ONBOARD Magazine summer 2019

VSAT
YACHT CLIENTS WANT FULL
INTERNET REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING
CONSISTENCY OF SPEED AND SERVICE
AND EXPECT THE SAME STANDARD AS
A GOOD 5-STAR HOTEL
Regarding the ever-present need to have security in place,
Excelerate have their roots working with Government emergency
response and mission-critical incidents, so their level of network
security and protection ticks almost every box.
David said, “Our teleports are ISO 27001 accredited, and this
gives us capability and credibility for Level 4 risk – an internationally
recognised 24/7 security level required by many Government
departments before major contracts are offered. Not just for
cyber-security, but total resilience, whereby we operate 2x
teleports and 2x satellites inter-connected, with instantaneous
failover, so if one goes down the network continues to function
via the other.”
“In the same way some businesses have good cyber-security
policies in place and others don’t, the same rule applies to
yachts, so, where we can, we try and ‘mitigate’ risk by offering
all our clients help with their on-board security advice or needs.”
When questioned about security, OmniAccess’ Carlos Carbajal,
confirmed, “Security is paramount and present in all our
products in multiple forms. We we take a global view, utilising a
combination of tools, applications and processes to ensure our
clients traffic is always secured. From encryption of over-theair
traffic, management of on-board firewalls and encryption of
VOIP communications, we take security very seriously indeed.”
EXCELERATE MARINE
Excelerate Marine is a full end-to-end supplier, integrator
and maintainer of Yacht Technology Solutions. They
strive to differentiate themselves by being an inventor
and developer of their own solutions as well as being
a Satellite Network Operator with real time control of
bandwidth provision and quality. Excelerate provides
customised flexible 4G and VSAT tariffs that really do
reflect the yacht’s needs throughout a season at very
competitive costs. Through an innovative and user
focused approach, Excelerate enables the ease, freedom
and security to always connect to data, video, voice
wherever and whenever. They can package solutions
to create unrivalled value, scalability and flexibility. For
more details Tel: +33 (0)4 83 58 03 43
or visit www.exceleratemarine.com
With speeds of up to 400mbps achievable from GEO satellites,
final delivery is still very good, but from iphone to satellite and back
it’s a 72,000km round-trip, and latency can present problems,
combined with other logistical difficulties associated with the
vast distances involved.
Regarded a major and significant step-change within the
communications industry, low earth orbit LEO satellites are
predicted to overcome many of the difficulties some users are
currently experiencing, a view commonly held by David Savage,
when he said, “In the next decade or so, I foresee we will walk
out of the office, the i-phone will be working on Low Orbit
satellites and a 5G network and we won’t even know it because
it will all work seamlessly, on one bill, that won’t be excessively
expensive either.”
Others such as OmniAccess have clearly set out their future
strategy, as Carlos Cabajal told me, “We’re closely engaged with
Telesat as launching partner of their upcoming LEO constellation
projected for 2022-23. The planned LEO constellation includes
200+ new satellites, which will offer global coverage, much
higher speeds than current VSAT technology, as well as much
lower latency. We have already started testing the first LEO
satellite recently launched by Telesat and we’re confident this
is the future of satellite connectivity for the marine industry
and the service will more than satisfy the demands of Owners.”
ONBOARD | SUMMER 2019 | 135