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Article: Mercy Ships Announces Satellite Agreement For World's Largest Non-Governmental Hospital Ship; Maritime Telecommunications Network In Global Alliance.
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- PR Newswire
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- December 17, 2001
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GARDEN VALLEY, Texas -- Mercy Ships announced today from their corporate headquarters that they have secured a strategic alliance with Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN). MTN will provide all satellite equipment, monitoring, support, bandwidth and logistics. The hardware will be provided by MTN as part of the agreement.
Having a reliable, 24/7 communications ability has long been a dream for Mercy Ships, which often sends its ships to locations where adequate communication facilities are not available. Until now, that dream has seemed out of reach. However, with today's announcement, one of the three vessels in the Mercy Ships fleet will be equipped with ...