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Changing the way you communicate

BT Nabs Princess Contract

Princess Cruise Ships has signed a contract with BT North America Inc. for Inmarsat satellite communica- tions services. Princess will pur- chase BT Inmarsat A, B-Sat, and C-

Sat services for ship-to-shore voice communication services through the remainder of 1998. The cruise line reportedly intends to add B-Sat High

Speed Data communications in a few months.

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ORBCOMM Keeps It Clear

Founded in 1990, ORBCOMM has grown its business quickly and now employs more than 300 individuals to provide its vast array of monitoring, tracking and position determination and two- way messaging services. It dif- ferentiates itself from the pack with whole fleet management products, including, for example, the tracking of barges anywhere.

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Stratos Keeps Expanding

Service

Stratos Mobile Networks is a multi-network mobile satellite service provider offering a diverse portfolio of communications ser- vices to the maritime and land customers. The companies world- wide satellite facilities enable a full range of satellite services.

GN Comtext is linking up with

Stratos to provide a new ship-to- shore messaging system, Ocean-

Connect. Ocean-Connect will ulti- mately allow direct satellite com- munications between all ship and shore based messaging equipment via a dedicated secure network.

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Stratos Partners With

SpecTec

Stratos Mobile Networks recent- ly announced a partnership with

SpecTec to provide AMOS Mail

High Speed Data service. The 64Kbps service will provide

Inmarsat mobile satellite users in the four ocean regions with a high speed data link to a mailbox on the AMOS Mail server.

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Globe Wireless Introduces

GMDSS Connection

Globe Wireless, a global mar- itime telecommunications service provider, offers shipowners a way to more fully utilize their invest- ment in GMDSS with GMDSS

Connection package, a

ChartCo's service and complemen- tary paper data.

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Clearing The Air

Satellite Marketing specializes in the supply and installation of satellite television for marine applications. The company is the commercial agent for many manu- facturers and service providers, including Datron, DMC, DirecTV and USSB.

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Inmarsat Proceeds Toward

Privatization

In it's latest move toward privati- zation, the Inmarsat Council has approved steps for the establish- ment of interim funding arrange- ments to allow for the start up of the Horizons project. Project

Horizons is Inmarsat's initiative comprising a constellation of four geostationary satellites to offer broadband, high-speed mobile multi-media services to users with portable/mobile terminals. The first Horizons satellite is planned to be operational by 2002.

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All the boats in the Whitbread Around the World Race 1997/98 have chosen

Inmarsat terminals from Nera to keep in touch with the rest of the world du- ring this extremely tough regatta.

Nera's well-tested Saturn B and

Saturn C terminals ensure the participants standard phone connecti- ons, fax, e-mail and video recording transmission.

During the autumn of 1997, Nera introduced a new satellite station which is well suited for small crafts and pleasure boats, but also ideal as

All Nera Inmarsat terminals are at the cutting edge of operational safety and connection quality.

Nera are the world's leading supplier of Inmarsat stations, with a worldwide service network of subsi- diaries and agents.

By the end of 1997 Nera had delivered nearly 2 000 B Marine ter- minals, which represents a market share of more than 40 percent

Nera Satcom AS

P.O. Box 91, N-1361 Billingstad, Norway

Tel: +47 67 24 47 00, Fax: +47 67 24 46 21

Homepage: http://www.nera.no relief or back-up for larger commerci- al vessels or passenger ships. The

Nera WorldPhone Marine is small, light, easy to use and install, and abo- ve all, affordable.

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