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KVH I , I .NDUSTRIES NC 50 Enterprise Center

Middletown, RI 02842

Tel: (401) 851-3824

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.kvh.com

President/CEO: Martin Kits van Heyningen

THE COMPANY:

KVH Industries is a leading manufacturer of solutions that provide global high-speed Internet, television, and voice services via satellite to mobile users at sea and on land. These solutions include the mini-VSAT Broadband network, IP-

MobileCast content delivery service, TracPhone satellite communications systems, and TracVision satellite television systems. The company has designed, manufactured, and sold more than 175,000 mobile satellite antennas. KVH’s mini-

VSAT Broadband service utilizes advanced spread spectrum technology that enables KVH’s TracPhone V-IP antenna systems to be 85% smaller than competing maritime VSAT products, thereby reducing the installation time and cost for maritime customers and making it ideal for new applications being adopted by leading vessel and workboat managers.

THE CASE:

KVH’s mini-VSAT Broadband service provides broad- band connectivity to more than 5,000 vessels around the world. KVH’s IP-MobileCast content delivery service uti- lizes multicasting technology to deliver entertainment and operations content to vessels. KVH developed, tested, and launched the IP-MobileCast content delivery service, which utilizes multicasting technology to deliver large amounts of content to many vessels at once, overcoming the prohibi- tively high satellite communications costs typically charged to deliver