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Satellite Communications

EU Examines SatNav System

Not enamored with depending on the U.S. and Russia for satnav capabilities, the European Union (EU) recently earmarked $82.5 million for development of its own next-generation satellite navigation system, the

Galileo project. The funds are to be used to set the technical parameters for the system, examine the avail- ability of private sector finance and begin cooperation with the U.S. and Russia, whose own satellite systems will be rivaled by Galileo. Galileo — or the Global

Navigation Satellite System — could eventually be used for everything from tracking stolen vehicles to ensuring air safety to managing road charging systems.

Acting EU Transport Studies into the organizational and technical aspects of Galileo are due to be complet- ed late in 2000 or early in 2001, and a final decision on the project is due shortly thereafter.

MTN Signs Exclusive Contract With AT&T

Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN), a subsidiary of ICG Satellite Services, signed an exclu- sive seven-year lease agreement with AT&T to provide

C-Band equipment including antennas, stabilized plat- forms and terminal services to be used on U.S. Navy ships around the world. The new agreement extends

MTN's previous contract with AT&T and will include the installation of at least 15 APTS systems on board military ships. The MTN system enables sailors to uti- lize their AT&T Calling Cards to make calls from any- where in the world. The lease agreement allows renew- al options, which will grant AT&T the ability to con- tinue service throughout the term of the APTS Pro- gram's life.

First Center for Official ENC's Is Open

PRIMAR is the very first Regional Coordinating

Centre for Official Electronic Navigational Charts with an Operational ENC Service available from July 1999.

PRIMAR, which is located in Stavanger, Norway, has been established on behalf of the participating Hydro- graphic Offices within Europe to integrate and supply their Official ENCs to the international shipping indus- try. The operators of PRIMAR are the Norwegian Map- ping Authority, through its ECC (Electronic Chart Cen- tre), and The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office.

NEW PRODUCT

New KVH Tracphone

Crew Calling (TCC) Concept

The new Tracphone Crew Calling (TCC) concept — introduced at Nor-

Shipping '99 — is designed to offer a cost-effective solution to opera- tors seeking to improve communi- cation efficiency while reducing costs. The Tracphone Crew Calling Tracphone (TCC) concept is based on using the professional KVH Tracphone 50 sys- tem, which uses the Inmarsat mini-M spotbeam satellite communication service to provide almost worldwide voice communication. The Tracphone 50 is reportedly proven to be attractive to high seas ves- sels because of its extended range in the fringe spot- beam areas. In principle, the TCC may be based on one of three concepts: Prepaid SIM-Card; Prepaid

Scratch Card or Payphone.

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The PRIMAR Service will be sold only through a net- work of authorized distributors. Ships and other users will be able to receive electronic chart data and updates via CD-ROM, Inmarsat, ISDN or GSM. The ENCs delivered by PRIMAR will be fully compliant with

IMO and IHO standards so that they may be used legal- ly to navigate any ship, including those subject to the

IMO SOLAS convention, when used within an approved ECDIS.

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Comsat Wins Five Year

Navy Contract

Comsat recently won a satellite services con- tract from the U.S. Navy, with a maximum value of $111.9 million over a five year period.

Comsat will provide global satellite service over Inmarsat for 64 kbps high-speed data, along with voice and multimedia communica- tions. These services will be provided to any of the Navy's deployed battlegroups and their associated Marine amphibious readiness groups, and include ship-to-shore, ship-to-ship and shore-to-ship communications.

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Globe Communications

Center Introduced

Globe Wireless, a communications service provider offering communications for the mar- itime industry, recently introduced the Globe

Communications Center, designed as a one- stop ship for communication needs onboard vessels. With the new center, onboard person- nel have a single interface that handles all mes- saging and data transfer. The user simply addresses and types the message, attaches a data file and clicks the Send button.

Having recently merged with Marinet Sys- tems, Globe Wireless now has expertise to deliver products incorporating the best of satel- lite and HE Together, the companies provide services to more than 2,800 vessels, have oper- ations in 16 countries and sales offices and agents in 15 countries. Marinet was a pioneer in the introduction of e-mail and data commu- nications to the maritime industry using

Inmarsat services more than 10 years ago.

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Sailor Iridium System: World's

Smallest Satellite Terminal

S.P. Radio A/S has followed through on deliv- ering communications innovation. At the recent

NorShipping exhibition, the company was pre- senting a live Sailor Iridium Single Channel and a live Sailor Iridium Multi Channel, mak- ing it possible to make calls from the Sailor

Iridium equipment. The Sailor Iridium system is reportedly the world's smallest satellite ter- minal, with a minimal sized aerial to allow installation on the smallest commercial vessels.

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BT Unveils Innovative Sat Service

British Telecom launched a new satellite ser- ©SAILOR

SALES AND SERVICE AGENTS

ANTILLES (NETHERLANDS)

Radio-Holland Caribbean N.V. • Oracao NA

Phone: +599 94 612577 • Fax: +599 94 612723

ARGENTINA

SEN S.R.L -Buenos Aires

Phone: +541 361 1496 • Fax: +541 361 2606

AUSTRALIA

Rubin Group Pty Limited • Artarmon NSW

Phone: +41 2 94392333 Fax: +61 2 94392278 a.m.i. sales • O'Connor, Western Australia

Phone:+61 89 337 3266 Fax:+«1 89 3142929

BAHRAIN

Aeradio Technical Services • Mina Salman Port

Phone: +973 727790 • Fax: +973 727811

BANGLADESH

Graphics Communications Ltd. - Dhaka

Phone: +680 2 89 2440 • Fax: +880 2 883627

BELGIUM

Antwerp Marine Radio Company N.V. • Antwerp

Phone:+32 3 202 0499 Fax:+32 3 202 0493

BRAZIL 0.L Naval Ltda. • Rio de Janeiro

Phone: +55 21 509 8667 • Fax: +55 21 242 7934

BULGARIA

International Marine Technologies Ltd.' Rousse

Phone: +359 82 228216 • Fax: +359 82 822230

CANADA

Radio Holland (Canada) Ltd. - North Vancouver

Phone: +1 604 293 2900 • Fax: +1 604 293 2930

CHILE

Serprotec Ltda. - Valparaiso (Deep Sea)

Phone: +56 32 232780 • Fax: +56 32 212215

Simrad SA • Santiago (Fishing)

Phone: +56 2 2351068 • Fax: +56 2 235 8732

COLOMBIA

Bectr6nica Maritima Ltda Cartagena

Phone: +575 663 3789 • Fax: +575 663 3643

CROATIA

BELAM-Zastupstvo i Sen/is Rijeka

Phone: +385 51 672343 Fax: +385 51 672179

CYPRUS

A P. Hadjipieros Ltd. • Limasso!

Phone: +357 5 345972 • Fax: +357 5 345973

ECUADOR

Industrial Anabra C. Ltda - Guayaquil

Phone: +593 4 309766 Fax: +593 4 313694

Nautical del Ecuador - Manta

Phone: +593 5 628900 Fax: +593 5 628910

EGYPT

Suez Electronics Engineering S Trading Ltd. • Cairo

Phone: +20 2 2742911 • Fax: +20 2 2745219

ESTONIA

A/S RSTA-Tallinn

Phone: +372 6 312082 • Fax: +372 6 312082

FAROE ISLANDS

S.P Radio A/S - Denmark

Phone: +45 96 34 61 00 • Fax: +45 96 34 61 01 (for further information)

FINLAND

ASPO Systems Oy Espoo

Phone:+358 9 435 5670 Fax:+358 9 435 56710

Navidec Oy • Helsinki

Phone: +358 9 700 17 780 • Fax: +358 9 179 830

FRANCE

Geoiink - Roquevaire

Phone: +33 4 42 32 99 00 • Fax: +33 4 42 32 94 95

SDM Electronic je • Sartrouvilie Cedex

Phone: +331 39146833 Fax: +331 39133022

GERMANY

Ebia GmbH • Rellingen/Hamburg

Phone: +49 4101 30100 • Fax: +49 4101 301214

GIBRALTAR

Electro Med - Marina Bay

Phone: +350 77077 • Fax: +350 72051

GREECE

Marac Electronics SA • Perama - Piraeus

Phone: +30 1 4314361 • Fax: +30 1 43 14234

GREENLAND

S.P. Radio A/S Denmark

Phone:+45 96 34 61 00 Fax:+45 96 34 61 01 (for further information)

HOLLAND

Radio-Holland Marine B.V. • Rotterdam

Phone: +31 10 4283344 • Fax: +31 10 4281498

Saitron B.V. - Utrecht

Phone: +31 30 2840850 • Fax: +31 30 2937642

HONGKONG

Radio Holland B.V. • Kwai Chung N.T.

Phone: +652 24239007 • Fax: +852 24805898

Hoi Tung Communication & Navigation Co. Ltd

Phone: +852 25421262 • Fax: +852 25431137

ICELAND

Radiomidun Ltd. • Reykjavik

Phone:+354 511 1010 Fax:+354 511 1020

INDIA

Elcome Marine Services Pvt. Ltd. • New Bombay

Phone: +91 22 762 91 26 • Fax: +91 22 762 91 50

PT Panorama Timur Jaya • Jakarta

Phone: +«2 21 475 6788 • Fax: +62 21 4751688

IRAN

Kaman Hormozgan Marine Engineering • Tehran

Phone: +96 21 222 8020 • Fax: +98 21 222 4502

ISRAEL

Alhout-Yam Ltd. • Haifa

Phone: +972 4 86 20804 • Fax: +972 4 8627404

ITALY

Compagnia Generate Telemar • Roma

Phone: +39 063 221 800 Fax: +39 063 240148

Generalmare est S.R.L. • Chiavari

Phone: +39 0185 323 356 Fax: +39 0185 322 731

IVORY COAST

Nautical Afrique • Abidjan

Phone: +225 250136 • Fax: +225 250137

JAPAN

Kaigai Gijyutsu K.K. • Yokohama

Phone: +81 45 6647318 • Fax: +81 45 6647320

KOREA

Samyang Radio Co. Ltd. • Pusan

Phone: +82 51 413 5000 Fax: +82 51 413 5002

Tum-On Electronics Company • Pusan

Phone: +82 51 462 3930 • Fax: +32 51 462 3089

KUWAIT

Elcome international • Safat

Phone: +965 2406822 • Fax: +965 2406833

LATVIA / LITHUANIA

Transas Marine Baltia - Riga

Phone: +371 7286585 • Fax: +371 7821202

LEBANON

Selmar Electronics SAR.L Beirut

Phone: +961 1 491 489 • Fax: +961 1 495 325

MALTA

Medcomms Ltd. • Gzira

Phone: +356 335521 • Fax: +356 310820

MOROCCO

Soremar Casa • Casablanca

Phone: +212 2 442802 • Fax: +212 2 305385

NAMIBIA

Radio Electronic c.c. • Walvis Bay

Phone: +264 64 207 483 • + 264 64 206 916

NEW ZEALAND

Wrights Ltd. • Wellington

Phone:+64 4 568 8975 Fax:+64 4 568 8361

NIGERIA

Netarcomms Nigeria Ltd. • Lagos State

Phone: +234 1 470 2959 • Fax: +234 1 545 2376

NORWAY

SAILOR Norge as - Oslo

Phone: +47 22 89 7875 • Fax: +47 22 89 7804

SULTANATE OF OMAN

Elcome Internationl • Muttrah

Phone: +966 788 332 • Fax: +968 788 331

PAKISTAN

International Aeradio Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd. • Karachi

Phone: +92 21 5837800 • Fax: +92 21 5870331

REPUBLIC OF PANAMA

Proveedora Tecnica, SA. • Panama

Phone: +507 227 3533 • Fax: +507 2271053

POLAND

EPA Ltd. • Szczecin

Phone: +48 914 874 885 Fax: +48 914 875 014

PORTUGAL

Nautel - Electronica Maritima, Lda. • Lisbon

Phone:+351 1 39 20 940 - Fax:+351 1 39 20 949

GATAR

Eastern Technical Services Co. • Doha

Phone: +974 477412 • Fax: +974 478282

RUMANIA

Imsat Maritime SA Constanta • Constanta

Phone: +40 41 639038 • Fax: +40 41 674356

RUSSIA

Transas Marine Ltd. • St. Petersburg

Phone: +7 812 325 3131 • Fax: +7 812 567 1901

Moretron Ltd • Muimansk

Phone: +47 8510144 • Fax: +47 85 10144

SAUDI ARABIA

Key Communications Development Ltd. • Dammam

Phone: +966 3 8336940 • Fax: +966 3 8330728

SINGAPORE

Radio Holland Singapore • Singapore

Phone: +65 8622218 • Fax: +65 8622430

SOUTH AFRICA

Cape Maritime Electronics (Pty.) Ltd. • Cape Town

Phone: +27 21 551 3204 • Fax: +27 21 551 3206

Radio Holland Group • Paarden Eiland (Cape Town)

Phone: +27 21 511 0864 • Fax: +27 21 511 7577

SPAIN

Nautical • San Sebastian de los Reyes (Madrid)

Phone: +34 91 6549411 • Fax: +34 91 6549600

SWEDEN

Vingtor Marine AB • Askim/G6teborg

Phone: +46 31 668400 • Fax: +46 31 683660

TAIWAN R.O.C.

Unimax Electric & Co.. Ltd. • Kaohsiung

Phone: +686 7 815 9775 • Fax: +386 7 8151775

A & Marine Co., Ltd. • Samutprakarn

Phone:+66 2 703 5544 Fax:+66 2 703 55 25

TUNISIA

Alcatel Tunisie • Tunis Cedex

Phone: +2161 717177 • Fax: +216 1 719888

TURKEY

Etektro-Deniz Ltd. - Istanbul

Phone:+90 216392 77 29 • Fax:+90 216 392 80 18

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Elcome International LLC. • Dubai

Phone: +971 4 342333 • Fax: +971 4 342465

UNITED KINGDOM

Ships Electronic Services Ltd. • Rochester (Kent)

Phone:+441634 295500 • Fax:+44 1634 295536

URUGUAY

Electromaritima Uiuguaya Ltda. • Montevideo

Phone: +598 2 924 77 69 • Fax: +598 2 924 71 38

USA

Radio-Holland USA. Inc. • Houston (Texas)

Phone: +1 713 943 3325 • Fax: +1 713 943 3802

VENEZUELA

Radio-Holland De Venezuela S A • Maracaibo

Phone: +5861 987611 • Fax: +5861 982596 42 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News