Satellite airtime
Which service does your vessel actually need?
It depends on where she trades and what the connection has to carry. Compare the four below, or tell us the vessel and we will propose the whole configuration within one working day.
We buy capacity independently across multiple operators and network partners, so the answer is decided by your route and your usage rather than by one company’s plan sheet.
One supplier, whole stack
Antenna and modem
Chosen for the network you end up on, and priced together with the airtime rather than as a separate project.
The airtime plan
Sized against how the vessel actually trades, not a fixed tier you have to bend the operation to fit.
Onboard routing
Multi-WAN, so the links fail over to each other instead of leaving the vessel dark.
Spares and support
The part that failed, from the same supplier that sold you the system.
One quotation covering all of it, within one working day.
Four ways to put a vessel online
Compare the options
Most vessels end up on two of these, not one: a committed link for the vessel’s own traffic and a second network on a different orbit behind it.
| Service | Coverage | Best for | Commercial model |
|---|---|---|---|
GEO VSAT Ku or Ka band | Regional beams over your trading area | The vessel’s own operational and business traffic, on a fixed rate you can budget | Committed rate per vessel |
Eutelsat OneWeb Low earth orbit | Near global, low latency | High data volume, crew welfare, and a second network on a different orbit | Tiered monthly plans, 12 month minimum term See the plan tiers |
L-band FleetBroadband, Iridium Certus | Global, and pole to pole with Certus | Voice, safety traffic, and a resilient link that stays up when the broadband link is down | Per vessel, or a listed data plan |
Satmarin Cellular 4G and 5G | Coastal waters and in port | Bulk use close to shore, at the lowest running cost of the four | Regional bundles by data volume |
Every service is priced against the vessel, its trading area and its real usage, so the figures come with your quotation rather than off a list. Ask and you have one within a working day.
Not sure which one
Answer four questions and we will propose the configuration
Tell us what the vessel needs, where it trades and how big it is. You get the antenna options and the airtime that goes with them, then one form for the full quotation.
Where the big providers stop, we start
Independent by design
Independent sourcing
Not one portfolio
We buy capacity across multiple operators and network partners, so what you are offered is not limited to one company’s plan sheet.
Commercially flexible
Built to your usage
Committed rates, tiered plans or seasonal volume. The service is shaped around how the vessel actually trades.
Usually lower cost
No portfolio premium
Sourcing the capacity ourselves keeps a layer of margin out of the price you pay each month.
One supplier
Whole stack, one bill
Antenna, modem, routing, airtime and the spare part when it fails. One supplier for the whole connectivity stack.
By choice
We are not tied to one network, so we have no reason to sell you the wrong one.
A provider with one portfolio recommends that portfolio. We source across several, so the answer to “which service” is decided by your route and your usage rather than by what we happen to carry.
Getting a quote
One working day
01
Tell us the vessel
Size, trading area and what the connection has to carry. If there is an antenna on board already, its model.
02
We design the service
We size the plan against real usage and price the hardware, installation and airtime together as one proposal.
03
You get one quotation
One document covering the whole stack, within one working day. No obligation and no account needed to ask.
Prefer to talk it through?
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