1 3 9 satellites travelling at different altitudes. SES is the only provider offering a multi-orbit solution combining both MEO and GEO technologies. While GEO provides cruise lines with high reliability for applications that are tolerant of latency and require relatively low bandwidth, MEO satisfies their growing need for uncontended, high-bandwidth, low-latency services that can meet on-ship demands. In addition, network services delivered over GEO and MEO leverage proven, market-validated solutions that lower customers’ risk during deployment and support their future growth plans with confidence. Flexibility is also a key advantage of SES’s GEO/MEO multi-orbit approach. Customers can match the right technology to their unique requirements, mitigating or eliminating the inevitable trade-offs that come with force-fitting a single technology to meet increasingly complex needs. This approach also means SES can take advantage of advancements in adaptive resource control to use one orbital solution to either scale or provide resiliency for another. In addition, with an SES multi-orbit GEO/MEO capability, there is flexibility inherent in a larger field-of-view, as expansive reach leads to traffic routing efficiencies that drive better end-user experiences and application performance. SES has developed a new multiorbit connectivity solution named Cruise mPOWERED. Capable of relaying multiple gigabits per second to a single ship and delivered over our next-generation O3b mPOWER network communications system, Cruise mPOWERED provides the ubiquitous, lowest latency, high-speed connectivity service cruise lines need to meet their growing bandwidth demands. Cruise mPOWERED will allow the cruise industry to leverage a highly resilient global network and deliver an alwayson connectivity experience with ample capacity for key demand areas, including the Caribbean, Mediterranean, and AsiaPacific regions. With Cruise mPOWERED and its adaptive traffic management technology, cruise lines will be able to optimise the use of their network bandwidth and increase connectivity to any ship wherever it may be. This will allow seamless and secure access to cloudbased platforms and applications for shipboard productivity, passenger communications and entertainment. The service will provide the fastest internet speeds at sea that result in truly immersive guest experiences, while also empowering cruise ships to achieve operational efficiencies with realtime condition monitoring and other connected operational technology. Four of the five major cruise lines have now entered long-term strategic framework agreements with SES. We expect the connectivity delivered by Cruise mPOWERED to help unleash the enormous potential of cloud computing and other bandwidthhungry applications, driving new opportunities for at-sea connectivity and broadband services that were previously unthinkable. CFR Simon Maher is vice president of global sales for cruise maritime services at SES “ Cruise mPOWERED will provide the fastest internet speeds at sea that result in truly immersive guest experiences”
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