The new bundles will enable customers to lease equipment from a choice of three different vendors, as well as purchase broadband time for data and voice, for a fixed monthly cost.

Advantages of the bundles are the low equipment and airtime prices, with predictable communications costs.

"Our new FleetBroadband bundles have been designed to help customers regulate communications costs, as they will be able to purchase an amount of airtime and data at a fixed cost," comments Tore Morten Olsen, CEO, Marlink.

"In addition, the FleetBroadband equipment is included in the monthly bundle price, which means that customers won't have to make heavy investments in hardware."

Customers of the new FleetBroadband Bundles will be able to choose from a range of competitively priced packages as well as hardware from Thrane & Thrane, Addvalue or JRC, to meet their own satellite communications requirements.

The Marlink brand is at the forefront of maritime satellite communication, providing both MSS on-demand services and its own VSAT solutions Sealink(TM) and WaveCall(TM) to a broad range of customers globally. Every fourth vessel going to sea with satellite communications onboard has purchased the hardware and services from Marlink.