Mobile Broadband: Aviation, Maritime, and Mass Transit
Growing global coverage and Ku-band satellite technology deliver seamless, economical, true broadband virutally anywhere.
Our FCC-approved Ku-band mobile broadband service provides you with higher speeds and lower costs. You’ll find a number of advantages over other mobile satellite services that bill themselves as broadband:
- Lower cost-per-bit because there’s more system capacity: your transmission charges reduced by a factor of 5 to 10 compared with alternative services
- Very small antennas that fit the low profile, low weight and low cost requirements of mobile
- Megabit speeds comparable to cable modem or DSL service, rather than just a few hundred kilobits per second
- Quicker response (lower latency) because of random access availability of the channel
- Roll out quickly with no terrestrial infrastructure required, unlike EV-DO or WiMaxx
- No cabin wiring: creates an in-cabin wireless hot spot
Yonder™ Broadband Services
Our service area coverage is expanding, with global coverage planned for early next year. Click on the small map here to see a larger airborne broadband coverage map for Yonder service.
Service Provisioning
Our retail channel partners can bring you airborne or maritime service:
- Satcom Direct for global in-flight broadband for business jets at download rates as fast as 3 Mbps and data transmission rates as fast as 512 kbps
- KVH Industries mini-VSAT maritime service to a 24" marine terminal at download rates as fast as 2 Mbps and data transmission rates as fast as 512 kbps
Terminal Installation
Our re-sellers are certified for all avionics installations and modifications:
- Innotech Aviation - Montreal, Canada
- Lufthansa Technik - Europe - Asia Pacific - USA
- Midcoast Aviation - St. Louis Downtown Airport, Cahokia, IL, USA
- Savannah Air Center - Savannah, Georgia, USA

ArcLight Technology Makes The Difference
The ViaSat ArcLight® intelligent spread spectrum modem technology overcomes the challenge of getting high-speed data to moving platforms by enabling use of a low-cost, very small antenna that mimics a larger antenna aperture. The system co-exists with other services using the same frequency bands, maintains sufficient capacity for large numbers of network members, and eliminates blocked signals caused by line-of-sight (even helicopter blade) obstructions. And patented PCMA (Paired Carrier Multiple Access) enables essentially free return links using the same bandwidth as the broadcast signal to the plane, vessel or vehicle. Imagine the savings.
Data Sheet
Mobile Broadband Yonder Brochure (744KB)
Airborne Broadband VMT-1500(452KB)
Yonder Coverage Plan Brochure(3MB)
How to Buy
We’re ready to answer your questions.
Contact:
Bill Sullivan
+1 760-476-2439
Mobile broadband systems
Support Notes
Read a Mobile Satellite Broadband Case Study

