[Via Satellite 09-30-2016] OmniAccess, supplier of communications solutions to superyachts and cruise ships, and Panasonic Avionics Corporation have introduced a tailored XTS “extremely high throughput” satellite network for multiple mobility markets. Through this agreement OmniAccess has secured access to Panasonic’s existing High Throughput Satellite (HTS) capacity, currently contracted capacity, and the future XTS satellite network, bringing capacity and performance to its yachting and cruise ship markets.

OmniAccess and Panasonic began collaborating on XTS high-throughput satellite designs in September 2015 in order to bring higher levels of capacity and performance to OmniAcess’ existing Super yacht and cruise customers. Leveraging Panasonic’s existing global high-speed satellite network, OmniAccess is already providing industry-leading connection speeds of more than 200 Mbps to select individual customers, according to the company.

“Thanks to our collaboration with Panasonic we have recently been able to roll out the first maritime Ku-band HTS service with truly unprecedented levels of performance. The combination of the unique RF performance of the XTS satellite topology and OmniAccess’ cutting edge network infrastructure has allowed us to successfully meet the increasing of demands our customers, significantly raising the bar for maritime high-performance connectivity services,” said OmniAccess CEO Bertrand Hartman.