will introduce their superyacht offering at the up-coming Monaco Yacht Show with service starting from March 2023. The parties completed their pilot tests for the superyacht market in August and experienced speeds of 200Mbps download and 20Mbps upload, providing the ultimate LEO connectivity service for superyachts owners and guests.
Monaco, 23 September, 2022: OneWeb (oneweb.net), the low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications company and Kymeta, the world leading company for flat panel antennas, will introduce their joint superyacht offering at Monaco Yacht Show with an LEO connectivity and antenna combination specifically designed for superyachts.
OneWeb successfully tested its LEO connectivity with two Kymeta antenna at sea off the coast of Monaco at the end of August. The pilot tests demonstrated high-speed connectivity with speeds up to 200Mbps download and 20Mbps upload to enable voice calls, streaming and video gaming with continuous, seamless coverage. OneWeb’s global and mid-ocean connectivity removes the need to choose regional options or worry about changing the service depending on the charter routes.
Alongside a ubiquitous connectivity experience at sea, other important considerations for superyacht owners include privacy, security, navigation, real-time maintenance, and regulatory compliance, which all require high speed (greater than 50Mbps) and low latency (100 milliseconds or lower) connectivity. OneWeb’s LEO connectivity now means that online gaming platforms, accessing the Cloud, streaming movies and never missing an important game can be added to the work and entertainment options on-board.
As an enterprise-grade connectivity provider, OneWeb’s LEO connectivity also provides enhanced cyber security with end to-end-encryption. OneWeb’s service ensures that a superyacht Captain and Electrical Technical Officer can be confident in a resilient, secure connectivity experience for owners and guests.
Design onboard is key and the antenna needed for this high-speed connectivity doesn’t need to be bulky. Kymeta’s unique high-bandwidth, low power, fully integrated flat panel antenna offers an exciting new choice for yacht owners. The recent pilot test also showed that the Kymeta terminals can be installed onboard within hours, not days, with just two people and no need for cranes or specialist installation equipment.
OneWeb services will be available through OneWeb’s certified yachting partners, who are experts in the LEO connectivity ecosystem, and will support Captains in offering a real home from home connectivity experience – reliable, efficient and resilient no matter where they are at sea. OneWeb will launch its superyacht service together with Kymeta’s u8-based LEO terminal with first deliveries starting in early 2023.
Carole Plessy, VP Maritime and Europe at OneWeb said: “Superyacht owners immediately understand that greater connectivity and technology improves both the safety, comfort and luxury onboard. OneWeb offers terrestrial grade connectivity from Space so that owners and guests can connect anywhere at sea as easily and seamlessly as you would at home. We are excited to talk to yacht owners and Captains about our LEO connectivity for superyachts at Monaco Yacht Show for the first time.”
The superyacht tests are part of OneWeb and Kymeta’s joint commitment to develop and bring to market by early 2023 a unique dual u8-based LEO terminal offering that is especially suited for application onboard superyachts because of its easy installation and low profile design.
Neville Meijers, EVP, Chief Strategy, Product and Marketing Officer at Kymeta said: “We are hugely excited that the recent tests represent our first superyacht maritime trial. It’s an exciting new step forward for high-speed connectivity. By testing and launching a game-changing LEO connectivity service for superyachts, we are delivering on our promise to give customers, including superyacht owners, unprecedented access to connectivity in areas where existing networks don’t reach.”
OneWeb is proud to be a sponsor of the Monaco Yacht Summit for 2022.
About OneWeb
OneWeb is a global communications network powered from space, headquartered in London, enabling connectivity for maritime, governments, businesses, and communities. It is implementing a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites with a network of global gateway stations and a range of user terminals to provide an affordable, fast, high-speed and low-latency communications service, connected to the IoT future and a pathway to 5G.
Find out more at www.oneweb.world.
About Kymeta
Kymeta is the leader in unlocking the potential of broadband satellite connectivity, combined with cellular networks, to satisfy the overwhelming demand for comms on the move and making mobile global. Kymeta’s satellite connectivity solutions offer unique, complete, and turnkey bundled solutions to the market based on best-in-class technologies and tailored customer-centric services that meet and exceed customer mission requirements. These solutions, in tandem with the company’s flat-panel satellite antenna, the first of its kind, and Kymeta services provide revolutionary mobile connectivity on satellite and hybrid satellite-cellular networks to customers around the world. Backed by U.S. and international patents and licenses, the Kymeta terminal addresses the need for low-power, low-cost and high-throughput communication systems that have no moving parts. Kymeta makes connecting easy – for any vehicle, vessel, aircraft, or fixed platform.
Kymeta is a privately held company based in Redmond, Washington.
For more information, visit kymetacorp.com
