VSAT, Networking, and Hobby

Mine sites are often located in the most remote locations. These outlying locations make communication difficult when attempting to successfully connect people, equipment, and the enterprise system via cellular or radio. However - going without crucial communications is not an option - visibility is essential for critical decision making. Satellite messaging terminal provide a fiscally responsible way to automate machine-to machine communications for tracking, monitoring, and messaging. For many monitoring and control applications, the ability to send regularly scheduled messages and one-off transmissions is all that is required. The technology meets the increasing demand for richer information in mobile and fixed remote monitoring applications and allow mining companies to share data across diverse operations without added cost associated with continuous connectivity. Tracking Trucks and Heavy Equipment Many mining companies are turning to satellite communication to tra...

From east to west and north to south, High Throughput Satellite (HTS) communications are being delivered today to millions of users at subscription rates that transform the broadband value proposition, as well as the business plan. On planes, trains, ships, and in cities, villages, the full spectrum of enterprises - and now consumers - are taking advantage of 30-100 Gbps connectivity and applications that require new definitions of "access". Reaching the Unreachable HTS opens up a wealth of opportunity for a wide range of applications, often in locations which were previously unreachable. Indeed, for the consumer market, it provides cost-effective broadband access where there is not any, as well as being a competitive alternative to existing broadband services. Crucially, HTS means that people who previously could not afford access to broadband satellite can now. For the enterprise market, HTS provides a new type of offering, with higher throughput and cost-ef...

The maritime SATCOM market has seen tremendous changes over these years, especially with the introduction and growth of maritime VSAT services in C-band and Ku-band that allowed for higher throughput and therefore a range of new IT applications services at sea. In 2013, reported that the global maritime satellite communications market comprised around 350,000 active SATCOM terminal, of which the vast majority, more than 95 percent, were still legally narrowband L-band terminals using Inmarsat and Iridium systems for voice communications, safety, and regulatory compliance. In recent years, growth in the sector has however mainly been driven by broadband applications and increasing data usage, with strong growth in maritime VSAT and MSS  (Mobile Satellite System) broadband systems. While the overall maritime SATCOM market grew at approximately 4.5 percent in 2013 in term of active terminal and approximately 10 percent in wholesale revenues, active VSAT terminals incre...

Increment of average revenue per user (ARPU) always expected by Mobile Network Operator (MNOs), also increase the number of subscribers for services and for ways to increase customer loyalty. To accomplish these goals, MNOs need to implement the optimal network topology, with reliable and proven high availability. The challenge, rest in achieving rapid and cost-effective service expansion while keeping up with the newest technological and social trends. Satellite communication has become a solution of choice for an ever-growing number of backhaul deployments, particularly in rural environments where alternatives are impractical, The requirement for high-throughput broadband data traffic goes hand-in-hand with the remarkable and ongoing increase in speed and capacity. 3G/LTE networks are being build to support this need and they call for an implementation that allow data transfer at peak rates of more than 100 Mbps. For satellite communication to deliver the optimal cellular b...