MTN Satellite Communications, USA, has signed an agreement with Fred Olsen Cruise Lines, an international shipping company based in Norway, to outfit its entire fleet of ships, 'Balmoral', 'Boudicca', 'Black Watch' and 'Braemar', with MTN's VSAT equipment and services providing global broadband connectivity.
Under the agreement, MTN will provide services such as OceanPhone calling, StreamXcel, a bandwidth optimisation service, toll-free inbound line dialing service for passengers and crew and credit card processing.
Installations on the 'Black Watch' have been completed with scheduled rollouts for the rest of the fleet over the next few months.
Brent Horwitz, Senior Vice president, MTN cruise and ferry business claimed that MTN had 90 percent of the world's major cruise ships under contract with MTN's VSAT services.
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