Stratos Global Corp. [TSX: SGB] has introduced GSM Oceanwide, a dedicated, global GSM service for crewmembers and officers of merchant ships. GSM Oceanwide is the first service, using Inmarsat satellites, to enable seafarers to use their existing mobile phones onboard merchant ships in deep ocean waters, just as they would use them in port or on land.
Read MoreMobile Satellite Ventures LP (MSV) has publicized the Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council for Trauma (STRAC) is expanding their deployment of MSV satellite-based communications services to facilitate the organization's emergency response capability across its 26,000 square-mile, 22-county area of operations.
Read MoreSatamatics has launched their Ocean Alert MKIII satellite tracking unit for maritime applications. The new model is based on the proven technology of the SAT-201, replacing the SAT-101 unit, which formed the basis of the previous Ocean Alert product.
Read MoreStratos Global Corp. ([TSX: SGB] has reached a milestone of100 million messages sent via its AmosConnect from Stratos maritime satellite communications service. That’s quite a record! AmosConnect from Stratos integrates vessel and shore-based office applications and is an easy-to-use email service that seamlessly integrates email, fax, telex, GSM text, interoffice communication and access for mobile personnel into a single messaging system. It is designed for use with Inmarsat systems, as well as with Iridium data and Iridium RUDICS system
Read MoreVizada today announced the company has been appointed as the official distribution partner for Inmarsat's FleetBroadband service, the first maritime communications service to provide cost-effective, simultaneous voice and high-speed data communications through a compact antenna. Vizada will combine the FleetBroadband offering with its own integrated solutions to enhance communications for its maritime customers.
Read MoreStratos Global Corp. [TSX: SGB] has launched its new, aeronautical broadband satellite communications solution, based on Inmarsat's SwiftBroadband service. SwiftBroadband from Stratos is available now in packages designed for government and military agencies, commercial airlines and private jet owners. SwiftBroadband from Stratos provides cost-effective, high-speed data and voice communications, all available simultaneously, at speeds up to 432kpbs.
Read MoreCOM DEV International Ltd. [TSX: CDV] has secured a space flight opportunity to demonstrate an advanced AIS data detection capability from space. AIS, or Automatic Identification System, is a VHF broadcast system required aboard major marine vessels to locate and identify ships at sea.
Read MoreStagecoach Cartage and Distribution received approval from the Mexico Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT) to operate in Mexico. This marks the start of a yearlong, cross-border demo project allowing U.S. trucking companies to operate in Mexico for the first time.
Read MoreFrom the Hindu Business Line online news service, we learn that VXL Technologies is now set to manufacture temrinals to be installed on fishing boats along the Indian coastline. The order for the terminals comes from the Space Application Center (SAC) in India after successful water trials.
Read MoreWavecom S.A.‘s wireless technology, complete with C-GPS companion chips, has been designed into the KENJI KJ 8800 watercraft tracking terminal. Perhaps you don’t think of mobile assets as benefiting from such devices for theft protection… but realize, any mobile asset has a higher-than-average risk of being ripped off.
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