The antenna manufacturer is introducing the C700 terminal, which will enable a variety of applications, including safety, bridge and crew welfare communications, connected ship IoT capabilities such as engine monitoring and remote diagnostics, as well as situational awareness reports.
Developed for Iridium’s global network and designed to provide a fast L-band broadband service, the C700 will deliver up to 352 kbps transmission and 704 kbps reception speeds through the Iridium Certus platform.
Its 12-element patch technology also ensures seamless connectivity, even in adverse weather or environmental conditions.
Eric Sung, Intellian CEO, said: “Iridium and Intellian have worked closely together to develop our C700 Iridium Certus antenna, and we are proud to now reveal this product to the world. We expect that the new C700 will provide enhanced safety and communications services at sea, delivering added value to our customers.”
As an L-band network, Iridium is positioned to provide safety services, including those for the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS), expected in early 2020, the company said
“Intellian brings years of world-class engineering, performance and industry leadership to the Iridium Certus product portfolio, and Iridium Certus enables Intellian to create new products without the borders and limitations of other networks,” said Wouter Deknopper, Iridium’s vice president and general manager of maritime. “This is an exciting time to add such a respected industry name to the Iridium partner family, and we look forward to the terminal becoming commercially available in the first half of 2020.”
Intellian has also launched a satcoms package for smart ships with marine engineering and service provider Hyundai Global Service (HGS), a subsidiary of Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) group.
This is the first joint project to come from the companies’ signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) last July.
The package, which integrates satellite communications with HHI’s existing smart ship solution, was launched at an event entitled ‘HGS & Intellian Satellite Package Launching Show’ at Nurimaru APEC House in Busan on 22nd October – the first day of Kormarine.
This service is a combination of HHI’s ‘Integrated Smart Ship (ISS)’ solution – a digital ecosystem for vessel and fleet management which incorporates a data analysis platform – and Intellian’s satellite communications antenna systems.
The new package will provide HGS with a standardised smart ship package to supply for newly-built HHI ships, while Intellian will secure new customers.
Kwang Heon An, Hyundai Global Service CEO, said: “This new product launch has great implications for us as a disruptive venture which could bring about big changes to the smart ship paradigm. Through close partnership with Intellian, we will strengthen our competitiveness to offer customer value and take a step forward as a global leader in the market.”
Sung added: “This product is the world’s first comprehensive package for smart ships, and can be realized only through the global No.1 shipbuilding group. It is the first step to leading the smart ship market. We will deliver a totally new value to market end-users through our innovative technology.”