Furuno Offers KVH AgilePlans Maritime VSAT Connectivity in Japan
19 November 2020 - 6:00PM
KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI), is pleased to announce that
Furuno is offering AgilePlans® maritime VSAT connectivity in Japan.
The KVH AgilePlans program is a Connectivity as a Service (CaaS)
subscription-based model offering a comprehensive solution for
maritime satellite communications. Without a costly capital outlay,
the AgilePlans service eliminates barriers to upgrading to VSAT or
switching from a competitor. It includes high-speed connectivity
with unlimited email and texting via KVH’s mini-VSAT BroadbandSM
HTS network, TracPhone® HTS-series hardware, with installation in
as many as 4,000 ports and locations, cybersecurity protection, KVH
OneCare™ maintenance, and no long-term commitment, all for one
monthly fee.
“We are happy to offer KVH AgilePlans to commercial maritime
fleets in Japan at this crucial time when the entire shipping
industry is accelerating the pace of maritime digitalization,” says
Keisuke Kitamura, general manager of the ICT engineering department
for Furuno Electric Co., LTD.“KVH is honored to collaborate with a
highly regarded company such as Furuno to provide commercial fleets
in the area with the all-inclusive, non-commitment AgilePlans
offering, which has proven so successful for commercial fleets
worldwide,” says Ken Loke, KVH vice president for Asia Pacific.The
AgilePlans service from Furuno is available with the TracPhone
V7-HTS, a 60 cm Ku-band antenna featuring data speeds as fast as 10
Mbps down/3 Mbps up.KVH is a mobile tech innovator that provides
connectivity solutions for commercial maritime, leisure marine, and
land mobile applications on vessels and vehicles, including the
award-winning TracPhone and TracVision® product lines, the global
mini-VSAT Broadband network, and AgilePlans Connectivity as a
Service (CaaS). The company’s KVH Media Group provides news,
sports, and entertainment content with such brands as NEWSlink™ and
SPORTSlink™.
Note to Editors: For more information about AgilePlans, please
visit the KVH website, kvh.com/agileplans. High-resolution images
of KVH products are available at the KVH Press Room Image Library,
kvh.com/Press-Room/Image-Library.
About Furuno
Since its inception in 1948, FURUNO has been responding to the
needs of the maritime industry through development of a wide range
of innovative marine products. Based upon the business vision of
“Achieving better safety, security and comfort to bring about a
society and sea navigation that considers the needs of people and
the environment” and, “VALUE thru GLOBALIZATION and SPEED”, Furuno
operates in two business segments. The Marine business segment
develops, manufactures, and sells various types of navigation
equipment, fishing equipment, and radio communication equipment.
The Industrial business segment develops, manufactures and sells
medical equipment and ICT devices, such as GPS and ITS (intelligent
transportation systems) products, wireless LAN systems and
infrastructure maintenance / management and meteorological
monitoring and analysing system.
About KVH Industries, Inc.KVH Industries, Inc.,
is a global leader in mobile connectivity and inertial navigation
systems, innovating to enable a mobile world. A market leader in
maritime VSAT, KVH designs, manufactures, and provides connectivity
and content services globally. KVH is also a premier manufacturer
of high-performance sensors and integrated inertial systems for
defense and commercial applications. Founded in 1982, the company
is based in Middletown, RI, with research, development, and
manufacturing operations in Middletown, RI, and Tinley Park, IL,
and more than a dozen offices around the globe.
This press release contains forward-looking
statements that involve risks and uncertainties. For example,
forward-looking statements include statements regarding the
expected benefits to KVH customers of the AgilePlans service; the
expected pricing of the new service; the expected level of coverage
availability; and the ease of using the new service. Actual results
could differ materially from the forward-looking statements made in
this press release. Factors that might cause these differences
include, but are not limited to: unanticipated technical and other
challenges that arise with the services; capacity availability to
support simultaneous terminals and/or users; unanticipated
technical, legal, and regulatory delays with the services; customer
and strategic partner responses; potential future changes to the
pricing or other terms; and potential unforeseen costs or expenses
of providing the products and services. These and other factors are
discussed in more detail in KVH’s Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on
October 29, 2020. Copies are available through its Investor
Relations department and website, http://investors.kvh.com. KVH
does not assume any obligation to update forward-looking statements
to reflect new information and developments.
KVH Industries, Inc., has used, registered, or
applied to register its trademarks in the U.S.A. and other
countries around the world, including but not limited to the
following marks: KVH, AgilePlans, mini-VSAT Broadband, TracPhone,
KVH OneCare, TracVision, NEWSlink, and SPORTSlink.
For further
information, please contact:Jill
ConnorsSr. Manager, Media & Industry Analyst RelationsKVH
Industries, Inc.Tel: +1 401 851 3824jconnors@kvh.com
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