KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq:KVHI) recently shipped its 3,000th
TracPhone® terminal for the mini-VSAT Broadbandsm network,
extending the company's lead as the provider of the world's most
widely used maritime VSAT service. Launched in 2007, KVH's maritime
broadband service was the first to use spread spectrum technology
that enabled small, easy-to-install onboard terminals to receive
fast, affordable VSAT quality data connections offshore. KVH grew
its service to become the world's largest maritime VSAT network
through a geographic coverage rollout that is now complete and
covers all the world's oceans.
"We built the mini-VSAT Broadband network because we saw a huge
opportunity from a potential market of 250,000 commercial,
government, and leisure vessels that needed affordable offshore
data connections that would allow crew members to use the Internet
onboard and benefit from the efficiencies of the digital world,"
said Martin Kits van Heyningen, KVH's Chief Executive Officer. "Our
global network is now complete, and our TracPhone product line
offers a complete end-to-end solution to quickly and easily bring
the benefits of fast, affordable VSAT service to vessels."
The mini-VSAT Broadband network is unique in that it is the only
complete, end-to-end solution for offshore connectivity. KVH
designs and manufactures the onboard TracPhone terminals and
antennas, owns the Earth station equipment, leases the satellite
capacity, manages the network, and provides 24/7/365 after-sale
support. By leveraging spread spectrum modem technology from
ViaSat, KVH can offer terminals with antennas that are 85% smaller
than competing VSAT solutions. Because KVH manufactures the onboard
hardware, the company can integrate the full rack of discrete
belowdecks equipment typically used on traditional VSAT systems
into a single, streamlined unit that is significantly easier to
deploy and inherently more reliable than competing VSAT
solutions.
KVH's mini-VSAT Broadband network uses a combination of 14
Ku-band transponders to provide coverage throughout the northern
hemisphere and all of the major continents in the southern
hemisphere. This creates one of the industry's widest Ku-band VSAT
networks, which is available only to owners of KVH's TracPhone
V-series systems. The compact TracPhone V3, with its 37 cm (14.5
inch) antenna and affordable rate plans (starting at only $49 per
month for 50 MB of service), is the perfect solution for smaller
vessels.
The enterprise-grade TracPhone V7-IP offers a range of airtime
service plans, including low-priced metered plans, traditional
speed-based, fixed-rate plans, and the company's new unrestricted
rate plans with Business Class Service. Unrestricted plans allow
customers to stream audio or video content to or from their vessels
or use popular VoIP services like Skype™, protocols often blocked
on other VSAT plans due to the large amount of bandwidth they
consume.
In 2012, KVH completed its rollout of a major upgrade to the
mini-VSAT Broadband network, adding three global C-band
transponders to deliver a fully global overlay to the Ku-band
service. The dual-mode TracPhone V11 antenna seamlessly tracks both
C- and Ku-band satellites, making it the only 1-meter maritime VSAT
antenna to deliver seamless, fully global coverage.
The maritime customer base for KVH's mini-VSAT Broadband service
is diverse, including the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, ship
management leaders like Vroon and V.Ships, commercial fishing
companies, offshore service vessels, and yacht owners. To support
these mariners, KVH operates a 24/7/365 customer support center in
its Middletown, RI, headquarters as well as sales support offices
in Singapore, Japan, Denmark, and Norway and a technical support
network that services the 125 largest ports worldwide.
Please visit www.minivsat.com for more details about the
mini-VSAT Broadband service, the award-winning TracPhone V-series
systems, global coverage, and affordable airtime plans.
Note to Editors: High-resolution, press-ready images of KVH's
TracPhone V-series systems and mini-VSAT Broadband coverage maps
are available at http://press.kvh.com for download and editorial
use.
About KVH Industries, Inc.
KVH Industries, Inc., is the leading provider of in-motion
satellite TV and communications systems, having designed,
manufactured, and sold more than 150,000 mobile satellite antennas
for applications on vessels, vehicles, and aircraft. In March 2012,
Euroconsult reported that KVH was the market share leader in global
maritime VSAT. KVH's mission is to connect mobile customers around
the globe with the same digital television entertainment,
communications, and Internet services that they enjoy in their
homes and offices. The company is based in Middletown, RI, with
facilities in Illinois, Denmark, Norway, Singapore, and Japan.
This release may contain certain forward-looking statements that
involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements
include, for example, the functionality, characteristics, quality
and performance of KVH's products and technology, as well as
customer preferences, requirements and expectations. The actual
results could differ materially. Factors that may cause such
differences include, among others, the successful launch and
deployment of new satellites; access to sufficient and
uninterrupted satellite capacity to provide the service;
uncertainty about the scope of customer demand; the potential
inability to maintain licenses necessary for the network; risks
associated with the delivery or performance of critical hardware;
changes in the costs and capabilities of competing offerings; and
those other risk factors discussed in KVH's most recent Form 10-Q
filed with the SEC. KVH assumes no obligation to update its
forward-looking statements to reflect new information or
developments.
KVH and TracPhone are registered trademarks of KVH Industries,
Inc. "mini-VSAT Broadband" is a service mark of KVH Industries,
Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective
companies.
CONTACT: Nicole Mongillo
KVH Industries, Inc.
401-845-2443
nmongillo@kvh.com
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