Over 90% of merchant mariners aboard the world’s largest deep sea trading vessels currently own a standard GSM mobile phone. The problem of course is that it is rendered useless during the vast majority of the seafarers working month ie. while at sea, beyond the range of land-based GSM coverage.

It means whilst seafarers are at sea, contact with family and friends is either impossible or prohibitively expensive. And even where crew calling payphones do exist onboard, crew tell us that making calls in this way lacks the privacy and flexibility they desire.

However now, thanks to Altobridge’s patented technology, officers and crew can make and receive calls as well as send and receive SMS messages, at very affordable prices, wherever they are on the world’s oceans. And what’s more, they can do so in private, away from the bridge, using their own personal mobile handsets.

Certified engineers install our carry-size system on-board. The space requirement is minimum and non-intrusive and installation takes less than a working day. The system is completely standalone so it does not interfere with or require any sharing of the vessel’s existing communications systems. Once installed, crew simply purchase prepaid airtime top-up cards on-board and can use the service at will, though availability always remains at the discretion of and fully within the captain’s control at all times.

If you would like to know more about this offering please contact Blue Ocean Wireless (Blue Ocean Wireless is a joint venture between Altobridge and private investment firm Claret Capital)

www.blueoceanwireless.com