SATLYNX introduces portfolio of Maritime Services across EMEA




2 June, 2008


Satlynx, announced the availability of a range of Maritime VSAT services across its portfolio of platforms including SCPC, and shared and dedicated TDMA hubs.

Satlynx already has a variety of customers utilising stabilised maritime antenna platforms, from a global fleet of FPSO vessels to fishing boats from Iceland. This recent step by Satlynx to extend its range of Maritime VSAT services is in response to growing customer demand in this sector for cost-effective and reliable communications from a supplier with a first class reputation for service delivery excellence.

Availability and coverage of these new services are defined by the service areas of Satlynx’s platforms. Based on different satellites operating at Ku, extended-Ku and C-band frequencies, footprints are extensive across the EMEA region and include Africa and its west coast, an area of the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the Baltic Sea, the Mediterranean and the Gulf of Oman. Inland, coverage includes the waterways of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Global coverage is currently provided via SCPC technology on dedicated bandwidth.

Satlynx provides full end-to-end design, build and operate solutions for its customers as well as offering wholesale services to specialised value-added resellers. An appropriate subset of the latest stabilised antenna systems are supported as well as a wide choice of service classes and flexible options for increasing bandwidth and performance.

“Our new services provide many valuable benefits for a wide audience - we are able to address diverse markets from global shipping fleets to luxury yachts and from industrial offshore vessels to barges and leisure cruisers on inland waterways”, said Andy Frost, VP Marketing & Business Development. “The services we offer provide a more cost-effective solution to extending corporate applications into the operating environment whilst enabling a wider communications path for the crew to stay in touch with what is going on back at home”.