The TracPhone® V3 from KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI) has been honored with two prestigious awards — “Spotlight on New Technology” at the Louisiana Gulf Coast Oil Expedition (LAGCOE) and the Providence Business News’ 2011 Innovation of the Year award at a ceremony in Rhode Island, where KVH’s world headquarters is located. The mini-VSAT Broadband network’s popularity with commercial mariners, like those who work in the oil and gas industry and attended KVH’s Spotlight on Technology presentation at LAGCOE, is based on a long history of reliability and quality in all of KVH’s products, from digital compasses to satellite TV systems to its global satellite communications service. That reputation has been good for business worldwide and for the economy in Rhode Island, where KVH got its start and where its world headquarters is located.
The TracPhone V3 is licensed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and includes a fully stabilized, 14.50-inch (37cm) antenna that weighs just 25 pounds, a powerful ViaSat ArcLight® spread spectrum modem, and a sleek antenna control unit that are all fully integrated and configured for easy installation. ArcLight spread spectrum technology enables very small antennas like KVH’s TracPhone V3 to receive satellite transmissions with the speed and reliability of older, 1m VSAT antennas that use the TDMA transmission schemes originally designed for terrestrial use. KVH’s high-efficiency RingFire™ antenna design and dielectric feed rod technology combine to help the TracPhone V3 offer great performance, even in poor weather, and its rugged, lightweight design is perfect for use on leisure and commercial vessels as small as 30 feet.
