Intellian has announced the start of production for a range of user terminals for OneWeb, a global low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications provider. The terminals are set for delivery starting in 2021, aligning with OneWeb's plans to expand its satellite constellation to offer commercial services in regions including the UK, Alaska, Canada, Northern Europe, Greenland, Iceland, and the Arctic Seas.
Maritime and Enterprise Market Reach
The partnership between Intellian and OneWeb involves the production of various types of user terminals, including those that serve the fixed enterprise and maritime markets. Originating in 2019, this collaboration was revitalized following OneWeb's resurgence, facilitating the creation of user terminals with diverse antenna sizes tailored to meet industry-specific demands. These terminals are aimed at sectors such as cellular backhaul, rural broadband, telecommunications, and more, with applications ranging from telemedicine to maritime uses like oil exploration and fishing.
Upgrade Options for Existing Customers
An added advantage for current Intellian customers is the ability to upgrade their existing NX series terminals to function on OneWeb's LEO constellation in the future. This upgrade option enhances value for clients by optimizing existing technology investments to leverage OneWeb's expanding capabilities.
Rebuilding a Strong Partnership
Michele Franci, Chief of Delivery and Operations at OneWeb, remarked, “We are delighted to recommence our production agreement with Intellian. Together we will fulfill the needs of our customers, who are looking for an improved global service with high-speed, low latency and a terminal that will deliver all this with simple installation.” The partnership is intended to address varying market requirements by developing a family of user terminals catering to diverse needs.
Advancing Connectivity Solutions
With multiple product variants designed and thoroughly tested, Intellian is positioned to provide a comprehensive suite of terminals for the OneWeb network. Eric Sung, President and CEO of Intellian, stated, “We are excited to deploy Intellian’s LEO technology into this user terminal development to enable customers to harness OneWeb’s fascinating network capabilities.” He highlighted that excellent test results bring this technology close to becoming a reality for users across many market sectors.
Satellite Network Growth
OneWeb is accelerating its network expansion, with the launch of 36 satellites scheduled from the Vostochny spaceport in Siberia in December. These new additions will join the 74 satellites currently orbiting. Initially planned for 648 satellites operating on the Ku-band, the constellation is equipped with priority bandwidth allocation, allowing for substantial future expansion.
Intellian is delighted to announce that it will be commencing the production of a wide range of dedicated user terminals for the global low-earth orbit satellite communications provider OneWeb, ready for delivery in 2021 and beyond.
Looking to 2021, OneWeb is focused on scaling the satellite constellation to begin commercial services starting at the end next year to the UK, Alaska, Canada, Northern Europe, Greenland, Iceland, and the Arctic Seas.
Maritime & Enterprise
Intellian’s agreement with OneWeb encompasses the production of a wide range of dedicated OneWeb user terminal types
Intellian announced its partnership with OneWeb to build terminals for both the fixed enterprise and maritime markets in 2019 and OneWeb’s keenly-awaited revival enabled the two organiations to recommence their partnership. Intellian’s agreement with OneWeb encompasses the production of a wide range of dedicated OneWeb user terminal types with a variety of antenna sizes.
These terminals are designed to facilitate services and suit customer’s application requirements across various sectors including cellular backhaul, enterprise, rural broadband, telecommunications, telemedecine, schools, hospitals, agriculture, mining, government and maritime, including merchant shipping, oil and gas exploration, leisure or fishing.
In addition, this partnership will allow current Intellian customers to utilise existing Intellian NX series terminals by incorporating an option to upgrade them to operate on OneWeb’s LEO constellation in the future.
Reigniting Partnership
Michele Franci, Chief of Delivery and Operations, OneWeb, commented: “We are delighted to recommence our production agreement with Intellian. Together we will fulfill the needs of our customers, who are looking for an improved global service with high-speed, low latency and a terminal that will deliver all this with simple installation. OneWeb addresses a range of different markets, which carry their own specific service and user terminal requirements. Our partnership with Intellian allows us to develop a family of user terminals that will meet these varied market and customer needs.”
Empowering Connectivity
With multiple product variants designed and extensive testing complete, Intellian is well placed to rapidly deliver a comprehensive range of terminals for the OneWeb constellation. Eric Sung, President and CEO, Intellian, said: “We are excited to deploy Intellian’s industry leading LEO technology into this user terminal development to enable customers to harness OneWeb’s fascinating network capabilities. Testing has shown excellent results and we are fast approaching this technology becoming a reality for users across many market sectors.”
“ The OneWeb constellation is a significant development for the industry and for potential users, and its perfectly aligned with our stated commitment of empowering connectivity: through our partnership, our terminals will bring customers high bandwidth, low latency data on an unprecedented global scale.”
Satellite Expansion
OneWeb is rapidly moving forward with building its network, and will launch 36 satellites from the Vostochny spaceport in Siberia in December this year, joining the 74 already in orbit. Initially planned at 648 satellites operating on the Ku-band, the OneWeb constellation has the potential and priority bandwidth allocation to expand many times beyond that size.
