MIDDLETOWN, R.I. —
The National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) awarded KVH Industries its prestigious “Best Product Award” in two categories, communications and entertainment, at its annual convention in Orlando, Florida last week.
The KVH TracVision HD7 won the award for “Best Entertainment Product” of the year, and the KVH TracPhone V3 won the award for “Best Communications Product.”
The NMEA is the global marine electronics industry’s premier trade association and is made up of more than 600 companies including manufacturers, dealers, and boat builders.
This is the 14th consecutive year that KVH has won a best product award from the NMEA.
KVH CEO Martin Kits van Heyningen said, ” There are no better judges for the real performance of marine electronics products than the knowledgeable NMEA dealers who are actually out there installing and supporting the equipment on a daily basis. KVH invests a lot in training and supporting our global distribution channel to assure our products are professionally installed and supported, which helps us to deliver the best possible experience for our customers.”
The TracVision HD7, which won the award for “Best Entertainment Product,” is a stabilized satellite antenna that will work throughout the Americas to deliver the ultimate in both standard- and high-definition TV. The first product able to simultaneously track and deliver transmissions from both Ku-band and Ka-band satellites, the TracVision HD7 has become the favorite solution for boaters who want to watch high-definition programming from the popular DIRECTV(R) service on their boats. To make this innovative product even more versatile, KVH invented the Tri-Americas(R) LNB that enables the antenna to work with all of the popular satellite TV services throughout North and South America.
Todd Tally, Sales Manager of Atlantic Marine Electronics, one of KVH’s leading dealers in North America said of the TracVision HD7, “Even in rough sea conditions, it simultaneously tracks DIRECTV’s Ku- and Ka-band satellites and provides a no-fuss, no-hassle user experience for our customers, exactly like they enjoy at home.”
Winning the “Best Communications Award” was the KVH TracPhone V3, the world’s smallest maritime VSAT antenna, which is designed to work with KVH’s mini-VSAT Broadband(SM) satellite network. KVH built its global maritime satellite communications network to provide customers with an affordable alternative to the Inmarsat service, which customers complained was prohibitively expensive to use for accessing the Internet. Due to the mini-VSAT Broadband network’s unique spread spectrum technology (similar to that used in the new high-powered 3G and 4G networks on land), KVH was able to develop the TracPhone V3, a system similar in size and cost to Inmarsat FleetBroadband equipment, but offering service up to ten times faster at broadband speeds of up to 2 Mbps, with airtime rates 1/10th the cost of Inmarsat. KVH’s airtime packages for the TracPhone V3 start as low as $49 per month for
50 MB of service. The product also provides crystal-clear Voice over IP
(VoIP) calling, anywhere in the world, for only $0.49 per minute.
“For my customers, being able to stay connected to their business and personal obligations onshore directly determines how much time they can spend offshore enjoying their boats,” added Tally. “The TracPhone V3 with the KVH mini-VSAT Broadband service is the most popular satellite communications solution we sell, both because it provides a fast, reliable, high quality connection and because it is one of the only satellite communications services with reasonable airtime costs. ”
For additional information on KVH’s award-winning TracVision and TracPhone products and for full details about the KVH mini-VSAT Broadband service, please visit www.kvh.com.
Edited by CEoutlook
