Japanese approval for
SAILOR XTR VSAT antennas
23 March 2023
Cobham Satcom has received Japanese
Radio Law certification for use of the innovative SAILOR
1000 XTR and SAILOR 600 XTR Ku VSAT antennas with the ST
Engineering iDirect MDM3315 satellite modem.
The new modem option provides users
with a supported platform for current and future usage
whilst offering choice and availability with increased
performance. This ensures that regional service
providers can continue to offer highly reliable services
with SAILOR XTR antennas as well as new capabilities to
end-users.
The pairing of SAILOR XTR and the
MDM3315 satellite modem unlocks high performance VSAT
connectivity, giving Japanese coastal and deep sea
satcom users faster internet with which to transform
marine and business operations through diverse
applications; from digital reporting and condition-based
maintenance to improved crew communications for the
large regional fishing fleets.
Together, SAILOR XTR and the
MDM3315 satellite modem will provide more diversity for
the two popular maritime broadband services,
“JSATMarine” and “JSATMarine Light” provided by SKY
Perfect JSAT in Japan. JSATMarine enables the fastest
available Asian VSAT connectivity for deep-sea vessels
with speed up to 50Mbps (downlink) and unlimited data at
a fixed price.
JSAT Marine Light will also see a
performance boost to support customers operating outside
of its core LTE coverage, with low-price VSAT services
offering speeds up to 6Mbps downlink.
"We are happy to hear that Cobham
Satcom’s technology-leading and best performing VSAT
antennas have received approval from Japan's Ministry of
Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) as it allows
us to adopt SAILOR 1000 and 600 XTR Ku to secure high
speed and reliability across our maritime satcom
services, JSATMarine" said Yasuhiko Morita, Group
President, Global Business Group, Space Business Unit,
SKY Perfect JSAT.
SAILOR XTR’s unique and
industry-first built-in Ethernet port enables seamless
integration of a third-party device such as a cellular
modem or a Wi-Fi access point, giving JSATMarine the
possibility to move its JSATMarine Light LTE modem from
the bridge on board to the SAILOR XTR dome, for more
flexibility, and even better speed and reliability on
terrestrial networks.
"We are pleased to support the
SAILOR XTR antenna with our leading technology and this
certification is significant for the Japanese market,”
said Chris Insall, Head of Maritime, ST Engineering
iDirect. “The MDM 3315 provides both a versatile and
high-performance modem solution, with a typical increase
in throughput of around 40%, resulting in the direct
improvement of the customers’ connectivity experience
and RoI.”
“Performance, dependability and
future proofing were the major design factors of the
SAILOR XTR antenna technology platform, but we are also
seeing its unique features and details offering new
use-cases, such as giving service providers the ability
to elevate their LTE devices with simple plug and play
ethernet in the radome,” said Stephan Romer Jørgensen,
Sales Director, APAC, Cobham Satcom.
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