{"id":60368,"date":"2020-02-14T20:55:19","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T12:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/in-the-air-on-the-ocean-on-the-move\/"},"modified":"2020-02-14T20:55:19","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T12:55:19","slug":"in-the-air-on-the-ocean-on-the-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/in-the-air-on-the-ocean-on-the-move\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Air, On the Ocean, On the Move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s nearly impossible to recall a time before technology advances, broadband enhancements and widespread use of connected devices hurtled us into hyper-connectivity. But, not that long ago, if you were on an airplane or a cruise ship, you were, at least temporarily, one of the \u201cunconnected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to a July 2019 <b>Pew Research<\/b> study, more than a quarter of Americans report being online \u201cconstantly,\u201d and another 45% of Americans go online several times per day. Hyper-connectivity behavior follows consumers wherever they go. More than 23,000 commercial aircraft will offer connectivity to passengers by 2028, according to analysts at <b>Euroconsult<\/b>, who are essentially predicting a 200% increase in connected aircraft during the next eight years.<\/p>\n<p>On the ocean, the <b>Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications Council<\/b> calculated that there are 80,000 merchant, cruise, and government vessels currently at sea. The maritime Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) connectivity market has surpassed $1 billion, and, also according to Euroconsult, is expected to grow by approximately 10% over the next four years, as shipowners transition to the next level of broadband connectivity powered by High Throughput Satellites (HTS).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In our latest in the series \u201cConnecting the Unconnected,\u201d I\u2019m joined by <b>Hughes Network Systems<\/b> Reza Rasoulian and Royce Hernandez for a look at the latest developments in connectivity solutions for aero and maritime customers, the advantages and limitations of current technologies, what\u2019s emerging, and how Geostationary (GEO) and Non-Geostationary (NGSO) technologies can work together in the new, always-on environment.<\/p>\n<h3>Listen Here:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Episode 26 \u2014 Connecting the Unconnected Part 4: In the Air, On the Ocean, On the Move by On Orbit Podcast by Via Satellite\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F760597732&amp;show_artwork=true&amp;maxheight=750&amp;maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Episode Links:<\/h3>\n<p>Pew Research study mentioned in the intro<br \/>\nGlobal In-Flight Entertainment market research through 2025<br \/>\nInformation on Hughes Maritime Services<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s nearly impossible to recall a time before technology advances, broadband enhancements and widespread use of connected devices hurtled us into hyper-connectivity. But, not that long ago, if you were on an airplane or a cruise ship, you were, at least temporarily, one of the \u201cunconnected.\u201d According to a July 2019 Pew Research study, more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60368"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}