Otesat-Maritel announces the agreement with Inmarsat to become a Distribution Partner for the new satellite system called Global Satellite Phone Services (GSPS) IsatPhone, the first satellite handheld by Inmarsat with global coverage. The new satellite phone uses the fourth generation Inmarsat satellites and provides reliable network connectivity with high quality telephony and competitive prices on services and equipment. With the size and the shape of a GSM telephone, it is practical and designed to work in harsh weather and environmental conditions. The services that offers is satellite telephony, voice mail, SMS, e-mail and GPS location data. It has great battery life and is the only portable satellite phone that has Bluetooth. In addition, the device has calendar, alarm clock, calculator, mute microphone and synchronization with MS Outlook 2007 (PC). The IsatPhone addresses a wide range of professionals and individuals on land and at sea such as shipping companies, seafarers, sailors and yachting, government and armed forces, the media, manufacturing companies etc. It has a single / flat rate per service worldwide and it is an ideal solution especially for international telephone communication where land mobile phone networks are inadequate or the telecommunications costs are very high. The service will be available in the first quarter of 2011. Otesat-Maritel enriches its portfolio with IsatPhone, remaining constant to its strategy to provide cutting edge, qualitative, reliable and with competitive rates, satellite communications solutions, globally.
About Otesat-Maritel Otesat-Maritel, member of OTE Group, is the leader provider of Satellite Telecommunications services in the Greek maritime industry and one of the premier ones of the global maritime satellite market. The company provides Inmarsat and Iridium services and total solutions to the Greek and Global Maritime Industry including the cutting edge broadband systems FleetBroadband (Inmarsat Distribution Partner) and Iridium OpenPort. Otesat-Maritel also develops and provides Value Added services such as Crew Communications, Data Exchange Solutions, IP services, Web-admin services and offers Satellite Equipment (Thrane & Thrane Certified Partner), L.R.I.T. services (Authorized Service Provider), terminal activations for Inmarsat (PSA) and Iridium, Accounting Authority services (GR01 and GR12) and a 24/7 full customer care support. Otesat-Maritel has been certified by ISO 9001:2008 quality system for the total of its telecommunications products and services, including communications shore-to-ship, ship-to-shore, ship-to-ship and shore-to-shore.