Intellian Technologies, a technology and solutions provider for satellite communications, has unveiled the new Iridium patented Certus C200 Maritime terminal.
This terminal is claimed to be a more compact and light-weight version that joins the C700 maritime terminal range. It was launched at SMM in Hamburg, Germany, with delivery of the product expected in Spring, 2023.
Intellian’s C200 Maritime terminal is the latest product developed at the company’s new L-Band Centre of Excellence in London, UK.
Designed for global, low-latency Iridium Certus service, the terminal provides customers with an agile and adaptable satcoms system for all maritime market segments, including cruise ships.
The new terminal is claimed to be so compact and light that it can fit on any vessel size and can be easily carried on board and installed by a single engineer. It also shares many features and underlying technologies with the Intellian C700 Maritime terminal.
It can be set up as a standalone terminal or as a VSAT companion and offers IP data speeds of up to 176 Kbps (up and down). It also enables multiple concurrent phone calls thanks to three simultaneous high quality voice lines.
Essential characteristics include built in firewall, IP PBX, WAN port, and Wi-Fi. In addition, due to its stability and dependability, it will provide the basis for future Iridium Certus-based safety services, such as Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS).
Applications including safety, bridge and crew welfare communications, connected ship IoT features, like engine monitoring and remote diagnostics, as well as situational awareness reporting at a lower scale, all become more efficient with connectivity.
Eric Sung, Intellian CEO, said, “It is great to see the value of having our dedicated L-Band Center of Excellence, with focused resource and expertise, developing innovative products to benefit our customers. We are pleased to be expanding our partnership with Iridium, our collaboration so far has been a great success, and we are excited by what the future holds.
“At Intellian, our aim is to provide our customers with innovation, value, and the lowest cost of ownership, and the C200 will be another great example of this We believe the C200 Maritime will be an excellent addition to our portfolio of cutting-edge maritime products. The new terminal offers an affordable option, that will open up new market segments, as well as providing increased value and options to existing market sectors,” he said.
“We’re excited to unveil Intellian’s C200 at SMM, allowing customers to see the newest product designed for our Iridium Certus 200 service. It’s a testament to the capabilities of both the Iridium Certus service and Intellian’s engineering that together we can deliver reliable, truly global coverage through such small, lightweight, low-power equipment,” said Wouter Deknopper, Vice President of Maritime, Iridium.
“From vessel monitoring systems, IoT and sensor data collection and transmission, to business applications like web browsing, email, voice calling and chat functions, our focus has been on delivering an affordable, weather-resilient broadband connectivity solution with the capabilities that our customers need.”
