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20 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News ? AUGUST 2013 MARKET FOCUS MARITIME COMMUNICATIONS While the evolution of com-munications at sea has had its fair share of starts and stops, largely driven by overriding economic conditions of the day as well as the stale notion that com-munications costs are an expense versus an investment, Tore Morten Olsen, Head of Maritime Services at Astrium Servic- es, is witnessing a sea change in attitudes, particularly from the stable of global mar- itime leaders that recognize the inherent value propositions with building a solid communication infrastructure across a company?s stationary and mobile assets. ?I think it is important to realize that the maritime market is not just one market,? said Olsen. ?We have seen continuous strong growth in the high-end segments (upstream oil and gas, offshore service vessels, dredgers and cable layers, cruise and ferry, to name a few) over the last few years, both in terms of the number of units and in terms of the bandwidth and services that they apply on board. Today it is about more bandwidth, more services and fewer dollars per bit.?It is no secret that certain sectors of the general merchant markets have had a rough road to recovery in the wake of The Busy Signal As maritime markets perk up, so too does the satcom sectorAs maritime markets continue to recover and in- terest and investment in advanced communica- tion systems picks up steam, Tore Morten Olsen, Head of Maritime Services at Astrium Services, says the focus now shifts now from simple con- nectivity to providing speci Þ c business solutions at sea.By Greg Trauthwein, Editor Tore Morten Olsen Head of Maritime ServicesAstrium ServicesMR #8 (18-25).indd 20MR #8 (18-25).indd 208/1/2013 9:16:42 AM8/1/2013 9:16:42 AM
