Iridium Provides Low Cost Satellite Email for Zodiac Ships
Zodiac Maritime Agencies Ltd., a major international ship management company, has equipped its fleet of 132 ships with an Iridium-based satellite e-mail system sin a move to reduce the rising costs of ship-to-shore communication. The shipboard package includes a Thrane and Thrane Sailor ST4120 transceiver bundled with Rapidomail software. Satellite airtime is being supplied in partnership with France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications, an Iridium service provider.
The Rapidomail system provides a complete integrated e-mail solution for a ship’s business and crew calling. The crew mail service operates on a prepaid platform, using a unique virtual pin technology. Each participating crew member gets a private password protected mailbox. Value-added services include crew shopping, news, weather and sports results.
Zodiac’s shore-based managers have access to Web-based reporting, allowing live analysis of each ship’s usage and mailbox activity, including cost analysis per message. The prepaid crew e-mail service is totally independent of the ship’s e-mail traffic, and airtime bills exclude all crew based airtime charges. “The Rapidomail Iridium package provides substantial savings over alternative solutions in both hardware and calling costs,” said Ian Robinson, chief operating officer. “It also supplies a more reliable communication method and a greater range of services. As we develop the software applications in house we are highly flexible and can provide customized solutions tailored to each individual customer’s needs” “Zodiac has joined the increasing number of major ship management companies that have switched to Iridium as their primary satellite communication link,” said Don Thoma, executive vice president of Iridium Satellite. “Iridium’s constellation of 66 cross-linked satellites in low earth orbits provides a unique value proposition to ship owners and managers in terms of global coverage and low calling charges for satellite airtime.”
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Archives: (2005 ) / (2006)
 25 October 2006
Iridium Announces Two
Industry Defense Updates
at MILCOM 2006
17 October 2006
Weather Data Systems
Utilizes Iridium Satellites for
Air to Ground Links
26 September 2006
Iridium Provides Low
Cost Satellite Email for
Zodiac Ships
26 September 2006
Iridium Provides Data Link
For Ice Monitoring Buoy
in Arctic Ocean
25 September 2006
Iridium Reports Strong
Growth in Crew Calling
During 2006
28 August 2006
Senator Ted Stevens
Officiates at New Iridium
Alaska Ground Station
14 August 2006
Iridium
Provides Satellite
Communications for Medical
Assistance Program
17
July 2006
Iridium
Equips U.K. Maritime
and Coastguard Agency
12
July 2006
Iridium
Reports Spectacular Yearly Growth for Mobile
Satellite Services in
Aeronautical Market
10
July 2006
Iridium
Provides Satellite
Communications for New
York Air National Guard
in Antarctic Missions
30
June 2006
Iridium
Satellite Links
Tansmit Data to Tsunameter Buoy System
19
June 2006
Iridium
Gears Up for 300%
Increase in Alaska Traffic
13
June 2006
Iridium
Introduces Hurricane Equipment and Service
10
May 2006
Iridium
Selected to Supply Global Asset Tracking to
ARGO Tracker
3
May 2006
Iridium
Prepares for
June 1st Hurricane Season
1
May 2006
Iridium
Offers First Government Emergency Response Package
24
April 2006
Iridium
& Telenor Provide Satellite Communications for the
National Center of Missing & Exploited Children
20
February 2006
Iridium
Introduces Rural Satellite Communications
at SatCom
Africa
7
February 2006
Iridium
Completes Beta
Tests of Push-to-Talk
Voice & Data
Service
7
February 2006
Iridium
Launches Compact Lower Cost Data Transceiver
7
February 2006
Iridium
Begins
Construction on New
Alaska Ground Station
24
January 2006
New
Iridium Based In-Flight Calling Service for Passengers
19
January 2006
Iridium
Supplies Critical Communications for Ham Radio Antartic
"DXpedition"
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