[Satellite TODAY 09-24-09] Stratos Global reached a cooperative distribution agreement with Blue Ocean Wireless (BOW) to resell BOW’s GSM service to existing Stratos customers under the brand name BOW GSM, Stratos announced Sept. 23.
    The agreement also enables BOW to resell Inmarsat FleetBroadband from Stratos with its GSM solution as part of a bundled service offering to non-Stratos customers. BOW will continue to support its existing GSM customers that use legacy Inmarsat services. Existing BOW customers using BOW’s GSM service on Inmarsat F33 will be able to upgrade to BOW GSM Service from Stratos at low rates, the company said.
    “We expect this new agreement will help both companies continue to provide services that assist in the recruitment and retention of qualified seafarers,” BOW CEO Paul Wallace said in a statement.

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