Telenor Maritime, the global maritime mobile operator in the Norwegian Telenor group, has teamed up with SES and announced the introduction of the mobile ecosystem onboard Silversea Cruises’ entire fleet.
“Global VSAT services and mobile broadband backhaul, 3G, Wi-Fi and digital services supporting the complete digital value chain vastly enhancing the customer experience, with speeds up to 150Mb/s,” the company said in a statement
“We met their (Silversea’s) requirements through innovation in technology and way of working. SES with their global concept as sole airtime provider across the globe, combined with our mobile background and ability to optimising services end to end over satellite links proved immensely successful,” said Frode Støldal, CEO of Telenor Maritime.
“For the first time, cruise guests can truly use their mobile devices like at home, with no constraints on Apps such as Facebook, YouTube or even Netflix. These capabilities are real game changers,” Frode Støldal continues.