Kymeta has been developing products aimed at bringing affordable high-speed data service to mobile locations such as planes, trains, oil rigs and vehicles.
Kymeta’s satellite terminals have a proprietary beam-steering antenna design based on synthetic metamaterials, which can bend electromagnetic waves in ways that natural materials can’t. The antennas are flat; the smallest is about the size and shape of a laptop. They are equipped with an array of metamaterial elements that can be electronically tuned to maintain a satellite connection.
This is a non-NDA version of a presentation on Kymeta developed for the Satellite2013 industry conference in March. The original had many animations - I have replaced these with screen grabs where possible.
4. Capacity boom in progress
Affordable, easy-to-use terminals are key to unlocking demand
5. Market opportunity is significant...
and highly fragmented
Category
Addressable
Market
ASP
DTH Video 2.1B $100-250
Consumer
internet
4.5MM $250-500
Backhaul 3.1MM $3-50K
Government 360K $5-30K
Retail 304K $1-5K
SCADA 190K $1-5K
VSAT 750K $5-20K
Category
Addressable
Market
ASP
Portable
(PST)
100K-1MM $3-5K
Aviation 40K $75-150K
Trains/Buses 1MM $10-20K
Private
Yachts
500K $5-20K
Cars 75MM (annual) $0.25-2K
Mobile & Portable Stationary
Kymeta antenna platform is a Revenue Catalyst — key enabler to realize this potential
6. A game-changing breakthrough
“You can never be too
rich or too thin.”
– Wallis Simpson
“That form ever follows
function. This is the law.”
– Louis Sullivan
7. Kymeta Product Segments
Portable Terminal
ª Laptop sized
ª 30 Mbps ↓/ 2 Mbps ↑
ª Ka-band
ª Affordable to buy and
use
Market:
Resource exploration,
Aid organizations,
Disaster relief, SNG,
Consumer
Fixed Terminal
ª Receive-only or Tx/Rx
ª Geostationary and
Leo / Meo
ª Flat and thin
Market:
VSAT fixed, public &
private networks, SCADA,
Dish replacement
Aero Terminals
ª Flat and thin
ª Less expensive than
current solutions
ª Rapid installation
ª No moving parts
Market:
Business jets and
commercial aviation Aero
Antenna Modules
mTenna Modules
ª Antenna component
for OEM integration
with other vendor
solutions
Market:
Automobiles, Trains,
Buses, Trucks, Vessels
Technology Overview
9. Customer Profile
• Customers requiring high speed, small
size and low power communications
• Businesses:
• On Demand data up/down-loads
• Real-time monitoring
• Consumers:
• Video streaming and downloads
• Social media eg YouTube, Facebook
• Government / Public Safety:
• Quick setup
• Portability
• Customer need for affordable services
Portable Satellite Ka-band Terminal
Satellite Service Operators
• Major incremental revenue
opportunity
• Enables new customer
segments
• Enables Managed Services
• Enhanced competitive
advantage through
differentiated capabilities
10. • Laptop-sized device when stowed
• Satellite acquisition within 1 minute
• Built-in Wi-Fi router
• HTML5 experience on connected devices
for control and value-added services
• Battery life: 6 to 8 hours (typical use)
• Weight: ~12 lbs
• Availability:
• Prototypes early 2014
• Market launch early 2015
• Price points:
• Competitively priced to BGAN terminals
• Ka-band service plans significantly lower
Device size and performance options
(typical – dependent on satellite service)
13 x 13 x 2 17 x 17 x 2
Download speed (Mbps) 20 30
Upload speed (Mbps) 1 2
Active Antenna Elements 11 x 11 15 x 15
Product Concept – Typical Implementation
11. • Commercial Segment
• Installed base of L-band terminal
owners
• Natural resource exploration
• Media
• Public safety and first responder
applications
• Disaster relief organizations
• Telecommunications infrastructure
extension
• Mobile offices in developing regions
Target Markets - Portable
• Consumer Segment
• RVs (parked)
• Private yachts (docked)
• Leisure travel
• Government Segment
• Special Operations
• Border control
• Emergency management
• Intelligence
12. Thuraya IP
Iridium
AccessPoint
Ka-band:
2 Mbps ↑
/ 30 Mbps ↓
Competitively priced
~$0.10-$0.25 per MB
Traditional L-band:
496 Kbps ↑
/ 496 Kbps ↓
$2-5K per unit
$4-10 per MB
Performance and Cost Comparison
Inmarsat BGAN
14. Customer Profiles
• Parabolic replacement and ability to
connect to Meo / Leo satellites
• Businesses:
• Plug-and-Play VSAT
• On Demand data up/down-loads
• Real-time monitoring
• Consumers:
• DTH – multi-satellite switchable
• Video streaming & downloads
• Social media eg. YouTube, Facebook
• Customer need for affordable services
Target Markets - Fixed Terminal
Customer and Industry needs
Satellite Service Operators
• Enabler for non-geostationary
implementations
• Exploit new opportunities for end-
of-life satellites in inclined orbits
• Automatic beam-realignment,
reducing service costs/truck rolls
• No truck roll to add new satellite
connectivity - remotely switchable
• Enhanced competitive advantage
through expanded capabilities