Ship-to-shore communications are vital for workers and passengers on sea vessels of all kinds. In the maritime sector, owners and managers of cruise ships, cargo and passenger carriers, megayachts, tankers, and even deep-sea fishing vessels are expected to provide telephony access for their passengers and crew at all times. Indeed, access to telephony from all parts of the globe is a given today. For most ships the only communications available are satellite links, whose bandwidth is limited and expensive. As a result, telephone exchanges installed on vessels offer a limited number of connections for passengers and crew.
RAD Data Communications has satellite communications optimization products that solve the problem of limited bandwidth and high access costs for the maritime industry. These include GSM optimization gateways, which reduce cellular voice call bandwidth by up to 3:1, making ordinary mobile services economically feasible for cruise ship and ferry boat passengers. With RAD's voice trunking gateways, ship owners and managers get more capacity for mission-critical voice and data traffic while reducing operating expenses.
