Inmarsat FB150 Goes Live

Thursday, July 02, 2009

Inmarsat has confirmed that its new FleetBroadband 150 (FB150) service is now live and passing commercial voice and data traffic on the network. According to Piers Cunningham, Director of Maritime Business for Inmarsat, FB150 was “designed specifically to handle broadband IP data, as well as high-quality voice and SMS.” The company has begun shipping new hardware to accompany the system.

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