Successful “KyTrek 3 – Drive Across Japan”
demonstrates how Kymeta solutions support first responders
Kymeta and Sky Perfect JSAT Corporation (SJC) have
successfully completed the first Asia-based satellite
connectivity deployment of Kymeta mTenna technology. The
implementation combined satellite capacity through the J5A SJC
satellite with Kymeta’s flat panel, electronically-steered
mTennau7 antenna subsystem module (ASM) to
demonstrate the ability to provide uninterrupted, reliable
connectivity on the move, and where terrestrial networks are
unavailable.
During KyTrek 3 across Japan, a Kymeta mTennau7 ASM was
embedded between the roof and the headliner of a Toyota Land Cruiser.
The vehicle then demonstrated continuous on-the-move connectivity that
can be utilized to ensure first responders can communicate on the way to
a natural disaster, when cellular networks may become compromised, as
well as while they move around the disaster zone. “JSAT is the fifth
largest satellite provider in the world; using their capacity for this
evaluation proves that Kymeta’s products perform extremely well for
first responders and other end users in Asia, as they have done around
the world,” said Bob Shuman, Vice President, Kymeta. “Our partnership
with JSAT is important to ensuring the availability and continuity of
that connectivity. JSAT satellites paired with Kymeta antennas are the
key to unlocking ubiquitous connectivity across Japan.”
SJC has been utilizing Kymeta mTenna technology for several weeks,
demonstrating the capabilities and benefits of the solution for many
organizations across Tokyo. “We are very pleased with the way the Kymeta
solution is working with the JSAT satellite network,” said Tomoki Isaac
Saso, Assistant Manager of Global Business, Sky Perfect JSAT
Corporation. “The deployment here in Japan has demonstrated how valuable
this solution will be for first responders all over the globe.”
Kymeta mTennau7 ASMs perform bi-directional communication,
even in the most remote areas of Japan, by connecting to satellites like
SJC GEO satellites, for daily use and in crisis situations. “With the
KyTrek 3 Drive Across Japan deployment, we have been heavily focused on
ensuring the Kymeta solution will work for first responders,” said David
Kervin, General Manager and Vice President, Kymeta Government Solutions.
“First responders require reliable, uninterrupted connectivity in life
or death situations and as recent natural disasters have shown,
terrestrial communication infrastructure is letting first responders
down when time and reliability matter most.”
Kymeta’s cost-effective, low-power technology makes wireless internet
access and phone calls possible from vehicles that could never take
advantage of satellite connectivity before. “Kymeta’s flat panel antenna
has no moving parts and can be embedded directly into first responders’
vehicles,” said Kervin. “The Kymeta solution keeps first responders
rapidly deployable, re-deployable and connected.”
