Kymeta, founded in 2012, is a communications company specializing in flat panel satellite antennas and related technology, headquartered in Redmond, Washington. They are known for their metamaterial-based electronically steered antennas, like the u8 terminal, which provide mobile broadband connectivity via satellite and hybrid satellite-cellular networks. Kymeta partners with companies like OneWeb and Intelsat and serves government, military, maritime, transport, and public safety clients globally, offering solutions for connectivity on the move. Associated keywords include: flat panel antennas, satellite communications, mobile connectivity, metamaterials, electronically steered antennas.
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By acquiring Lepton, Kymeta improved its ability to offer managed services and operate network operations centers.
Kymeta Corp. acquired Lepton Global Solutions LLC on 2020-08-18.
Kymeta plans to establish an East Coast office to be closer to its customer base and to better attract and retain employees with depth, skill, and domain knowledge in serving government customers.
At the Satellite 2020 conference, Kymeta introduced Kymeta Connect, a hybrid satellite-cellular connectivity service with subscriptions starting at $999 per month including hardware.
At the Satellite 2020 conference, Kymeta unveiled the Kymeta u8 flat-panel antenna.
Kymeta raised $73,600,000 in an equity financing round in March 2017.
Nathan Kundtz developed the key technology behind Kymeta antennas by designing metamaterials that perform electronic beamforming for satellite communications.
Kymeta's flat panel antennas were priced up to $39,000 in 2018 and the company plans to drive prices below $1,000 through volume production.
Kymeta Corp. began shipping electronically steered flat panel antennas to customers before August 2018.
LeoSat considers Kymeta’s antenna throughputs too low for LeoSat’s planned 100 Mbps increment services.
Sky Perfect JSAT invested in flat-panel antenna builder Kymeta since 2015.
Kymeta began shipping its antennas in the year prior to the Applied Innovation Conference held on 2018-05-10.
Kymeta has been producing 70-centimeter Ku-band antennas since production began in October.
Kymeta partnered with television manufacturer Sharp to build flat panel antennas using the same infrastructure used to mass produce liquid-crystal displays.
Kymeta’s antenna is designed to work with Ku-band satellites.