By Paul Sandle LONDON, Aug 12 (Reuters) – British satellite operator Inmarsat said it would launch a major upgrade to its L-band services to offer faster speeds and smaller low-cost...

It’s been a wild year for UK-based OneWeb. Less than a seven months after emerging from bankruptcy, the satellite communications “start-up” has launched its most recent batch of 36 satellites...

A new report looking at crew connectivity on ships has revealed the emotional and operational impact on professional seafarers who are often away for up to six months at a...

Global satellite provider Inmarsat has announces its new Fleet Xpress service has commitments to connect more than 10,000 ships at sea with high-speed broadband service within its first year of...

Inmarsat plc has confirmed that its Global Xpress constellation achieved global commercial service introduction in December last year. Global Xpress is a worldwide high-speed wireless network that delivers broadband connectivity...

The world's largest cruise company has released details of a new industry-first wireless network that promises internet speeds at sea up to 10 times faster than what is currently available.

MOL SHIP MANAGEMENT increases FleetBroadband usage to 6-gigabyte data plan for 100 vessels

Check out this new commercial released by Google UK for their Nexus 7 tablet, featuring a homesick engineer perk up when he is able to video chat with his family back home on Christmas.

(Bloomberg) — Inmarsat Plc jumped the most in more than three years after the biggest provider of satellite services to the maritime industry posted second-quarter earnings that beat analyst estimates...

Middletown, RI – June 28, 2012 – Following extensive onboard tests of maritime communications systems, Tokyo-based Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK Line) is adding the award-winning TracPhone V7 satellite communications system...

Last week gCaptain HQ finally got upgraded to AT&T’s 4G LTE service. The local data signal is fast but has, so far, been plagued with frequently dropped calls. That said...

Mobile and broadband at sea — we are officially living in the future. Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson and Maersk Line, the world’s largest shipper, announced today at the Consumer Electronics Show...

MTN Satellite Communications (MTN), the global provider of communications, connectivity and content services to remote locations around the world, today announced that it will provide Costa Cruises’ new flagship, Costa...

In continuation of gCaptain’s series Internet At Sea, How To Access The Web From The Middle Of Ocean, we bring you tips on speeding up slow satellite internet connections. It’s...

Satellite communications provider Marlink has released a series of videos begging a number of questions about the maritime satellite communications industry with industry executives at the Nor-Shipping conference held last...

Text messaging from sea has long been an option either via expensive internet at sea connections or via cheap (i.e. not reliable) systems like the SPOT Messenger, which do not...

gCaptain recently ran a series of posts looking at a wide array of options for connecting to the internet at sea. Part 2 of the series looked at wireless internet...

While departing shipyard on a 750′ exploratory drillship I was asked why, with over 42,000 of horespower at the props, we couldn’t get the ship’s speed into double digits. Raw...

MIDDLETOWN, RI – KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI) today announced that Netherlands-based Vroon has chosen the KVH TracPhone® V7 and its mini-VSAT Broadband network as the new satellite communication solution...

Globe Wireless today announced that Mr. Kenneth E. Jones, founder and Chairman of Globe Wireless, has returned to the daily leadership of the company. Mr. Jones holds a degree in...