Telenor Extends Ku-Band Satellite Service

Telenor Satellite Services is delivering Ku-band satellite service into new regions of the world including the Caribbean and the coastal regions of the United States and South America. Telenor's expanded Ku-band service opens the possibility of high-speed data communications, LAN and WAN connectivity, and Internet access via satellite for a variety of smaller vessels and offshore facilities. The service, which is part of the company's extension of its Sealink Ku-band services, became commercially available in the region in mid-May through Telenor's Santa Paula, California land earth station. The service is already providing regional communications to users in the cruise industry operating in the Caribbean.