DENMARK's Maersk Group, the world's biggest containership operator, has selected Ericsson to build mobile and satellite infrastructure to link its 500 plus vessels, reports London's Information Age.Currently, the company only uses satellite communications technology to connect its ships.
Ericsson will fit the fleet with antennas and GSM base stations, supporting a combination of mobile and satellite communications, said the report.
"For the shipping industry, mobile communication provides the opportunity to employ new and efficient ways of addressing fleet management, managing delivery times, improving interaction with vessels, enabling proactive issue resolution and prompt information sharing with customers and even improving energy efficiency," Ericsson said in statement.
Said Maersk vice president Soren Toft: "We're quite pleased to be the first fleet to be connected with mobile communication technology. We believe it would provide us good opportunities to run our fleet more efficiently."
Ericsson will fit the fleet with antennas and GSM base stations, supporting a combination of mobile and satellite communications, said the report.
"For the shipping industry, mobile communication provides the opportunity to employ new and efficient ways of addressing fleet management, managing delivery times, improving interaction with vessels, enabling proactive issue resolution and prompt information sharing with customers and even improving energy efficiency," Ericsson said in statement.
Said Maersk vice president Soren Toft: "We're quite pleased to be the first fleet to be connected with mobile communication technology. We believe it would provide us good opportunities to run our fleet more efficiently."