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Editorial Insight
Diversity Best Serves the Diverse Offshore Market
As the convention comes to a close, Offshore Communications 2009 has left a profound impression on me that maritime, shipping and oil and gas end-users are just as, if not more diverse than commercial or land-based enterprise customers ...More»
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House Calls to Video On Demand for the Oil & Gas Industry
SES WORLD SKIES supports the oil and gas industry by enabling telemedicine which puts doctors ‘virtually’ on ships and remote facilities. They also enable live video feeds allowing real-time collaboration between ship and shore for fast decision making while geological images can be transmitted easily and crews can watch movies and sports with Video On Demand. Visit www.ses.com
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From The Show Floor
Orbit Stresses Importance of Shipping, Maritime Business
Orbit Technology Group believes it is in a strong position to sell one of its latest satellite communications antenna solutions to train operators in Asia, after successful trials in Europe, Orbit CEO Avi Cohen told Offshore Communications E-daily. “We are now able to reap the benefits of our decision to invest together with Tes of Italy in rail-specific solutions. We have started with the European train market, and we are now starting to enter both the American and Asian markets. ...More»
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Industry Briefs
EMS Satellite Tracking Growth Offsets Aeronautical Losses
EMS Technologies reported 2009 third-quarter revenues of $85.7 million and earnings from continuing operations of $5.8 million, a 17 percent increase compared with the same period in 2008 due to strong growth in satellite-based tracking ...More»
Hughes Sees Record-Breaking Subscriber Adds in Third Quarter
Hughes Communications reported 17,000 subscriber net adds in its 2009 third quarter results, a 49 percent increase over the previous year and a record for the company ...More»
Global Technology Re-brands to H2O Satellite
Maritime satellite communications provider Global Technology has re-branded to H2O Satellite, the company announced ...More»
Excelerate Unveils New Satellite Rapid-Response Emergency Vehicle
U.K. satellite and wireless data supplier Excelerate Technology unveiled the first of its next-generation rapid response vehicles, the company announced ...More»
KVH to Launch 505 Emergency S.O.S. Maritime Service
KVH has launched a 505 Emergency Calling over Inmarsat FleedBroadband, a new safety service for mariners that enables ship personnel to send out an S.O.S. distress signal by dialing ‘505’ on their TracPhone units, KVH ..More»
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Executive Insight
 Digi CEO Delighted by Company’s Satellite Entrance
Digi International CEO Joe Dunsmore is confident that the company can make a strong impact in the satellite market using the recently acquired assets of the U.S., Indian and Singapore affiliates of MobiApps Holdings Private Limited. The deal to acquire MobiApps, a developer of machine-to-machine (M2M) communications technology focusing on satellite, cellular, and hybrid satellite/cellular solutions was first unveiled June 8 ...More»
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