Communications Look to Brighter Times in 2010

2010 will see brighter times in shipboard communications with airtime traffic and usage expected to go up, an Inmarsat service provider has claimed. Asad Salameh, President of World‐Link Communications, said ship owners and managers are ready to be sold the real benefits that onboard broadband communications can bring such as improved fuel savings, lower maintenance costs and a happier and better connected shipboard crew complement.