Maritime customer installation completed following successful sea trials of OneWeb LEO connectivity service
Speedcast customer Reederei F. Laeisz is a leading German shipping company with a diverse fleet of more than 30 vessels, with experience in conducting remote operations in the polar regions for more than 25 years. The Research
OneWeb's maritime LEO connectivity service enables delivery of a high-speed, low-latency, globally consistent experience for customers - even in the most remote sea lanes and maritime communities.
In addition to the OneWeb LEO service, as part of a hybrid connectivity solution deployed on the Polarstern, Speedcast is also providing additional LEO-based and L-band services - integrated via Speedcast's SIGMA network management platform for complete traffic prioritization. The fully managed solution is deployed to offer the Polarstern's crew, as well as the scientific expedition participants from around the world, with high-throughput services for their operations in the
In order to provide OneWeb's low-latency broadband mobility service, Speedcast has deployed
OneWeb and Speedcast signed a distribution partnership agreement last year, provisioning the addition of OneWeb's enterprise-grade, high-speed LEO connectivity to Speedcast's Unified Global Platform (UGP), which is one of the largest technology-agnostic networks in the world. This integrates LEO as a connectivity pathway, joining GEO, MEO and 4G/5G for high-demand applications. Since then, successful customer trials have solidified the LEO service now offered for Speedcast's maritime customers.
"We're excited to partner with OneWeb on the first live deployment of its LEO maritime connectivity network for our customer, supporting the research efforts of AWI and international scientists aboard the RV Polarstern," said
"Fittingly, in the light of Nor-Shipping's overarching theme of #PartnerShip, OneWeb is launching its LEO connectivity services at sea hand-in-hand with our industry partners, who have years of experience in developing, deploying and servicing certified, scalable and responsible connectivity solutions to the maritime industry," said
OneWeb's maritime service offers +100mbps and more of enterprise-grade connectivity for applications at sea. The solution's Service Level Agreement (SLA) model offers customers added flexibility, underpinned by guaranteed service levels defined by straightforward CIR (Committed Information Rate) and MIR (Maximum Information Rate) package options.
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OneWeb is a global communications network powered from space, enabling connectivity for governments, businesses, and communities. It is implementing a constellation of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites with a network of global gateway stations and a range of user terminals to provide an affordable, fast, high-bandwidth and low-latency communications service, connected to the IoT future and a pathway to 5G. Find out more at http://www.oneweb.world.
About Reederei F. Laeisz
Reederei F. Laeisz is a diversified family-owned group of companies with a primary interest in shipping, trading and insurance.
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