Story ID: 439 Satcom Direct pt 2.doc
Satcom Direct To Offer Data Aggregation
By: David Donald
Caption: Bonded and aggregated multiple Inmarsat SwiftBroadband streaming connections provides data flow rates of up to 1.6 Mbit per second.
Word Count: 194
Working with Paris-based Eclipse, Satcom Direct of Satellite Beach, Florida, has enhanced its SDR router to allow bonded and aggregated multiple Inmarsat SwiftBroadband streaming connections, in turn providing data flow rates of up to 1.6 Mbit per second. The aggregated capability will be available from early next year. When Inmarsat’s high data rate streaming comes on line, the SDR will be able to support that, too.
  
As part of its continuous process of improving its satellite data service, Satcom Direct has also added two new offerings to its portfolio. The company has entered into a dealership agreement with Emteq (soon to be B/E Aerospace) that allows Satcom Direct customers to use eConnect. When integrated with the SDR, eConnect provides wireless IFE to both monitors and personal devices and controls cabin functions wirelessly.
  
Satcom Direct has also become an authorized reseller of Astronics AeroSat FliteStream broadband service, which uses patented lens/horn antenna technology. Among FliteStreams benefits is that it is not shared with commercial airlines, thus avoiding potential choke points. 
  
Both Satcom Direct (Stand 765) and Eclipse (Stand 740) are exhibiting at MEBA 2014 this week in Dubai.