Global VSAT a regional game, says NSR
Satellite sector analyst Northern Sky has released a research note on the announcement by Intelsat of the EPIC high throughput satellite platform. And while NSR agrees that the launch signals a no-going…
Three’s a crowd?
Tricky thing, announcing a major service launch when you are in quiet period pre-IPO but Intelsat has managed it, confirming it will order at least two new satellites to provide a high…
Old words for old (and new) problems
It’s good to see a modern maritime journal digging out the language of (almost) another age to describe the current one. This works fine except when the sub-editors are younger than you…
When a Tom Hanks movie just isn’t enough
Proving there is absolutely no-one like an American for a highly developed sense of bathos, it seems that more than half the crew of Maersk Alabama have decided that resisting pirates, being…
Intelsat unveils IPO plans – yes you read it here too
OK so we’re hardly the first with this – and frankly not the most insightful at this stage but here’s some news the market has been expecting – . We’ll come back…
LOLCATS good: wonky self-publishing, not so much
The internet, I think we can agree is a marvellous thing. It has transformed our lives, allowing us to interact with handheld devices rather than talk to boring people and to access…
Frank Coles interview Part 3 – Inmarsat will compete to survive
So far Inmarsat Maritime president Frank Coles has put up a robust defence of the company’s strategy and an informed one too. His time served at SP GlobeWireless, where he sold Inmarsat…
Frank Coles Interview Part 2 – the move into VSAT in context
Perhaps because it is a company that made its reputation in provision of L-Band services, Inmarsat appeared slow to spot the move towards maritime VSAT. It was not alone – I remember…
Inmarsat’s Frank Coles on value, competition and fiery pitchforks
To say that Inmarsat is in the spotlight at present is an understatement. Successive waves of vested commercial interest, personal opinions and a dose of righteous Greek indignation have been washing around…
Straight talk and tough love on ECDIS
I write a monthly column for BIMCO on similar subjects to those covered here. Every now and again I throw all the toys out of my pram and usually encounter a polite…
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Neville Smith
Maritime Media Consultant to a roster of international shipping industry clients. Former maritime journalist with 16 years’ experience reporting the shipping and marine insurance markets and former Deputy Editor at Lloyd’s List, I assist clients with matching their communication needs to publications and media channels that gain them their desired level of exposure.
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