Phasor Announces Maritime Broadband Agreement with OmniAccess

Phasor, the pioneering developer of broadband flat panel, electronically steerable antenna (ESA) systems, announced that the company has reached agreement with OmniAccess to become its commercial launch partner in the super yacht and related maritime broadband services markets.

Phasor and OmniAccess will demonstrate the Phasor electronically steerable antenna (ESA) system at the upcoming Monaco Yacht Show. Beta trials will begin in early 2018 with additional partners and, following the success of these field tests, Phasor will introduce its initial products to the commercial maritime broadband services market.

“We are delighted to expand our relationship with OmniAccess, a recognized innovator and leader in maritime communications services,” said David Helfgott, CEO, Phasor. “Over the past several quarters, Phasor has made great strides forward and are now at the stage to prepare full Field/Beta testing. With our partner, Phasor aims to provide the best technical solution to the super yacht market; one that is very low profile (2” high), bandwidth efficient, aesthetically attractive, and scalable to accommodate a range of connectivity requirements.”

Phasor has been conducting extended trials of this equipment over the last two months and has consistently demonstrated highly reliable, broadband duplex satellite links, including unparalleled return-link speeds of greater than 24Mbps connectivity from a single 71cm equivalent aperture, using an Intelsat EPIC® High Throughput Satellite, all whilst mounted on a moving platform.

Bertrand Hartman, CEO of OmniAccess, said, “We are excited about the excellent test results we have achieved together with Phasor, and are delighted that we are now one important step closer to making this radical new product available to our clients in the very near future. The Phasor Maritime Quantum Aperture TM offers a unique combination of low profile and high performance, whilst offering unprecedented scalability and many other advanced features. It has the potential to become a real game-changer, particularly when used to provide demanding ultra-high bandwidth services such as those provided by OmniAccess.”

Phasor’s very low profile, electronically steerable antenna (ESA) provides high-bandwidth services in a more reliable, robust and failure-tolerant way. The antenna is solid-state, with no moving parts, so satellite signals are tracked electronically. The ESA can be flat or conformal in design and can be fitted more seamlessly to moving vehicles, including an aircraft fuselage, a cruise ship or a high speed train. The same technology is very well suited to support traditional fixed satellite networks (FSS), High Throughput Satellites (HTS), and Non-Geosynchronous (NGSO) satellite networks. Moreover, the antenna’s modular architecture allows the system to be scaled to virtually any use-case requirement, fixed or mobile.

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