"Increasingly our communication services play a vital role in improving the quality of life for mariners by offering social and operational lifelines between ship and shore," said Samer Halawi, regional manager for Inmarsat. "With our free 'C-mail' gift this year, seafarers around the Muslim world had the opportunity to stay in touch with each other as never before. We extend our gift to the rest of the season's holidays for the entire maritime community to benefit from."
Family and friends of seafarers need only log on to www.inmarsat.com/seamail and follow the simple step-by-step instructions to dispatch their e-mail within seconds. With the help of the Land Earth Stations operated by telecommunication companies, e-mails will be transmitted directly to ships of all sizes across the globe via Inmarsat C terminals. Inmarsat C is a technology that allows the maritime industry to send and receive data, via Inmarsat 's third generation of satellites, from ships to any part of the world.
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Inmarsat extends Eid's gift to end of the year
- United Arab Emirates: Monday, December 24 - 2001 at 10:15
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After celebrating Eid this year with the Muslim community around the world by giving them free email access from any marine vessel fitted with an Inmarsat C-terminal, Inmarsat, the global mobile satellite communications company, yesterday announced that it is extending its season's greetings to seafarers around the world until the end of the year.
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Inmarsat is the world's preferred and most successful celestial extension to terrestrial communication networks. The company provides robust and reliable communications solutions to businesses around the world, in areas where there is no coverage, and where cost is prohibitive, through a global area network that is reliable, fast, secure and cost effective.About Inmarsat Limited
Inmarsat Ltd owns and operates a global satellite network and delivers its solutions through a global distribution network of approximately 200 distributors and other service providers operating in over 150 countries to end users in the maritime, land and aeronautical sectors.
Inmarsat Ltd has a portfolio of satellite solutions, including voice, fax, intranet and Internet access and other data services.
Inmarsat Ltd has over 21 years of experience in designing, implementing and operating satellite networks.
At the end of December 2000, approximately 200,000 terminals were registered to access Inmarsat Ltd's services.
Inmarsat Ltd is also supported by partners in the fields of equipment manufacture, software provision and systems integration.
Inmarsat Ltd is a subsidiary of Inmarsat Ventures plc.
Visit http://www.inmarsat.com for more information.
Posted by Anne-Birte Stensgaard, News EditorMonday, December 24 - 2001 at 10:15 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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This article was updated on Sun Jun 13 2004.
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