KVH Industries, Inc. (the Company) today announced that it has signed a 5-year agreement with GE International Holdings, Inc., (also known as SAT-GE) to lease satellite capacity on its GE-23 satellite to provide coverage in the Pacific Ocean via the satellite's North Pacific Ku-band Beam.

Expected to go live in December 2008, the new coverage area will include Alaska, the west coasts of Canada and the United States, Hawaii and extend into Asia.

A copy of the Company's press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. The press release is incorporated by reference herein and the foregoing description of the press release is qualified in its entirety by reference to the attached exhibit.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.     Description
99.1            October 7, 2008 press release entitled "KVH Announces Pacific Ocean
                Coverage for mini-VSAT Broadband Service" (furnished pursuant to
                Item 8.01).