Maritime connectivity company KVH Industries has expanded its relationship with mobile broadband organisation Starlink through a bulk data distribution agreement with the company.
The new agreement offers KVH increased flexibility in the development and sales of custom, cost-effective airtime plans using Starlink’s mobile priority service.
Under the agreement, KVH has prepaid for access to a large block of Starlink data at favourable rates over a period of more than a year.
In addition, KVH has added the Starlink Standard flat-panel terminals to its product offering alongside the Flat High Performance maritime terminal.
“We are very excited to expand our Starlink portfolio, both with new hardware and the potential to offer custom data plans for marine applications,” said Brent Bruun, KVH CEO.
“Starlink is one of the fastest growing products in company history, as we almost doubled antenna shipments and activations in the first quarter of 2024 compared to the fourth quarter of 2023.”
KVH has also integrated Starlink with other broadband services – both low earth and geostationary – along with terrestrial 5G services to create a global communications network intended to provide an efficient and cost-effective communications solution for the marine industry.
“Our customers’ interest in Starlink continues to rise due to its reliably high speeds, low latency, and affordable data,” added Brent.
