Privately-held satellite communications provider Inmarsat has upgraded the majority of the active fleet of major offshore supply vessel provider Tidewater to Inmarsat’s unlimited high-bandwidth Fleet Xpress internet service. Tidewater was...

Inmarsat’s newest and most powerful geostationary satellite to date has entered into commercial service, the company announced today. Inmarsat said that the introduction of its GX5 satellite will provide additional...

LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) – Britain’s Inmarsat will lose its monopoly in maritime safety communications after the International Maritime Organisation gave Iridium and China’s BeiDou Navigation Satellite System the green...

By Aaron Clark and Dan Murtaugh (Bloomberg) — A lump of coal is scooped onto a truck bed in Australia, driven to a port, loaded on a ship, piloted across the ocean...

In today’s edition of gCaptain LIVE our Founder, John Konrad will show you how to send and receive text messages at sea with the Iridium powered Delorme inReach SE.   Also Mentioned in this episode: ACR...

Global mobile satellite communications provider Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT.L) on Wednesday launched its highly anticipated Fleet Xpress, a new service that promises a “new era” in maritime satellite communications and guaranteed high-speed...

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...

Over 35 years after eighty-six countries came together to found Inmarsat with a maritime safety mandate, the London-headquartered mobile communications company continues to innovate and contribute to global connectivity through its...

Ivory Coast is considering launching a satellite to combat security threats from pirates in the Gulf of Guinea and Islamist militants in the West African region, Telecommunications Minister Bruno Kone said.

A new satellite tracking system launched on Wednesday aims to crack down on the industrial-scale theft known as "pirate fishing."

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Communication technology has been a key instrument in achieving business profitability over the last two decades, however for  Inmarsat Maritime President Frank Coles,shipowners have proved reluctant investors. As an all-digital company...

ritain's Inmarsat used a wave phenomenon discovered in the nineteenth century to analyse the seven pings its satellite picked up from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 to determine its final destination.

For those of you who geek out on the latest ongoings in the world of satellite communications, you’re likely aware that Airbus, the French company famous for their airliners, has...

“Ship to shore connectivity has not kept pace with the unprecedented data access available ashore after the internet revolution, but things are changing fast,” commented Inmarsat Maritime President Frank Coles...

Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT.L), the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, today announced that SatComms Australia, a provider of mobile and fixed satellite solutions, has been appointed as a Gold...

Astrium, the world’s second largest space company, and Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT.L), the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, have reached a strategic distribution partnership agreement which will see Global...

New technology and connectivity platform as VSAT contract is extended Oslo – Neste Oil, an oil refining and marketing company has extended its VSAT services with Marlink whilst upgrading its...

Oslo, 31 October 2013 – Astrium Services, the global innovative provider of satellite enabled telecom solutions, is expanding its already comprehensive global VSAT coverage following the signing of new separate Ku-band capacity...

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