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A High-End Global Satcom Presence
The marine satellite communication business has many earmarks suggesting it is set to expand rapidly, with a recent run of corporate consolidations and a seemingly endless offering of new products and services designed to emulate the speed and reliability of landbased services at sea.
Southbury LES:"Outages are Not Acceptable"
If you are concerned about the effects of Satellite Communication service provider consolidation, you will like the Telenor/Comsat hook-up. If you care nothing about corporate takeovers, rather are focused on ensuring the availability of a strong satellite communication signal,
ARCO Installs Unit To Evaluate MARISAT
COMSAT General Corporation recently announced an agreement with Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) for the installation of a terminal to operate with the MARISAT satellite system on the S/S Arco Prudhoe Bay, a 70,000-ton, 525,000-barrel tanker commissioned at Bethlehem Shipyard in Baltimore,
EMS Enters the SatCom Fray
Advances in communication services for ships and boats is expanding rapidly, keeping pace with development cycles of landside installations. Last autumn. Inmarsat unveiled Fleet F55 and Fleet F33. the two new members of the Fleet family designed
COMSAT General Reduces MARISAT Telex Rate
COMSAT General Corporation, 950 L'Enfant Plaza, Southwest, Washington, D.C. 20024, has announced that, effective Thursday, June 8, it has reduced its charges for commercial telex services via the MARISAT satellite system by one-third, from $6 to $4 per minute.
Raytheon Marine Offers Line Of Commercial Doppler Speed Logs
A complete line of commercial doppler speed logs is now available from Raytheon Marine Company. The doppler speed logs, which are manufactured by Raytheon Company's Submarine Signal Division in Portsmouth, R.I., will be sold and serviced by more