MARITIME COMMUNICATION SERVICES

Sept. 15, 2019

Union Minister for Communications, Electronics & Information Technology launched the maritime communication services at Mumbai.

About: 

  • Maritime Connectivity will enable high-end support to those in sea by providing access to Voice, Data and Video services while traveling on sailing vessels, cruise liners, ships in India, using satellite technology. 

  • VSAT solutions provider ‘Nelco’, a Tata enterprise has become India’s first company to provide broadband services to the maritime sector. 

  • Satellite bandwidth has been provided on Indian Satellites by ISRO for providing In-flight and Maritime Communications (IFMC) service. 

Source : The Hindu

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