Managing the data shipboard load and creating low/high end opportunities
In the first part of my interview with Roger Adamson, the Stark Moore McMillan ceo laid out some of the issues that face the bandwidth vendors in 2013 and beyond. In the…
Making the maritime satcom market an easier sell for the bandwidth vendors
I caught up with Roger Adamson, chief executive of maritime marketing specialist Stark Moore McMillan just before Christmas after an extended bout of email and phone tag. It’s a testament to how…
Eyes on the future of e-Navigation
How far we are looking ahead in the maritime industry is a topic I’ve tried to unpack over the last couple of weeks and the results so far have conformed more to…
Astrium-Inmarsat GX: it’s on – as far as we can tell
In case you don’t get the DigitalShip newsletter – and you really should – here is today’s story on the Astrium-Inmarsat GX tie-up. http://www.thedigitalship.com/conferences/2006/displaynews.php?NewsID=2462& Just how an MOU differs from a firm…
Reinventing the maritime IT department – and why it can’t come soon enough
The trip to Athens and the DigitalShip conference was time well spent. Not only was the affair free from score-settling and rabble rousing, it had a practical programme reflecting the state of…
Further on up the road…
Do we spend enough time thinking about the future? I’m not just talking about the next quarter or the next six months, but the really big picture, the kind of blue sky…
Ku or Ka? Wide or Narrow? Clarity or… More on Intelsat’s maritime ambitions
In the second part of my interview with James Collett, Director Mobility Services at Intelsat, we talk more on coverage, capacity and confidence from the buyer’s and user’s viewpoints. There is also…
Epic stuff – James Collett on Intelsat, Inmarsat and what really matters in maritime
To leafy Chiswick in West London and the offices of Intelsat for a wide-ranging conversation with James Collett, late of Inmarsat and now Director of Mobility Services at Intelsat, charged with building…
Inmarsat signs SingTel as first VAR for Global Xpress in Asia
The following has just been released by Inmarsat – analysis follows but news waits for no man… SINGTEL SIGNS INMARSAT GLOBAL XPRESS® VALUE ADDED RESELLER AGREEMENT Singapore Telecommunications signs with Inmarsat for …
The end of history redux
I have kept being drawn back to a post on analyst Tim Farrar’s blog, entitled ‘MSS – the end of history?’ but I wasn’t sure why. It couldn’t just be because it…
About
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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