Inmarsat, the renowned company in global, mobile satellite communications, is giving free connectivity to maritime crews around the globe that use its Fleet Hotspot service.
Free connectivity to maritime crews
Given the critical role that connectivity plays in crew welfare, Inmarsat will deliver 250 MB of free data to active Fleet Hotspot accounts on December 24, 2021.The seasonal gift will be automatically topped up to active crew accounts.
The free 250 MB is available for a variety of connectivity uses and is equivalent to as much as:
- 5 hours of free calling to friends or family, across a range of applications, such as WhatsApp, Facebook and others.
- 4 hours of social media use or internet browsing.
- 100 standard emails.
- 1 hour of music streaming.
- 5 hours of podcast streaming.
Fleet Hotspot
Ben Palmer, the President Inmarsat Maritime, said “Inmarsat is pleased to make this gift, as a special thank you to seafarers for the work they do, to keep the global economy running day in and day out, year-round, often in difficult conditions. With crew travel restrictions in place once again, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, staying in touch is vital, especially this time of year. Fleet Hotspot changes the way those at sea and their families back home, stay in touch.”
Fleet Hotspot is very popular among seafarers, especially after recent upgrades"
Ben Palmer adds, “Fleet Hotspot is very popular among seafarers, especially after recent upgrades. It can now be accessed on any vessel, using Fleet Xpress, from multiple devices and from both land and sea. Seafarers now benefit from full control, when managing their connectivity, independent of their current ship contract. Based on feedback from seafarers, the accounts can be topped up, before joining the vessel. Their families can also add credits on their behalf.”
Extra talk-time on FleetBroadband and Fleet Xpress
In addition to the Fleet Hotspot promo, Inmarsat is also offering 33% extra talk-time on FleetBroadband and Fleet Xpress ChatCards, from December 24, 2021, 00:00 UTC to January 1, 2022, 23:59 UTC.
The Fleet Hotspot upgrade and promotion provides an example of Inmarsat’s commitment to flexible global mobile communications services for the digital era.
ORCHESTRA multi-dimensional network
The company recently unveiled ORCHESTRA - the first-of-its-kind multi-dimensional network, integrating Inmarsat’s ELERA (L-band) and Global Xpress (Ka-band) networks, with terrestrial 5G and Low Earth Orbit (LEO) capacity, to meet accelerating bandwidth requirements and eliminate congestion at hot spots, including busy ports and shipping lanes.
An introductory video has been released to demonstrate the new Fleet Hotspot portal and its features.