Panasonic Selects
Newtec as Technology
Partner
for Global
Satellit Network
7
November, 2016
Panasonic Global
Communications and
Newtec – a
specialist in
designing,
developing and
manufacturing
equipment and
technologies for
satellite
communications –
today unveiled a
new, high bandwidth
satellite modem,
which offers
Panasonic customers
twenty times the
bandwidth of
Panasonic’s current
solution. Versions
of this new modem
will be available
across Panasonic’s
mobility markets
including air
transport, business
aviation, maritime,
cruise ships, mega
yachts, and river
cruises.
Developed in
partnership, the new
modem is capable of
exceeding 400 Mbps,
and it can scale to
meet the evolving
needs of airlines
and their passengers
by facilitating the
increasing bandwidth
coming on stream
over the next two
years as
High-Throughput
Satellite (HTS) and
Extreme-Throughput
Satellite (XTSTM)
services continue to
be layered over
Panasonic’s existing
global network. This
will expand network
capacity from 2,300
MHz today to 15,000+
MHz by 2017.
The next-generation
modem includes three
demodulators for
seamless beam
switching and
simultaneous data
and video reception
and is also part of
the Newtec Dialog®
multiservice
platform, which
supports a wide
range of verticals,
including aviation
and maritime.
Featuring the
award-winning
dynamic bandwidth
allocation Mx-DMA®,
it combines the
efficiency of SCPC
with the dynamic
bandwidth allocation
capabilities of TDMA
to deliver up to 300
percent more data
than legacy Time
Division Multiple
Access (TDMA)
systems. With
support for DVB-S2X,
the latest Satcom
transmission
standard, and VL-SNR
MODCODS (Very Low
Signal to Noise
Ratio Modulation and
Coding), the modem
is optimized for HTS
and small VSAT
antenna
applications,
maximizing
efficiency and
availability.
Paul Margis, Chief
Executive Officer of
Panasonic Avionics
Corporation, says:
“As we continue to
optimize our second
generation Global
Communications
network, we are
constantly looking
for new pieces of
critical technology
that will enable our
customers to take
full advantage of
HTS and XTS
technology. Newtec’s
broadband modem,
which is based on
the innovative
DVB-S2X standard and
customized to our
requirements, allows
us to access much
larger blocks of
frequency and better
support high
bandwidth platforms
across all of our
vertical markets.”
Serge Van Herck says
on behalf of the
Newtec Board of
Directors: “Newtec
has a proven
track-record in
delivering
high-quality and
reliable Satcom
solutions. Our
partnership with
Panasonic will
combine
next-generation
ground segment and
satellite technology
to deliver the most
efficient
high-throughput
solution to
customers across the
world.”
Panasonic’s Global
Communications
network already
covers 100 per cent
of all major oil and
gas hotspots
worldwide, 99.6 per
cent of aero traffic
routes, and greater
than 98 percent of
global maritime
routes worldwide.
Utilizing this
network, the modem
will enable the
consistent delivery
of high speed
broadband
communications and
digital
entertainment
services, including
live HD live TV and
IP streaming, to all
of Panasonic’s
markets including
air transport,
business aviation,
maritime, cruise
ships, oil, gas and
energy.
