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A small Redmond startup that is backed by the big name and deep pockets of Bill Gates announced Tuesday it has signed a major agreement with a manufacturer to get its inventive satellite antenna systems to market.

The antennas could have major implications for mobile Internet connections, Kundtz said. Right now, big dishes must spin around, using a mechanical pointing system that is constantly following the satellite.

“We are replacing that with something that can scan electronically,” Kundtz said. “It’s a completely new type of antenna design. We will be able to point the beam wherever we want to.”

Kymeta plans to make antennas to enable Internet broadband for pretty much anything that moves — boats, planes, cars, you name it.

“A car being connected to a satellite is groundbreaking,” Kundtz said. “You couldn’t do that if you had to stick a 500-pound piece of equipment in it.”

Instead, Kymeta’s antennas could potentially be placed in the car’s windshield.
http://www.seattletimes.com/business/technology/gates-backed-kymeta-forms-partnership-to-bring-antennas-to-market/