Maritime satcom expands in adoption, traffic & bandwidth

As one of the fastest growing segments of the satellite industry, maritime satcoms are booming, with over 26,000 vessels connected by 2016. This is a doubling of the number of satellite connected devices from 2012, and represents adoption on vessels in the cruise industry, offshore oil & gas, fishing and commercial shipping. Uplogix partner, iDirect announced [...]

The maritime VSAT technology stack hierarchy

Whether maritime networks are operated by the user or an MSP, there is a hierarchy of equipment and functionality that ranges from the core components for connectivity up through advanced devices for lowering service costs.In the diagram below, the hierarchy starts with the Production Devices—a stabilized antenna system like SeaTel maritime antennas, a satellite modem [...]