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Inmarsat celebrates 1,000th FleetBroadband terminal

26-09-2008 - More than 1,000 FleetBroadband terminals have now been activated by maritime customers eager to take advantage of the new service, which was launched by Inmarsat just 10 months ago.

Demand for the service - which offers broadband speeds of up to 432kbps, a voice service of landline quality, and a simultaneous voice and data capability that supports multiple calls and data connections - has exceeded the company's expectations.

Excellent response
Speaking at the SMM maritime exhibition and conference in Hamburg, Germany, Piers Cunningham, head of maritime business at Inmarsat, said that FleetBroadband was "well on its way to becoming established as the communications service of choice for the merchant market".

"The service is gaining rapid market acceptance among our maritime customers and is being used by the world's most respected shipping companies," said Piers. "The response has been excellent."

The news follows the latest announcement that leading global shipping company, A.P.Moller - Maersk, has signed a contract to retrofit more than 150 vessels with FleetBroadband.

First container vessel
The Marianne Schulte, one of 40 container vessels owned and operated by shipping company BSG, was the first container vessel in the world to trial FleetBroadband.

Another early adopter was Louisiana-based Harvey Gulf International Marine, which owns and operates the largest ocean-going towing vessels in the Gulf of Mexico.

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