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Maersk Supply signs up for fleet wide ship management IoT connectivity

Satcom giant Inmarsat’s Fleet Xpress service agreement with Maersk Supply Service has been extended to include fleet wide IoT-based ship management connectivity on separate, dedicated bandwidths. The extension has enabled Maersk Supply

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Inmarsat to be acquired by Viasat

Mobile satellite communications giant Inmarsat is set to be acquired by Carlsbad, Calif., based Viasat Inc., (NASDAQ: VSAT) under a definitive agreement announced today. The news comes two years after U.K.-based Inmarsat

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New report confirms pandemic accelerated shipping digitalization

A report from satcom leader Inmarsat pinpoints the impact of COVID-19 in accelerating global shipping’s digital transformation. Entitled “A Changed World: The state of digital transformation in a post-COVID-19 maritime industry,” it

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VIDEO: Inmarsat launches ELERA

In its second major announcement in two weeks, Inmarsat today unveiled Inmarsat ELERA, a global narrowband network aimed at serving the rapidly evolving world of the Internet of Things (IoT) and global

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Inmarsat tunes up for the future of communications

Over the next five years, mobile communications giant Inmarsat is to invest $100 million into what it says will be the largest ever transformation of its services, creating “the communications network of

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Report: Connectivity crucial to seafarers’ future welfare needs

Mobile satellite communications leader Inmarsat has sponsored a new report exploring the future of seafaring to 2050. The report offers recommendations on how shipping, training institutions and welfare services can respond to

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Taiwan Navigation to use Inmarsat Fleet Connect

Following the successful trial of its Smart Ship Viewer (SSV) bridge solution onboard Taiwan Navigation’s handymax bulk carrier Tai Splendor, JRC (Japan Radio Company Co. Ltd.) has joined the growing number of

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How COVID-19 has driven a technology revolution in shipping

By Alexander Buchmann, Managing Director, Hanseaticsoft CONTRIBUTED CONTENT: Hanseaticsoft is an established global provider of cloud-based software for the maritime industry. Last year, satcom specialist IEC Telecom highlighted that demand for digital

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Inmarsat lands Clearwater Seafood Fleet Xpress contract

Clearwater Seafood, Canada’s largest vessel-operating seafood company, has reached an agreement with mobile satcom leader Inmarsat that will see it install the Fleet Xpress combination of high speed Ka-band and continuous FleetBroadband

New report explains IMO cruise and ferry sector cybersecurity requirement

Leading global mobile satcom specialist Inmarsat has released a new, free of charge, report covering new International Maritime Organization cybersecurity requirements and their implications for cruise ship and ferry operators. By IMO

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