OneWeb looks to disrupt inflight connectivity market with LEO network
OneWeb’s under-development constellation of low Earth orbit (LEO) communications satellites will largely eliminate the latency issues and inconsistency associated with today’s geostationary (GEO) satellite-based inflight connectivity services, according to the start-up’s founder Greg Wyler. Wyler describes the existing satellite-based connectivity experience as a “brand-damaging event” that fails to satisfy passengers’ 3 fundamental requirements for higher capacity, lower latency and reasonable costs. However ViaSat—which has installed its Ka-band service on almost 600 aircraft and boasts a backlog of an additional 800—questions Wyler’s assertions, with the company’s president and CE, Rick Baldridge, saying: “We should have better reliability than a LEO constellation that requires constant replacement of satellites.” <br/>
https://portal.staralliance.com/cms/news/hot-topics/2018-03-28/general/oneweb-looks-to-disrupt-inflight-connectivity-market-with-leo-network
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OneWeb looks to disrupt inflight connectivity market with LEO network
OneWeb’s under-development constellation of low Earth orbit (LEO) communications satellites will largely eliminate the latency issues and inconsistency associated with today’s geostationary (GEO) satellite-based inflight connectivity services, according to the start-up’s founder Greg Wyler. Wyler describes the existing satellite-based connectivity experience as a “brand-damaging event” that fails to satisfy passengers’ 3 fundamental requirements for higher capacity, lower latency and reasonable costs. However ViaSat—which has installed its Ka-band service on almost 600 aircraft and boasts a backlog of an additional 800—questions Wyler’s assertions, with the company’s president and CE, Rick Baldridge, saying: “We should have better reliability than a LEO constellation that requires constant replacement of satellites.” <br/>
