Iridium Pilot
The new agreement sees the addition of Iridium Pilot™ terminals to NSSLGlobal’s portfolio. Iridium Pilot, powered by the Iridium OpenPort® service, offers strong IP connectivity, pole to pole coverage, and is engineered to perform in the toughest of sea conditions. Iridium Pilot will be offered as part of NSSLGlobal’s combined Ku-/L-band global solution, where it will be combined with NSSLGlobal’s own Cruise-IP VSAT service as part of NSSLGlobal’s Service Assurance Package. The inclusion of Iridium Pilot in the maritime portfolio also provides a cost-effective option for vessels with lower data volume requirements than other products currently offer.
Service Assurance combines the high speed and capacity of a Ku-band service with the added security offered by an L-band service, which provides a backup connection outside of the Ku-Band footprint; a solution NSSLGlobal first introduced to its customers in 2009. The addition of Iridium Pilot to NSSLGlobal’s portfolio gives customers a second L-band option for the first time, having previously used Inmarsat’s FleetBroadband exclusively for the package.
Additionally, NSSLGlobal has announced industry-leading improvements to its DVBS2-RCS network.
Following on from other recent announcements, in what is a first among Ku-band operators, NSSLGlobal has launched of its Premium Max service with broadband speeds up to 8Mbps. Speaking about the latest improvements, Sally-Anne Ray, COO at NSSLGlobal, said,
"2012 has seen a paradigm shift in the number of different mobile applications demanding ever more bandwidth and network resource being used by our Customers. This is particularly the case in the Super Yacht market where monthly data demand can reach over 100GB during the sailing season. Our new 8Mbps Premium Max broadband service has been specifically designed with the Yachting market in mind as we move a step closer to providing true global mobility, ensuring that our Customers can use the latest applications and devices wherever in the world they are sailing."