Telenor Satellite Services, a subsidiary of Norwegian-listed Telenor says it now offers high-speed 128 kbps maritime satellite communications service globally. Telenor has added Pacific Ocean coverage to its existing Fleet F77 128 kbps service in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions. The service is terminated at the company's Pacific Ocean teleport in Santa Paula, California. The Fleet F77 128 kbps service operates over the Inmarsat satellite system and uses Fleet F77 hardware while virtually doubling the data speed normally available associated with the service.
The Fleet service and hardware, commercially available since 2002, is currently used by many large vessels such as merchant ships, oil and energy transport ships, cruise liners and ferries, and super yachts. "Telenor is consistently at the forefront of offering enhanced services and new applications to meet the business communications requirements of the global maritime industry,” said Anders Kallerud, executive vice president for Telenor Satellite Services. "Telenor's 128 kbps service makes a real difference in the way vessels are able to use data and manage operations 'at sea.' The service affords ships the capability to be an active node on the corporate network regardless of their location.”