Eutelsat selected by
Telenor Maritime for maritime mobility services
in Europe, Trans-Atlantic routes, the Caribbean,
and South East Asia
May 6th 2020
Eutelsat Communications has
secured a multi-year contract with Telenor
Maritime to provide Ku coverage on a regional
basis for sailing areas in Europe,
Trans-Atlantic crossings, the Caribbean and
South East Asia.
Eutelsat will leverage
several of its satellites in order to deliver
targeted capacity with guaranteed levels of
throughput to specific sailing areas under a
managed services agreement. It will enable the
delivery of high speed internet connectivity to
cruise and ferry passengers by extending GSM
roaming to the vessel and/or selling access to
on-board WiFi networks.From the outset of the
contract, Telenor Maritime Vessels will
progressively transfer vessels onto the network
in a proactive manner.
At a later stage, Telenor
Maritime will migrate vessels onto Eutelsat’s Ka
band satellite, Konnect VHTS in Europe when it
is available, making it the first reference
customer from the maritime industry on the new
satellite.
Lars Erik Lunøe, CEO of
Telenor Maritime said: “We are pleased to extend
our collaboration with Eutelsat. Eutelsat was
selected based on its ability to deliver the
right platform/ and service mix to suit our
target markets and the flexibility to
accommodate our high standards with respect to
the latency of voice traffic, capacity
management and deployment flexibility.”
Philippe Oliva, Chief
Commercial Officer of Eutelsat Communications
said: “We thank Telenor Maritime for placing its
trust in Eutelsat, and making us its main
supplier of managed maritime connectivity
services, enabling it to extend its offer of
high speed connectivity to its customers. This
contract testifies to the unparalleled coverage
of Eutelsat’s fleet as well as its flexible and
innovative approach in delivering tailor-made
solutions for its customers.”