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5 Markets | KVH turns to Intelsat EpicNG to speed up maritime broadband service

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KVH Industries, a mobile satellite communications equipment and service provider, is preparing to offer broadband in early 2018 to commercial and private maritime customers through satellite fleet operator Intelsat’s EpicNG constellation.

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KVH launching HTS upgrade this year, preps for OneWeb

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Maritime satellite services and hardware provider KVH is kicking off an upgrade to mix high-throughput capacity from geostationary and low Earth orbit satellites into its network, CEO Martin Kits van Heyningen said Jan. 10.

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“There have been discussions of excess capacity causing a bandwidth glut that will lead to commoditization of service and falling prices in maritime markets,” KVH Chief Executive Martin Kits van Heyningen said Nov. 2. “That’s hurt the share price of most of the satellite companies. But as one of the world’s largest customers for maritime bandwidth, we see this as great news for KVH." Credit: KVH

KVH banking on capacity glut to halve its bandwidth costs

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Maritime satellite communications hardware and services provider KVH is seeking to reduce the amount it pays for future satellite capacity by 50 percent, banking on a market oversupply to work to it advantage.

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