Inmarsat signs 1,500 vessel Fleet Xpress deal with Tototheo

UP TO 1,500 VESSELS GAIN ACCESS TO INMARSAT’S FLEET XPRESS SERVICE FOLLOWING AGREEMENT WITH TOTOTHEO.

SATLINK Satellite Communicationpartn, a division of Limassol-based Tototheo Group, has agreed a deal with UK-based Inmarsat to integrate Fleet Xpress into Satlink’s existing service portfolio.

The deal means more than 1,500 vessels will be brought into the Fleet Xpress service over a five-year period.

With a $1.6bn investment cost Inmarsat is promoting Global Xpress hard. In the maritime sector it has established Fleet Xpress (a mix of L-band and Ka-band services) pushing it as the route to creating the “connected ship.”

Satlink/Tototheo supplies, services and integrates installs satellite communications equipment on vessels. Its customers own merchant fleets, offshore, fishing and leisure vessels.

Read more about this deal on Inmarsat’s website

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