…JRC, a leading communications provider headquartered in Japan. Frank Coles, President, Inmarsat Maritime, said, “The development of Inmarsat products has always been closely integrated with quality hardware and antenna manufacturers to arrive at superb connectivity solutions. “Our fourth generation satellite service, the FleetBroadband platform, has rested heavily on reliable providers like JRC. We are now delighted to extend our partnership with JRC and together develop connectivity solutions for the Global Xpress® programme== which will become operational during 2014.”
He explained that, as the launch of Global Xpress draws closer, Inmarsat is focused on continuing to integrate this new generation of high throughput services (HTS) with reliable and proven hardware solutions into easy-to-use products for the shipping market. JRC has been a trusted Inmarsat partner providing both products and support services for the FleetBroadband platform, including FB500 and FB250, since the launch of FleetBroadband in 2005. The partnership between Inmarsat and JRC will build the FleetBroadband and Global Xpress programmes and new solutions will be developed providing the shipping industry with smart solutions, packaged into cost-efficient, compact and easy to install connectivity solutions.
Additionally, transport and heavy lifting maritime services company…
…Harms Bergung is to equip its anchor handling tug fleet with Inmarsat XpressLink™. The agreement was brokered by German maritime communications specialist DH-INTERCOM, one of the first Inmarsat-approved XpressLink distributors and a Gold accredited Inmarsat service provider. Hamburg-based Harms Bergung will gain a fully-integrated hybrid Ku- and L-band solution for a fixed monthly cost.
XpressLink supports always-on data speeds of 768kbps and, when the VSAT service is active, a committed information rate of 192kbps. The company also has the option of a free upgrade to Global Xpress®, Inmarsat’s next-generation global satellite network which will effectively double the available bandwidth, from 2014. This is the second XpressLink win for DH-INTERCOM in Germany.
