O3b Networks and Kymeta Corporation Sign an Agreement to Develop Flat Panel Satellite Antenna for Ultra-Fast and Affordable Broadband Services Around the World

O3b Networks - which is launching its next-generation satellite constellation for satellite services with fiber-like speeds - and Kymeta Corporation - the company commercializing innovative software-enabled metamaterials-based electronic beamforming antennas for satellite communications - announced an agreement today to develop flat panel satellite antennas for the O3b network. The flat, thin, light and low cost antennas and terminals developed by Kymeta in combination with O3b Networks high speed, low latency and low cost Internet services are expected to open a wide range of new markets worldwide. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]