27 May 2013
O3b Networks
announced the
introduction of ground
breaking signal
processing technology,
'MEO Booster' which will
offer even more
advantage to customers
when used with the soon
to be launched high
speed, low latency MEO
constellation from O3b.
The new technology
improves performance by
increasing throughput,
leading to a lower cost per
bit for the customer and
making O3b truly fiber
competitive. MEO Booster in
conjunction with standard
O3b ground equipment
enhances link efficiency,
increasing link throughput
by up to 50 per cent. The
use of state of the art
modulation techniques
translates to availability
improvements and world
leading spectral efficiency
under all conditions. MEO
Booster is a product
designed and produced by EMC
Satcom Technologies GmbH,
one of O3b’s development
partners.
“The MEO Booster takes
what is already the highest
throughput, lowest latency
satellite service for
Carriers, Enterprise and
Governments and improves
throughput by between 30%
and 50% while giving O3b’s
customers a full range of
off the shelf modems to
choose from. The MEO Booster
also reduces the number of
modems required in the
customer design minimising
investment and reducing
complexity,” commented Dr.
Ashok Rao, VP of Product
Development for O3b
Networks.
“We have existing
customers today that will
break records in satellite
transmission reaching speeds
of over 1 Gigabit per second
in a single O3b link. This
innovative technology pushes
the boundaries even further,
reaffirming O3b’s claim to
the most spectrally and cost
efficient links in the
world,” said John Finney,
Chief Commercial Officer for
O3b Networks.
