UK ship management company Zodiac Maritime Agencies has announced that it is equipping its fleet of 125 ships with the Iridium OpenPort optimised-bandwidth satellite terminals under a service agreement with AND Group, becoming the first shipping company to publicly commit to the service.
The new OpenPort service marks a major departure for Iridium from its established low-data rate products by offering bandwidth of up to 128 kbps on a global basis to the maritime industry. The system can also carry 3 simultaneous voice calls while the data service is in use.
The new OpenPort service marks a major departure for Iridium from its established low-data rate products by offering bandwidth of up to 128 kbps on a global basis to the maritime industry. The system can also carry 3 simultaneous voice calls while the data service is in use.
“After evaluating its projected requirements for ship-to-shore voice and data, Zodiac has made the decision to upgrade to Iridium OpenPort across the fleet
“The higher-bandwidth satellite service, coupled with AND Group’s IPSignature software and Iridium’s flexible per-megabyte pricing, will provide a cost-effective fleetwide solution for ship’s business, crew calling and e-mail.”
Iridium is trying to position the product as a low-cost alternative to other mobile satellite systems.
Iridium is trying to position the product as a low-cost alternative to other mobile satellite systems.
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