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Thuraya Enters Maritime Market




2 June 2008
Thuraya recently launched a new, competitive ThurayaMarine service designed for a wide variety of sea-going segments. The compact size, user-friendliness and price affordability of its new terminal make it a convenient and attractive solution to have onboard fishing boats, leisure yachts and several vehicle types used in the marine transport industry.

The new ThurayaMarine terminal, which has specially been built for a maritime environment, is a multi-purpose communication device, that supports voice, fax, data, GPS and GmPRS communications in the middle of the sea. With a water-resistant and omni-directional antenna, ThurayaMarine ensures that link with satellite is uninterrupted at all times, which gives a high service reliability for sailing ships and their passengers. 

The product which hit the market last week will initially be distributed a group of key maritime distributors including Fort Info Technology, Xtralink, Intermatica, Satlink and IEC. Further partnerships with world’s specialised marine telecom distributors are in the pipeline, as Thuraya expects to lure a majority of renowned maritime partners.  

Company CEO Mr. Yousuf Al Sayed says, “Considering that the maritime segment traditionally accounts for the largest part of satellite telecom industry, we envisage that the launch of ThurayaMarine will be highly promising for us.”   

“The expanded coverage area that we have announced early this year towards Asia-Pacific with all the additional maritime waterways brought under our system footprint, as well as the highly affordable terminal and calling prices will make ThurayaMarine a popular gadget for the marine industry in the very near future,” added Mr. Yousuf Al Sayed. 

He also pointed out that Thuraya’s drive for innovating new products and diversifying solutions based on its satellite system is aimed at maintaining the Company’s business expansion and sustainable growth. 

Thuraya covers the Arabian Gulf, Red Sea, Mediterranean, Arabian Sea, North Sea, Baltic Sea, substantial parts of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans and international waters in most of the Asia-Pacific.