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Satellite Communications EU Examines SatNav System Not enamored with depending on the U.S. and Russia for satnav capabilities, the European Union (EU) recently earmarked $82.5 million for development of its own next-generation satellite navigation system, the Galileo project. The funds are to be used to set the technical parameters for the system, examine the avail- ability of private sector finance and begin cooperation with the U.S. and Russia, whose own satellite systems will be rivaled by Galileo. Galileo — or the Global Navigation Satellite System — could eventually be used for everything from tracking stolen vehicles to ensuring air safety to managing road charging systems. Acting EU Transport Studies into the organizational and technical aspects of Galileo are due to be complet- ed late in 2000 or early in 2001, and a final decision on the project is due shortly thereafter. MTN Signs Exclusive Contract With AT&T Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN), a subsidiary of ICG Satellite Services, signed an exclu- sive seven-year lease agreement with AT&T to provide C-Band equipment including antennas, stabilized plat- forms and terminal services to be used on U.S. Navy ships around the world. The new agreement extends MTN's previous contract with AT&T and will include the installation of at least 15 APTS systems on board military ships. The MTN system enables sailors to uti- lize their AT&T Calling Cards to make calls from any- where in the world. The lease agreement allows renew- al options, which will grant AT&T the ability to con- tinue service throughout the term of the APTS Pro- gram's life. First Center for Official ENC's Is Open PRIMAR is the very first Regional Coordinating Centre for Official Electronic Navigational Charts with an Operational ENC Service available from July 1999. PRIMAR, which is located in Stavanger, Norway, has been established on behalf of the participating Hydro- graphic Offices within Europe to integrate and supply their Official ENCs to the international shipping indus- try. The operators of PRIMAR are the Norwegian Map- ping Authority, through its ECC (Electronic Chart Cen- tre), and The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office. NEW PRODUCT New KVH Tracphone Crew Calling (TCC) Concept The new Tracphone Crew Calling (TCC) concept — introduced at Nor- Shipping '99 — is designed to offer a cost-effective solution to opera- tors seeking to improve communi- cation efficiency while reducing costs. The Tracphone Crew Calling Tracphone (TCC) concept is based on using the professional KVH Tracphone 50 sys- tem, which uses the Inmarsat mini-M spotbeam satellite communication service to provide almost worldwide voice communication. The Tracphone 50 is reportedly proven to be attractive to high seas ves- sels because of its extended range in the fringe spot- beam areas. In principle, the TCC may be based on one of three concepts: Prepaid SIM-Card; Prepaid Scratch Card or Payphone. Circle 150 on Reader Service Card The PRIMAR Service will be sold only through a net- work of authorized distributors. Ships and other users will be able to receive electronic chart data and updates via CD-ROM, Inmarsat, ISDN or GSM. The ENCs delivered by PRIMAR will be fully compliant with IMO and IHO standards so that they may be used legal- ly to navigate any ship, including those subject to the IMO SOLAS convention, when used within an approved ECDIS. Circle 151 on Reader Service Card Comsat Wins Five Year Navy Contract Comsat recently won a satellite services con- tract from the U.S. Navy, with a maximum value of $111.9 million over a five year period. Comsat will provide global satellite service over Inmarsat for 64 kbps high-speed data, along with voice and multimedia communica- tions. These services will be provided to any of the Navy's deployed battlegroups and their associated Marine amphibious readiness groups, and include ship-to-shore, ship-to-ship and shore-to-ship communications. Circle 148 on Reader Service Card Globe Communications Center Introduced Globe Wireless, a communications service provider offering communications for the mar- itime industry, recently introduced the Globe Communications Center, designed as a one- stop ship for communication needs onboard vessels. With the new center, onboard person- nel have a single interface that handles all mes- saging and data transfer. The user simply addresses and types the message, attaches a data file and clicks the Send button. Having recently merged with Marinet Sys- tems, Globe Wireless now has expertise to deliver products incorporating the best of satel- lite and HE Together, the companies provide services to more than 2,800 vessels, have oper- ations in 16 countries and sales offices and agents in 15 countries. Marinet was a pioneer in the introduction of e-mail and data commu- nications to the maritime industry using Inmarsat services more than 10 years ago. Circle 147 on Reader Service Card Sailor Iridium System: World's Smallest Satellite Terminal S.P. Radio A/S has followed through on deliv- ering communications innovation. At the recent NorShipping exhibition, the company was pre- senting a live Sailor Iridium Single Channel and a live Sailor Iridium Multi Channel, mak- ing it possible to make calls from the Sailor Iridium equipment. The Sailor Iridium system is reportedly the world's smallest satellite ter- minal, with a minimal sized aerial to allow installation on the smallest commercial vessels. Circle 146 on Reader Service Card BT Unveils Innovative Sat Service British Telecom launched a new satellite ser- ©SAILOR SALES AND SERVICE AGENTS ANTILLES (NETHERLANDS) Radio-Holland Caribbean N.V. • Oracao NA Phone: +599 94 612577 • Fax: +599 94 612723 ARGENTINA SEN S.R.L -Buenos Aires Phone: +541 361 1496 • Fax: +541 361 2606 AUSTRALIA Rubin Group Pty Limited • Artarmon NSW Phone: +41 2 94392333 Fax: +61 2 94392278 a.m.i. sales • O'Connor, Western Australia Phone:+61 89 337 3266 Fax:+«1 89 3142929 BAHRAIN Aeradio Technical Services • Mina Salman Port Phone: +973 727790 • Fax: +973 727811 BANGLADESH Graphics Communications Ltd. - Dhaka Phone: +680 2 89 2440 • Fax: +880 2 883627 BELGIUM Antwerp Marine Radio Company N.V. • Antwerp Phone:+32 3 202 0499 Fax:+32 3 202 0493 BRAZIL 0.L Naval Ltda. • Rio de Janeiro Phone: +55 21 509 8667 • Fax: +55 21 242 7934 BULGARIA International Marine Technologies Ltd.' Rousse Phone: +359 82 228216 • Fax: +359 82 822230 CANADA Radio Holland (Canada) Ltd. - North Vancouver Phone: +1 604 293 2900 • Fax: +1 604 293 2930 CHILE Serprotec Ltda. - Valparaiso (Deep Sea) Phone: +56 32 232780 • Fax: +56 32 212215 Simrad SA • Santiago (Fishing) Phone: +56 2 2351068 • Fax: +56 2 235 8732 COLOMBIA Bectr6nica Maritima Ltda Cartagena Phone: +575 663 3789 • Fax: +575 663 3643 CROATIA BELAM-Zastupstvo i Sen/is Rijeka Phone: +385 51 672343 Fax: +385 51 672179 CYPRUS A P. Hadjipieros Ltd. • Limasso! Phone: +357 5 345972 • Fax: +357 5 345973 ECUADOR Industrial Anabra C. Ltda - Guayaquil Phone: +593 4 309766 Fax: +593 4 313694 Nautical del Ecuador - Manta Phone: +593 5 628900 Fax: +593 5 628910 EGYPT Suez Electronics Engineering S Trading Ltd. • Cairo Phone: +20 2 2742911 • Fax: +20 2 2745219 ESTONIA A/S RSTA-Tallinn Phone: +372 6 312082 • Fax: +372 6 312082 FAROE ISLANDS S.P Radio A/S - Denmark Phone: +45 96 34 61 00 • Fax: +45 96 34 61 01 (for further information) FINLAND ASPO Systems Oy Espoo Phone:+358 9 435 5670 Fax:+358 9 435 56710 Navidec Oy • Helsinki Phone: +358 9 700 17 780 • Fax: +358 9 179 830 FRANCE Geoiink - Roquevaire Phone: +33 4 42 32 99 00 • Fax: +33 4 42 32 94 95 SDM Electronic je • Sartrouvilie Cedex Phone: +331 39146833 Fax: +331 39133022 GERMANY Ebia GmbH • Rellingen/Hamburg Phone: +49 4101 30100 • Fax: +49 4101 301214 GIBRALTAR Electro Med - Marina Bay Phone: +350 77077 • Fax: +350 72051 GREECE Marac Electronics SA • Perama - Piraeus Phone: +30 1 4314361 • Fax: +30 1 43 14234 GREENLAND S.P. Radio A/S Denmark Phone:+45 96 34 61 00 Fax:+45 96 34 61 01 (for further information) HOLLAND Radio-Holland Marine B.V. • Rotterdam Phone: +31 10 4283344 • Fax: +31 10 4281498 Saitron B.V. - Utrecht Phone: +31 30 2840850 • Fax: +31 30 2937642 HONGKONG Radio Holland B.V. • Kwai Chung N.T. Phone: +652 24239007 • Fax: +852 24805898 Hoi Tung Communication & Navigation Co. Ltd Phone: +852 25421262 • Fax: +852 25431137 ICELAND Radiomidun Ltd. • Reykjavik Phone:+354 511 1010 Fax:+354 511 1020 INDIA Elcome Marine Services Pvt. Ltd. • New Bombay Phone: +91 22 762 91 26 • Fax: +91 22 762 91 50 PT Panorama Timur Jaya • Jakarta Phone: +«2 21 475 6788 • Fax: +62 21 4751688 IRAN Kaman Hormozgan Marine Engineering • Tehran Phone: +96 21 222 8020 • Fax: +98 21 222 4502 ISRAEL Alhout-Yam Ltd. • Haifa Phone: +972 4 86 20804 • Fax: +972 4 8627404 ITALY Compagnia Generate Telemar • Roma Phone: +39 063 221 800 Fax: +39 063 240148 Generalmare est S.R.L. • Chiavari Phone: +39 0185 323 356 Fax: +39 0185 322 731 IVORY COAST Nautical Afrique • Abidjan Phone: +225 250136 • Fax: +225 250137 JAPAN Kaigai Gijyutsu K.K. • Yokohama Phone: +81 45 6647318 • Fax: +81 45 6647320 KOREA Samyang Radio Co. Ltd. • Pusan Phone: +82 51 413 5000 Fax: +82 51 413 5002 Tum-On Electronics Company • Pusan Phone: +82 51 462 3930 • Fax: +32 51 462 3089 KUWAIT Elcome international • Safat Phone: +965 2406822 • Fax: +965 2406833 LATVIA / LITHUANIA Transas Marine Baltia - Riga Phone: +371 7286585 • Fax: +371 7821202 LEBANON Selmar Electronics SAR.L Beirut Phone: +961 1 491 489 • Fax: +961 1 495 325 MALTA Medcomms Ltd. • Gzira Phone: +356 335521 • Fax: +356 310820 MOROCCO Soremar Casa • Casablanca Phone: +212 2 442802 • Fax: +212 2 305385 NAMIBIA Radio Electronic c.c. • Walvis Bay Phone: +264 64 207 483 • + 264 64 206 916 NEW ZEALAND Wrights Ltd. • Wellington Phone:+64 4 568 8975 Fax:+64 4 568 8361 NIGERIA Netarcomms Nigeria Ltd. • Lagos State Phone: +234 1 470 2959 • Fax: +234 1 545 2376 NORWAY SAILOR Norge as - Oslo Phone: +47 22 89 7875 • Fax: +47 22 89 7804 SULTANATE OF OMAN Elcome Internationl • Muttrah Phone: +966 788 332 • Fax: +968 788 331 PAKISTAN International Aeradio Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd. • Karachi Phone: +92 21 5837800 • Fax: +92 21 5870331 REPUBLIC OF PANAMA Proveedora Tecnica, SA. • Panama Phone: +507 227 3533 • Fax: +507 2271053 POLAND EPA Ltd. • Szczecin Phone: +48 914 874 885 Fax: +48 914 875 014 PORTUGAL Nautel - Electronica Maritima, Lda. • Lisbon Phone:+351 1 39 20 940 - Fax:+351 1 39 20 949 GATAR Eastern Technical Services Co. • Doha Phone: +974 477412 • Fax: +974 478282 RUMANIA Imsat Maritime SA Constanta • Constanta Phone: +40 41 639038 • Fax: +40 41 674356 RUSSIA Transas Marine Ltd. • St. Petersburg Phone: +7 812 325 3131 • Fax: +7 812 567 1901 Moretron Ltd • Muimansk Phone: +47 8510144 • Fax: +47 85 10144 SAUDI ARABIA Key Communications Development Ltd. • Dammam Phone: +966 3 8336940 • Fax: +966 3 8330728 SINGAPORE Radio Holland Singapore • Singapore Phone: +65 8622218 • Fax: +65 8622430 SOUTH AFRICA Cape Maritime Electronics (Pty.) Ltd. • Cape Town Phone: +27 21 551 3204 • Fax: +27 21 551 3206 Radio Holland Group • Paarden Eiland (Cape Town) Phone: +27 21 511 0864 • Fax: +27 21 511 7577 SPAIN Nautical • San Sebastian de los Reyes (Madrid) Phone: +34 91 6549411 • Fax: +34 91 6549600 SWEDEN Vingtor Marine AB • Askim/G6teborg Phone: +46 31 668400 • Fax: +46 31 683660 TAIWAN R.O.C. Unimax Electric & Co.. Ltd. • Kaohsiung Phone: +686 7 815 9775 • Fax: +386 7 8151775 A & Marine Co., Ltd. • Samutprakarn Phone:+66 2 703 5544 Fax:+66 2 703 55 25 TUNISIA Alcatel Tunisie • Tunis Cedex Phone: +2161 717177 • Fax: +216 1 719888 TURKEY Etektro-Deniz Ltd. - Istanbul Phone:+90 216392 77 29 • Fax:+90 216 392 80 18 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Elcome International LLC. • Dubai Phone: +971 4 342333 • Fax: +971 4 342465 UNITED KINGDOM Ships Electronic Services Ltd. • Rochester (Kent) Phone:+441634 295500 • Fax:+44 1634 295536 URUGUAY Electromaritima Uiuguaya Ltda. • Montevideo Phone: +598 2 924 77 69 • Fax: +598 2 924 71 38 USA Radio-Holland USA. Inc. • Houston (Texas) Phone: +1 713 943 3325 • Fax: +1 713 943 3802 VENEZUELA Radio-Holland De Venezuela S A • Maracaibo Phone: +5861 987611 • Fax: +5861 982596 42 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
