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MariTel Completes Field Test of Wireless DSC VHF

MariTel, The Marine Telephone Company, has success- fully completed field testing of its "Next Generation" wireless DSC (Digital Selective Calling) marine VHF radiotelephone Network. For the first time in the U.S., users have the ability to place direct-dial, private, auto- matically routed VHF telephone calls between ship and shore. The testing also demonstrates the Network's abili- ty to provide accurate vessel location services, which will be used by vessel operators, cargo owners, family and friends. The test also proved that the MariTel

Network exceeds the U.S. Coast Guard's (USCG) 20- mile minimum requirement for DSC VHF radiotelephone coverage for the mandated National Defense

Replacement and Safety Modernization Program (NDRSMP). Telephone calls were routinely connected 25-30 miles from the tower sites MariTel's effective area is also determined by tower site topography and vessel antenna height, permitting coverage from up to 50 to 100 miles from shore.

The company plans to launch its first wireless Network coverage in the Gulf of Mexico and on the lower

Mississippi River during the month of May, subsequent to the completion of commercial "Beta" testing.

The completion of the field test also confirms MariTel's ability to successfully apply its marine communications business model. The company owns all nine regional

Federal Communications Commission licenses to provide wireless telephone interconnect in the marine VHF radio spectrum.

The company has also concluded a $31 million private equity financing transaction, according to Mitchell

Hauser, president and CEO. The company's list of investors includes American Tower Corporation, Wafra

Partners, Harris Corporation, Williams Communications,

Northwood Ventures and MCT

Investors. With the announcement,

MariTel has raised $61.5 million in equi- ty financing to date.

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Freighter In For Repairs

The Norwegian International Register freighter Lysfoss. which sailed from

Belfast on May 20, bound for Bremen to carry out repairs, sustained damage when it ran aground off the west of

Scotland on May 7 carrying a small amount of hazardous waste plus 3,718 tons of paper and timber, and was refloated on May 12. At the time, the 3,728-dwt freighter was being escorted by a tug.

Carnival To Sell Airtours

Airtours Pic stock price fell when

Carnival Corp announced that it would sell its 25 percent stake in the company.

The stake was worth around $514.8 mil- lion at the time of the announcement.

Investment banks UBS Warburg and

Deutsche Bank are acting as joint bookrunners. Airtours, which is the largest distributor of Carnival cruises in the U.S., said the commercial relation- ship between the two companies would survive.

Introducing Polarstar, the newest deck suit from

Imperial, manufacturer of the Original Immersion

Suit for 30 years.

For info on the new

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Suit, call 1-800-592-6255 810 NW 45th St.

Seattle, WA98107

Phone: 206-783-5512

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