Business Editors/High-Tech Writers
OSLO, Norway & ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 2004
Telenor to Provide High-Speed Sealink Service for Two Brittany Ferries Now With Agreement for Up To Eight Vessels
Telenor Satellite Services today announced that it has signed a three-year agreement with Brittany Ferries with headquarters in Roscoff-France, to provide high-speed data communications via satellite.
Under terms of the agreement, Telenor will provide Ku-Band service for two Brittany vessels, the Val de Loire and Brittany's newest vessel the Pont Aven, with an option to install as many as six additional Sealink systems for the rest of the company's ferry fleet.
Operating at speeds up to 192 kbits per second, Telenor's Sealink service allows guests and crew to enjoy greater access to e-mail, fax services, and telephone service. The service provides high-speed data communications coverage throughout Western Europe.
The system now installed aboard the Val de Loire and early in 2004 aboard the new Pont Aven offers one of the industry's most advanced shipboard satellite communications solutions available today complete with the highest reliability for the maritime community.
"Brittany Ferries is committed to providing top quality services for our customers and we are constantly seeking new ways to provide new features and services for our guests traveling on board our ships," said Francois Seminel, directeur informatique for Brittany Ferries. "Our selection of the Sealink maritime VSAT system, with its industry-leading record of reliability and end-to-end quality control, is proof of our ongoing commitment to our customers."
"Telenor is pleased to welcome the Brittany Ferries fleet to our growing list of more than 80 ferries operating throughout Europe and around the world using our Sealink maritime VSAT solution for on board satellite communications," said Pal Jensen, vice president of Telenor Satellite Services. "Our 'always on, fixed price' service coupled with Sealink's end-to-end customer care and technical expertise provide Brittany Ferries with communications systems that offer real-time and reliable service and are fully managed for them by Telenor."
Brittany Ferries operates a fleet of seven vessels serving ports In France, England Spain and Ireland.
Sealink is Telenor's suite of digital high-speed communications solutions that extend corporate networks and make other broadband communications available on a leased basis to ships at sea. Sealink provides turnkey managed communications solutions for a wide variety of maritime industries as well as ocean-going transportation and supply operations. All communications are delivered through Telenor's fully owned network of Earth Stations. For more information on Sealink and the rest of Telenor's portfolio of communications services via satellite go to Telenor's Web site at www.telenor.com/satellite.
About Telenor:
Headquartered in Oslo, Norway, Telenor is an international provider of high quality telecommunications, data and media communication services. Telenor is one of Norway's largest companies with 2002 revenues of approximately NOK 48.8 billion (approximately U.S. $7 billion) and a workforce of 22,100 located in Norway and abroad. Telenor is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange (TEL) and the NASDAQ in New York (TELN).
Telenor Satellite Services is the world's preferred provider of global communications via satellite for customers on land, at sea, and in flight. Telenor delivers high-speed data, voice and video communications and offers an innovative portfolio of value-added services including, prepaid calling solutions, easy Internet access with e-mail and direct calling to Inmarsat terminals. Telenor also offers The Source(TM), a web-based account management system available exclusively to Telenor Service Providers. Telenor Satellite Services owns and operates a global network of land earth stations located at Eik (Norway) and Southbury (Connecticut) and Santa Paula, California, in the United States, and uses the satellite systems of Inmarsat, Intelsat, and Iridium for its services. Telenor is the largest single shareholder (15 percent) of Inmarsat Ventures plc. For more information look us up on the Web at www.telenor.com/satellite.
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