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Article: New Skies provides enhanced flexibility for mobile communications throughout Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.(Netherlands)(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- European Telecom
- Article date:
- December 1, 2004
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New Skies Satellites B.V., the global satellite communications company, announced a new service for Broadband Maritime, a telecommunications service provider offering broadband communications services for ships at sea, which allows their customer vessels to transition autonomously between the NSS-5 Pacific Ocean region and NSS-7 Atlantic Ocean region satellites.
It is typically the case in the commercial satellite communications industry that a customer is required to notify an operator's network operation center prior to a user transitioning from one satellite to another, or vice versa. New Skies now will allow Broadband Maritime and other maritime customers, as ...