Vizada Provides Key Maritime Solutions for New Inmarsat FleetPhone

29 July 2011

Vizada, will provide the new Inmarsat FleetPhone maritime handset with email and data transfer capabilities to its extensive network of service provider partners. Vizada will optimize the phone’s capabilities by adding several Vizada SolutionsTM including SkyFile® Mail, Universal CardTM and Satellite Direct®. Vizada’s FleetPhone is packaged with a unique crew calling promotion, providing cost-effective crew calling to shipping companies, while eliminating upfront hardware investment.

Inmarsat’s new entry-level voice service will feature not only high quality voice calls and voicemail, but also text and email messaging capabilities. A supplemental voice line enables the captain to benefit from dedicated private communications while the crew maintains their own lines for personal or professional calling. The PBX integration allows for simple calling between the different phones located on the ship. Inmarsat is offering a choice of robust terminals and antennas to support the FleetPhone service.

The Vizada Solutions offered as part of the service have been upgraded for FleetPhone compatibility:

·         Universal Card, Vizada’s crew calling card solution, can be used jointly with the handset and the Vizada call blocker to control prepaid calling for captain and crew.

·         The SkyFile Mail messaging software enables email compression as well as anti-virus protection and spam filtering.

·         With Satellite Direct, end users also benefit from cheap rates to call FleetPhone units from shore locations around the world. 

Vizada has already received pre-orders from service providers eager to provide the optimized FleetPhone service to their maritime customers. “Our partners know they can count on Vizada to distribute first-rate products and solutions, including brand new products such as the FleetPhone,” states David Vanderbeck, FleetPhone Product Manager, Vizada “As experts in crew communications, we believe that our Inmarsat FleetPhone package is ideally designed for shipping companies and will make the service very attractive.”