In courts of Arctic Shipping Company the unlimited Internet appeared

On December 5, 2018 the international service -provider Orange Business Services announced cooperation increase with Arctic Shipping Company, specializing in cargo transportation across the Northern Sea Route within which to satellite communication 6 courts of the company will be connected. The solution Orange will allow crews to work in a single virtual corporate network of the company, in fact having turned vessels into full "offices in the sea" and considerably having simplified communications with partners and the port authorities. Besides, the local phone number is selected for each vessel, and crew members had an opportunity to use unlimited Internet and to make video calls home from personal smartphones on set Wi-Fi- network.

The Arctic Shipping Company performs transportation of goods worldwide, however during the summer period the Northern Sea Route becomes one of the key directions of business: vessels make runs from Murmansk and Arkhangelsk to Sabetta, Dickson and Pevek. In spite of the fact that SMP is passed approximately along identical routes, it is very important to provide continuous communication with the vessel throughout all run. A certain complexity is caused by signal loss because of a low corner of the place of geostationary satellites of communication in northern latitudes.

The feature of the solution Orange Maritime VSAT consists that in practice automatic switching of a signal between 3 telecommunication hubs and 6 satellites from the Russian grouping which provided a steady and seamless signal throughout the movement of the vessel on all Northern Sea Route was implemented. Simultaneous visibility the antenna of several satellites minimizes risks of problems with communication even at the Arctic latitudes (higher than 72 parallels). The solution is provided on service model (OPEX) with the fixed monthly payments in rubles that promoted optimization and cost reduction and transition to use of a modern communication equipment in courts.

The Northern Sea Route is the routes connected with the increased risk. The seamlessness of switching of a data network is critical and saves not only time and financial resources, but also crew nerves. David Halden, commercial director of Orange Business Services of Russia and CIS