LONDON - Inmarsat and strategic technology partner VT iDirect have achieved a significant advance in the on-going development of Global Xpress (GX).
Over-the-air tests of iDirect’s next-generation DVB-S2X transmission technology achieved a forward channel throughput rate of 330 Mbps over a live Inmarsat GX satellite in orbit. The successful tests were conducted in January 2017 and used iDirect’s next-generation iQ Series modem.
Global Xpress, Inmarsat’s high-speed, global, mobile broadband platform, entered global commercial service at the end of 2015 and has already been adopted by major private and public sector organisations across the world as their new standard for seamless, reliable broadband connectivity.
Global Xpress is a key enabler for the replacement of what Inmarsat describes as expensive airline InFlight-Entertainment systems (IFE), with more capable, lightweight, connected streaming solutions that ensure all passengers on even the largest widebody aircraft can access streaming simultaneously.
The In-Flight Wi-Fi and IFE market is extremely competitive, with new technologies constantly threatening to shake up the market segment. The constantly evolving market is driven by increasing international consumer expectations of cheap, or even free high speed Wi-Fi connectivity.
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