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Revamping services for maritime fleets

Thu 07 Jul 2016

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Dan Rooney (SpeedCast): “A product that works in offshore can be irrelevant to bulker fleets”
SpeedCast has revamped its value added services for maritime markets after conducting a holistic study into the VSAT sector, asking shipping companies and seafarers what they required from VSAT and broadband connectivity. SpeedCast maritime product director Dan Rooney said the results of the study led to the company modifying its SeaCast product line for current and future maritime requirements.
“We discovered that many VSAT provider’s additional services are not viewed as relevant by the maritime sector… a product that works in offshore can be irrelevant to bulker fleets,” said Mr Rooney. This led to the introduction of the SeaCast Sigma flexible communications management platform.
“It is a scalable solution that fits anything from a small fishing vessel through to the largest tanker,” he added. SeaCast Sigma can be used to manage SpeedCast VSAT, L-band and cellular communications. “For management of crew-browsing, SeaCast Sigma is extremely flexible and can generate hotel-style internet access vouchers for crew members, on a time or data limited basis,” Mr Rooney explained.
SpeedCast also has the SpeedStar optimisation device for wide area networks, providing acceleration, compression and caching techniques for VSAT links. “This includes optimisation of browsing, increasing the user experience on board,” he continued. “SpeedStar provides the IT Manager with an overview of network activity on board via its advanced reporting abilities. This is especially useful for onboard network monitoring.”
Another application SpeedCast has introduced is SpeedTalk, for pre-paid and post-paid voice communications. Mr Rooney said this was available over telephone links, or on mobile devices with an Android or Apple operating system. “Business calling to and from a vessel is optimised through geographic numbers and full post-paid reporting is available to IT managers,” he said. SpeedCast also offers web filtering for both business and crew networks via an access control list, or content-based filtering, controlled by the IT Manager on shore. SpeedCast said its airtime and services are delivered to more than 7,000 vessels